2013 World Open (snooker)
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The 2013 Yearly Yuan-jiang Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 February–3 March 2013 at the Hainan International Exhibition Center in Haikou, China. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.
Mark Allen defended the title he won in 2012, by defeating Matthew Stevens 10–4 in the final. This was Allen's second ranking title.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £85,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £11,000 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £6,000 Last 48: £2,300 Last 64: £1,500 | Non-televised highest break: £700 Televised highest break: £3,500 Total: £425,000 |
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Haikou on 25 and 26 February 2013.
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 1–5 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
| WC2 | Alan McManus (SCO) | 5–3 | Lin Shuai (CHN) |
| WC3 | Mark Joyce (ENG) | 5–4 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) |
| WC4 | Nigel Bond (ENG) | 5–3 | Zhu Yinghui (CHN) |
| WC5 | David Gilbert (ENG) | 5–0 | Lu Ning (CHN) |
| WC6 | Jamie Cope (ENG) | 5–4 | Wang Yuchen (CHN) |
| WC7 | Ian Burns (ENG) | 5–1 | Saleh Mohammad (AFG) |
| WC8 | Simon Bedford (ENG) | 2–5 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries. Hainan International Exhibition Center, Haikou, China, 3 March 2013. | ||
| Mark Allen (1) Northern Ireland | 10–4 | Matthew Stevens (12) Wales |
| Afternoon: 74–44, 68–16 (52), 93–1 (93), 74–55 (58), 0–121 (67), 0–112 (112), 64–0, 112–0 (100), 5–51 Evening: 61–58, 0–100 (100), 74–7 (55), 66–47, 77–1 (68) | ||
| 100 | Highest break | 112 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 18 and 21 December 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
| 134, 103 – Andrew Higginson 134 – Sean O'Sullivan 133, 116 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 131 – Zhang Anda 123 – Scott Donaldson 122 – Xiao Guodong 122 – Marco Fu 121, 100 – Kurt Maflin | 120 – Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 118, 101 – Michael White 115 – Li Yan 111 – Jamie Cope 110 – Alan McManus 101 – Robert Milkins 100 – Chen Zhe |
Televised stage centuries
| 141, 113, 105 – John Higgins 139 – Graeme Dott 127 – Ding Junhui 126 – Stuart Bingham 125, 104 – Ricky Walden 119, 100 – Mark Allen | 118, 110 – Shaun Murphy 112, 100 – Matthew Stevens 112 – Barry Hawkins 111, 104, 102 – Judd Trump 107, 107 – Neil Robertson 100 – Mark Davis |
External links
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