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,^[1] and the first time that BetVictor sponsored the event.^[2]

2013 BetVictor Welsh Open

Tournament information
Dates	11–17 February 2013 (2013-02-11 – 2013-02-17)
Venue	Newport Centre
City	Newport
Country	Wales
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£250,000
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Mark Selby (ENG) (144)
Final
Champion	Stephen Maguire (SCO)
Runner-up	Stuart Bingham (ENG)
Score	9–8
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At the tournament Pankaj Advani became the first Indian player to reach the quarter-final of a ranking event.^[3]

Ding Junhui was the defending champion,^[4][5] 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.^[6][7]

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.^[8] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[9]

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

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	Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 frames
	Ding Junhui	4
	Mark King	0
					Ding Junhui	4
					Mark Allen	2
	Marco Fu	2
	Mark Allen	4
									Ding Junhui	5
									Robert Milkins	1
	Gerard Greene	0
	Sam Baird	4
					Sam Baird	2
					Robert Milkins	4
	Robert Milkins	4
	Mark Williams	1
													Ding Junhui	5
													Stuart Bingham	6
	Neil Robertson	4
	Ian Burns	1
					Neil Robertson	3
					Stuart Bingham	4
	Craig Steadman	0
	Stuart Bingham	4
									Stuart Bingham	5
									Ken Doherty	3
	Ricky Walden	1
	Tom Ford	4
					Tom Ford	3
					Ken Doherty	4
	Ken Doherty	4
	John Higgins	1
																	Stuart Bingham	8
																	Stephen Maguire	9
	Judd Trump	4
	Dominic Dale	3
					Judd Trump	4
					Andrew Higginson	1
	Andrew Higginson	4
	Michael Wasley	2
									Judd Trump	5
									Pankaj Advani	2
	Graeme Dott	4
	Fergal O'Brien	2
					Graeme Dott	1
					Pankaj Advani	4
	Pankaj Advani	4
	Shaun Murphy	3
													Judd Trump	4
													Stephen Maguire	6
	Stephen Maguire	4
	Anthony Hamilton	2
					Stephen Maguire	4
					Matthew Stevens	2
	Liang Wenbo	2
	Matthew Stevens	4
									Stephen Maguire	5
									Alan McManus	3
	Barry Hawkins	2
	Alan McManus	4
					Alan McManus	4
					Joe Perry	3
	Joe Perry	4
	Mark Selby	0

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Zhu Ying. Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 17 February 2013.[13][14]
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,^[15][16][17] and on 11 February 2013 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Round 1

Ben Woollaston 2–4 Dechawat Poomjaeng Dave Harold 2–4 Aditya Mehta Jamie Jones 1–4 Passakorn Suwannawat Barry Pinches 4–1 Simon Bedford Gerard Greene 4–3 David Grace Luca Brecel 1–4 Sam Baird Michael White 2–4 Paul Davison Liu Chuang 4–2 Chen Zhe Andy Hicks 3–4 Duane Jones Jack Lisowski 1–4 Ian Burns Yu Delu 0–4 Craig Steadman Matthew Selt 4–1 Jordan Brown Cao Yupeng 2–4 Martin O'Donnell Xiao Guodong 3–4 Justin Astley David Gilbert 4–0 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Rory McLeod 2–4 Gareth Allen

Mike Dunn 4–1 Liam Highfield James Wattana 3–4 Daniel Wells Adam Duffy 4–2 Mohamed Khairy Anthony McGill 1–4 Michael Wasley Rod Lawler 4–3 Li Yan Nigel Bond 4–1 Joel Walker Peter Lines 1–4 Pankaj Advani Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–3 Michael Leslie Mark Joyce 4–2 Tian Pengfei Anthony Hamilton 4–1 Sean O'Sullivan Liang Wenbo 4–0 Tony Drago Alfie Burden 4–3 Scott Donaldson Jimmy White 2–4 Zhang Anda Alan McManus 4–2 Jamie O'Neill Jimmy Robertson 4–3 Robbie Williams Steve Davis 4–2 Kurt Maflin

Round 2

Ding Junhui[n 1] 4–2 Dechawat Poomjaeng Mark King 4–0 Aditya Mehta Marco Fu 4–1 Passakorn Suwannawat Mark Allen 4–2 Barry Pinches Ali Carter 2–4 Gerard Greene Martin Gould 3–4 Sam Baird Robert Milkins 4–2 Paul Davison Mark Williams[n 1] 4–1 Liu Chuang Neil Robertson 4–3 Duane Jones Jamie Cope w/d–w/o Ian Burns Jamie Burnett 1–4 Craig Steadman Stuart Bingham 4–2 Matthew Selt Ricky Walden 4–2 Martin O'Donnell Tom Ford 4–0 Justin Astley Ken Doherty 4–0 David Gilbert John Higgins[n 1] 4–1 Gareth Allen

Judd Trump[n 1] 4–0 Mike Dunn Dominic Dale[n 1] 4–1 Daniel Wells Andrew Higginson 4–0 Adam Duffy Mark Davis 2–4 Michael Wasley Graeme Dott 4–1 Rod Lawler Fergal O'Brien 4–1 Nigel Bond Peter Ebdon 3–4 Pankaj Advani Shaun Murphy 4–2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Stephen Maguire 4–3 Mark Joyce Marcus Campbell 1–4 Anthony Hamilton Ryan Day[n 1] 1–4 Liang Wenbo Matthew Stevens[n 1] 4–2 Alfie Burden Barry Hawkins 4–1 Zhang Anda Michael Holt 0–4 Alan McManus Joe Perry 4–1 Jimmy Robertson Mark Selby[n 1] 4–0 Steve Davis

1. Matches were held over and played in Newport.

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

^[18]

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

^[19]

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