2013 Welsh Open (snooker)
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The 2013 Welsh Open (officially the 2013 BetVictor Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 17 February 2013 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2012/2013 season, and the first time that BetVictor sponsored the event.
At the tournament Pankaj Advani became the first Indian player to reach the quarter-final of a ranking event.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 5–6 against Stuart Bingham.
Stephen Maguire won his fifth ranking title by defeating Bingham 9–8 in the final.
Prize fund
Prize money for the event this year was increased from £201,500 to £250,000, with the winner to receive £50,000 instead of £30,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-finals: £16,000 Quarter-finals: £10,000 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,000 Last 64: £1,000 | Non-televised highest break: £500 Televised highest break: £1,500 Total: £250,000 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Zhu Ying. Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 17 February 2013. | ||
| Stuart Bingham England | 8–9 | Stephen Maguire Scotland |
| Afternoon: 1–100 (71), 22–77 (62), 63–26 (56), 12–114 (114), 86–0 (79), 0–110 (110), 133–0 (55, 78), 73–25 Evening: 89–11 (73), 16–108 (71), 119–0 (118), 71–8, 50–51, 40–67, 0–77 (77), 72–59 (Bingham 58), 5–92 (82) | ||
| 118 | Highest break | 114 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 6 and 9 February 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England, and on 11 February 2013 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
Round 1
Round 2
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
| 145 – Shaun Murphy 140 – Ricky Walden 136 – Alan McManus 120 – Craig Steadman 113 – Ken Doherty 110 – David Gilbert 107 – Jamie O'Neill | 107 – Martin O'Donnell 105 – Michael White 105 – Steve Davis 104 – Sam Baird 101 – Gerard Greene 100 – Tom Ford 100 – Graeme Dott |
Televised stage centuries
| 144 – Mark Selby 137, 115, 107, 107, 104 – Ding Junhui 127, 120, 118, 108 – Stuart Bingham 121, 100 – Pankaj Advani 114, 110, 106, 100 – Stephen Maguire 114 – Dominic Dale 111 – Joe Perry | 108 – Robert Milkins 105 – Liang Wenbo 101 – John Higgins 101 – Tom Ford 100 – Anthony Hamilton 100 – Andrew Higginson 100 – Judd Trump |
External links
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