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The 2013 [[Betfair]] [[World Snooker Championship]] professional [[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] [[snooker]] tournament took place from 20 April to 6 May 2013 at the [[Crucible Theatre]] in [[Sheffield]], [[England]]. It was the 76th edition of the event and the last ranking event of the [[Snooker season 2012/2013|2012/2013 season]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2012 | title=Tournament Calendar 2012/2013 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=4 June 2012}}</ref> It is the first time that Betfair has sponsored the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Betfair Sponsor World Championship|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/WorldChampionshipEventArticle/0,,13165~3121136,00.html|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]|accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref>
The 2013 [[Betfair]] [[World Snooker Championship]] professional [[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] [[snooker]] tournament took place from 20 April to 6 May 2013 at the [[Crucible Theatre]] in [[Sheffield]], [[England]]. It was the 76th edition of the event and the last ranking event of the [[Snooker season 2012/2013|2012/2013 season]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2012 | title=Tournament Calendar 2012/2013 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=4 June 2012}}</ref> It is the first time that Betfair has sponsored the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Betfair Sponsor World Championship|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/WorldChampionshipEventArticle/0,,13165~3121136,00.html|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]|accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref>


Defending champion [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] successfully retained his title, defeating [[Barry Hawkins]] 18–12 in the final. In doing so, O'Sullivan became only the third player [? what about Reardon?] after [[Steve Davis]] and [[Stephen Hendry]] to defend his world title at the [[Crucible Theatre|Crucible]].<ref name=bbcfinal>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/22421611 | title = Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Barry Hawkins to retain World title | first = Ben |last = Dirs | accessdate = 6 May 2013|date = 6 May 2013 |publisher = BBC Sport }}</ref>
Defending champion [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] successfully retained his title, defeating [[Barry Hawkins]] 18–12 in the final. In doing so, O'Sullivan became only the third player after [[Steve Davis]] and [[Stephen Hendry]] to defend his world title at the [[Crucible Theatre|Crucible]].<ref name=bbcfinal>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/22421611 | title = Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Barry Hawkins to retain World title | first = Ben |last = Dirs | accessdate = 6 May 2013|date = 6 May 2013 |publisher = BBC Sport }}</ref>


==Tournament summary==
==Tournament summary==

Revision as of 22:16, 6 May 2013

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World Snooker Championship
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Tournament information
Dates20 April – 6 May 2013
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,111,000[1]
Winner's share£250,000
Highest break143
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upEngland Barry Hawkins
Score18–12
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The 2013 Betfair World Snooker Championship professional ranking snooker tournament took place from 20 April to 6 May 2013 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 76th edition of the event and the last ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[2] It is the first time that Betfair has sponsored the event.[3]

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully retained his title, defeating Barry Hawkins 18–12 in the final. In doing so, O'Sullivan became only the third player after Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry to defend his world title at the Crucible.[4]

Tournament summary

First round

  • Debutants at the Crucible this year were Jack Lisowski, Michael White, Ben Woollaston, Dechawat Poomjaeng, Matthew Selt and Sam Baird.[5][6][7] White advanced to the second round by beating Mark Williams 10–6.[8] Poomjaeng advanced by beating Stephen Maguire 10–9, the only match that went the distance at this particular stage of the tournament.[9]
  • After last year's record number of Chinese players in the tournament (four), this year Ding Junhui was the only representative from China.[10] Poomjaeng became only the third Thai player, after former world number three James Wattana and Tai Pichit, to reach the Crucible.
  • By qualifying for the event, Peter Ebdon played in his 22nd consecutive World Championship, equalling the number made by Steve Davis. They are second behind only the record of 27 set by Stephen Hendry.[11]
  • World Snooker lodged a formal complaint with the BBC after they ended live coverage during the final stages of the Ronnie O'Sullivan-Marcus Campbell tie, to air a repeat of an episode of the 1970s sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. With the match also unavailable on the BBC Red Button service, viewers expressed their anger on social networks, causing the CEO of World Snooker, Barry Hearn, to apologise to fans on Twitter.[12]
  • The second session of the first round match between Ebdon and Graeme Dott had to be pulled off, with Dott leading 8–6,[13] due to the match overrunning and being in danger of delaying the beginning of sessions in other matches. This led to a rare instance of a best-of-19 match being played over three sessions. Following Dott's 10–6 victory, he criticised Ebdon for his perceived slow play.[14] The match between Poomjaeng and Maguire also had to be finished off in a third session of – again – two frames, with the Thai leading 9–8 at the time.[15]

