2013 Champion of Champions
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The 2013 Champion of Champions (officially the 2013 888casino Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 19 and 24 November 2013 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. This was the first time that 888casino sponsored the event, which was broadcast live on ITV4.
The event was last held in 1980, when Doug Mountjoy won in the final 10–8 against John Virgo.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 52nd professional title by defeating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £50,000
- Semi-finals: £20,000
- Group runner-up: £10,000
- Group semi-finals: £5,000
- Total: £270,000
Players
Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments from the start of the 2012-13 season to the 2013 Indian Open. The important events included all rankings events and winners the following non-rankings events: 2012 Premier League Snooker, 2013 Masters and 2013 Championship League. With only 14 different players winning one of the qualifying events, the remaining two places were allocated to the highest ranked players who had not already qualified.
The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:
Main draw
| Group semi-finals (last 16) Best of 7 frames | Group finals (quarter-finals) Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | England Mark Davis | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Group 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | China Ding Junhui | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | China Ding Junhui | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | England Barry Hawkins | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Australia Neil Robertson | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Ireland Mark Allen | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | England Ali Carter | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | England Ali Carter | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Group 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Australia Neil Robertson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Australia Neil Robertson | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | England Martin Gould | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | England Stuart Bingham | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | England Judd Trump | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Hong Kong Marco Fu | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | England Judd Trump | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Group 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | England Stuart Bingham | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | England Ricky Walden | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | England Stuart Bingham | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | England Stuart Bingham | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | England Mark Selby | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Scotland John Higgins | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Scotland Stephen Maguire | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Scotland Stephen Maguire | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Group 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | England Mark Selby | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | England Mark Selby | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | England Shaun Murphy | 2 |
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 24 November 2013. | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England | 10–8 | Stuart Bingham (11) England |
| Afternoon: 26–109 (109), 82–48 (66), 66–47 (55), 53–57, 1–72 (72), 1–66 (52), 76–4 (76), 0–133 (109), 130–0 (130) Evening: 99–1 (93), 64–54 (Bingham 54), 37–64, 35–65, 91–8 (62), 96–34 (96), 38–74 (66), 65–29, 83–0 | ||
| 130 | Highest break | 109 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Century breaks
- 130, 130, 119, 103, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 129, 125, 119, 113, 112, 105 – Neil Robertson
- 127, 112 – Ali Carter
- 125 – Stephen Maguire
- 117, 113, 103 – Mark Selby
- 111, 109, 109 – Stuart Bingham
- 104 – Ding Junhui
- 102 – Martin Gould