Snooker tournament
The 2013 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 14 and 18 October 2013 at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi , India . It was the first ranking event held in India,[ 1] and the fourth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season .[ 2]
Ding Junhui won his eighth ranking title by defeating Aditya Mehta 5–0 in the final.[ 3] Ding became the first player to win two consecutive ranking titles in the same season since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2002/2003 , who won the 2003 European Open and the 2003 Irish Masters .[ 4] At the tournament Mehta became the first Indian player to reach the final of a ranking event.[ 5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[ 6]
Winner: £ 50,000
Runner-up: £25,000
Semi-final: £13,500
Quarter-final: £9,000
Last 16: £6,000
Last 32: £3,000
Last 64: £2,000
Televised highest break: £2,000
Total: £300,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in New Delhi on 14 October 2013.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament.[ 11] [ 12]
Main draw
[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Top half
Bottom half
Final
Qualifying
These matches were held on 11 and 12 August 2013 at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster , England . All matches were best of 7 frames.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
[ 17]
142, 109, 107, 106, 100 – Ding Junhui
138, 123, 103 – Anthony McGill
137 – Marco Fu
135, 125, 120 – Gary Wilson
134 – Pankaj Advani
133, 125 – Michael White
133 – Zhang Anda
132, 127, 122 – Aditya Mehta
131, 101 – Ratchayothin Yotharuck
119, 119, 117 – Stuart Bingham
114 – Mark Joyce
108 – Rod Lawler
104, 103, 103, 103, 100 – Neil Robertson
103, 100 – Robbie Williams
102 – Ken Doherty
102 – Ricky Walden
101 – Liu Chuang
100 – Liang Wenbo
100 – Mark Williams
Qualifying stage centuries
[ 18]
References
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