Second round

  • Dott's second round defeat to Shaun Murphy meant there were no Scottish players in the last eight for the first time since 1988, some 25 years ago.[16]
  • The above mentioned White reached his first ranking event quarter-final by defeating Poomjaeng 13–3 with a session to spare.[17] Poomjaeng lost the fourth frame of the match after three failed attempts to hit visible red balls whilst using the Spider rest to bridge over the blue in an attempt to thinly clip the pack of reds. In dismay at having lost the frame in such circumstances, Poomjaeng then clapped and whooped in an attempt to rouse himself for the ensuing frames after the mid session interval.[18]
  • O'Sullivan became the first defending champion since Murphy in 2006 to reach the quarter-finals by beating Ali Carter 13–8, in what was a repeat of the 2008 as well as last year's final.
  • Ricky Walden reached his first crucible quarter-final by defeating Robert Milkins 13–11. Milkins trailed 3–9, but could reduce Walden's lead twice to just one frame at 10–11 and 11–12, before Walden won the last frame.
  • Barry Hawkins also reached his first Crucible quarter-final after defeating Mark Selby, the world No. 1, 13–10.
  • On 26 April 2013, the first Ladies' Day was held at the Crucible, with events designed to promote the participation of girls and women in the sport.[19]

Quarter-finals

  • In the quarter-finals, O'Sullivan took 12 of the first 13 frames against Stuart Bingham and won the match 13–4. Judd Trump battled back from 3–8 behind against Murphy to win 13–12 after a dramatic 52-minute deciding frame. Walden beat Welsh player White 13–6 and Hawkins defeated China's Ding Junhui 13–7 to put the two remaining non-English competitors out of the tournament.

Semi-finals

  • 2013 was only the third time in the modern history of the game that all four World Championship semi-finalists were English. The other two times were in 1987 (when Joe Johnson played Neal Foulds and Jimmy White played Steve Davis) and 1991 (when Steve James played White and John Parrott played Davis).
  • In the 23rd frame of his semi-final against Trump, O'Sullivan received a reprimand from referee Michaela Tabb for allegedly making an obscene gesture with his cue. A World Snooker spokesman stated: "We have been told by eyewitnesses in the arena that O'Sullivan made an inappropriate gesture, though this does not seem to have been captured on camera." It is not expected that any disciplinary action will be taken against O'Sullivan over the incident.[20]
  • In the semi-finals, O'Sullivan defeated Trump 17–11 to become the first defending champion to reach the final since Ken Doherty in 1998. Hawkins fought back from 8–12 behind against Walden to win 17–14.

Final

  • O'Sullivan led the final 5–3 after the first session and 10–7 after the second session. Five century breaks were made on the first day of the final, four by O'Sullivan and one by Hawkins. O'Sullivan's break of 103 in the 15th frame was his 128th century break at the Crucible Theatre, breaking Stephen Hendry's record of 127 Crucible centuries.[21]
  • Notable attendees on the last day of the final included artist Damien Hirst, actor Stephen Fry, 16-time world darts champion Phil Taylor, comedian Noel Fielding, and Kasabian guitarist Sergio Pizzorno.[22]
  • O'Sullivan won the final 18–12, becoming the only player to score six centuries in the final.[4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[23]

Main draw

Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[24][25][26] The draw for the first round took place on 15 April 2013, one day after the qualifying, and was broadcast live by Talksport at 1.30 pm BST.[27] All session times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00). Template:World Snooker Championship Rounds

