2013 Indian Open

The 2013 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 14–18 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]

Indian Open
Tournament information
Dates14–18 October 2013
VenueLe Meridien Hotel
CityNew Delhi
CountryIndia
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£300,000
Winner's share£50,000
Highest break Ding Junhui (142)
Final
Champion Ding Junhui
Runner-up Aditya Mehta
Score5–0
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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]

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]

Match Score
WC1 Rod Lawler 4–1 Kamal Chawla
WC2 Jeff Cundy 4–0 Sundeep Gulati
WC3 Anthony McGill 4–3 Shivam Arora
WC4 Robbie Williams 4–1 Manan Chandra
WC5 Paul Davison 4–1 Faisal Khan
WC6 Liam Highfield w/d–w/o Dharminder Lilly

Main draw

[7][8][9][10]

Last 64
Best of 7 frames 		Last 32
Best of 7 frames 		Last 16
Best of 7 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames 		Final
Best of 9 frames
                  
Neil Robertson 4
Noppon Saengkham 1
Neil Robertson 4
Rod Lawler 2
Rod Lawler w/o
Ali Carter w/d
Neil Robertson 4
Liang Wenbo 2
Ryan Day 2
Dechawat Poomjaeng 4
Dechawat Poomjaeng 2
Liang Wenbo 4
Liang Wenbo 4
David Morris 2
Neil Robertson 2
Ding Junhui 4
Ding Junhui 4
Barry Pinches 3
Ding Junhui 4
Mark Joyce 3
Mark Joyce 4
Sean O'Sullivan 0
Ding Junhui 4
John Higgins 2
Jeff Cundy 3
Li Yan 4
Li Yan 0
John Higgins 4
Joel Walker 0
John Higgins 4
Ding Junhui 4
Robbie Williams 1
Barry Hawkins 1
Anthony McGill 4
Anthony McGill 4
Fergal O'Brien 1
Alex Davies 1
Fergal O'Brien 4
Anthony McGill 4
Joe Perry 2
Joe Perry w/o
David Gilbert w/d
Joe Perry 4
Ricky Walden 2
Gerard Greene 0
Ricky Walden 4
Anthony McGill 0
Robbie Williams 4
Ratchayothin Yotharuck 4
James Wattana 3
Ratchayothin Yotharuck 0
Mike Dunn 4
Mike Dunn 4
Ken Doherty 2
Mike Dunn 0
Robbie Williams 4
Andrew Higginson 4
Jamie Burnett 2
Andrew Higginson 1
Robbie Williams 4
Kyren Wilson w/d
Robbie Williams w/o
Ding Junhui 5
Aditya Mehta 0
Zhang Anda 4
Alan McManus 1
Zhang Anda 3
Michael White 4
Anthony Hamilton w/d
Michael White w/o
Michael White 4
Gary Wilson 3
Dominic Dale 0
Gary Wilson 4
Gary Wilson 4
Marco Fu 3
Tony Drago w/d
Marco Fu w/o
Michael White 3
Stephen Maguire 4
Mark Davis 4
Elliot Slessor 2
Mark Davis 4
Michael Holt 1
Jamie Cope 1
Michael Holt 4
Mark Davis 2
Stephen Maguire 4
Tom Ford 4
Jamie Jones 3
Tom Ford 3
Stephen Maguire 4
Paul Davison 1
Stephen Maguire 4
Stephen Maguire 3
Aditya Mehta 4
Stuart Bingham 4
Liu Chuang 1
Stuart Bingham 4
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 2
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 4
Lyu Haotian 1
Stuart Bingham 3
Pankaj Advani 4
Marcus Campbell 1
Pankaj Advani 4
Pankaj Advani 4
Mark Allen 2
Nigel Bond 1
Mark Allen 4
Pankaj Advani 3
Aditya Mehta 4
Chen Zhe 3
Hammad Miah 4
Hammad Miah 1
Aditya Mehta 4
Aditya Mehta 4
Peter Ebdon 3
Aditya Mehta 4
Mark Williams 2
Mark Williams w/o
Yu Delu w/d
Mark Williams 4
Mark Selby 1
Dharminder Lilly 0
Mark Selby 4

Final
Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.
Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, India, 18 October 2013.[10][13]
Ding Junhui
 China		 5–0 Aditya Mehta
 India
76–36 (52), 87–0 (81), 107–0 (107), 93–1 (93), 116–1 (100)
107 Highest break 30
2 Century breaks 0
5 50+ breaks 0

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

Qualifying stage centuries

[17]

Televised stage centuries

[18]

References
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