Preliminary qualifying

The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament were for WPBSA members not on the Main Tour and took place on 4 and 5 April 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[28][29][30][31]

Round 1
England Ali Bassiri 0–5 England Surinder Gill
England Del Smith 4–5 England Ian Barry Stark
England Paul Wykes 5–2 Finland Robin Hull
England Stephen Ormerod 5–0 Republic of Ireland Bill Kelly
Round 2
England Andrew Norman 5–1 England Philip Minchin
England Les Dodd 5–4 England Surinder Gill
Republic of Ireland David Morris 1–5 Northern Ireland Joe Swail
England Stephen Rowlings 5–4 England Ian Barry Stark
England Justin Astley 5–2 England Tony Knowles
India Lucky Vatnani 3–5 England Paul Wykes
India David Singh 2–5 Wales Tony Chappel
Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 5–0 England Stephen Ormerod
Round 3
England Andrew Norman 1–5 England Les Dodd
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 5–2 England Stephen Rowlings
England Justin Astley 5–2 England Paul Wykes
Wales Tony Chappel 1–5 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace
Round 4
England Les Dodd 1–5 Northern Ireland Joe Swail
England Justin Astley 5–2 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace

Qualifying

The qualifying rounds 1–3 for the tournament took place between 6 and 11 April 2013 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The final round of qualifying took place between 13 and 14 April 2013 at the same venue.[29][31][32]

Round 1
Best of 19 frames		Round 2
Best of 19 frames		Round 3
Best of 19 frames		Round 4
Best of 19 frames
ThailandThepchaiya Un-Nooh10Northern IrelandGerard Greene4EnglandBen Woollaston10WalesRyan Day9
ScotlandScott Donaldson6ThailandThepchaiya Un-Nooh10ThailandThepchaiya Un-Nooh3EnglandBen Woollaston10
ChinaZhang Anda10ChinaCao Yupeng7WalesMichael White10EnglandAndrew Higginson4
ThailandPassakorn Suwannawat6ChinaZhang Anda10ChinaZhang Anda5WalesMichael White10
ThailandThanawat Thirapongpaiboon10EnglandMike Dunn6EnglandMatthew Selt10Republic of IrelandKen Doherty9
EnglandJamie O'Neill8ThailandThanawat Thirapongpaiboon10ThailandThanawat Thirapongpaiboon8EnglandMatthew Selt10
EnglandMichael Wasley10ThailandJames Wattana10EnglandJack Lisowski10Republic of IrelandFergal O'Brien4
EnglandSean O'Sullivan6EnglandMichael Wasley7ThailandJames Wattana4EnglandJack Lisowski10
ThailandDechawat Poomjaeng10ChinaLiu Chuang9EnglandAnthony Hamilton4EnglandJamie Cope3
ScotlandMichael Leslie4ThailandDechawat Poomjaeng10ThailandDechawat Poomjaeng10ThailandDechawat Poomjaeng10
IndiaPankaj Advani8EnglandAdam Duffy6EnglandMark Joyce10EnglandMichael Holt10
Northern IrelandJoe Swail10Northern IrelandJoe Swail10Northern IrelandJoe Swail7EnglandMark Joyce7
MaltaTony Drago10EnglandAndy Hicks7EnglandDavid Gilbert10Hong KongMarco Fu10
EgyptMohamed Khairy3MaltaTony Drago10MaltaTony Drago8EnglandDavid Gilbert6
IndiaAditya Mehta10ScotlandAlan McManus10EnglandNigel Bond8EnglandTom Ford5
WalesDaniel Wells7IndiaAditya Mehta9ScotlandAlan McManus10ScotlandAlan McManus10
BelgiumLuca Brecel6EnglandRod Lawler10ScotlandAnthony McGill9EnglandMartin Gould10
ScotlandFraser Patrick10ScotlandFraser Patrick5EnglandRod Lawler10EnglandRod Lawler7
EnglandRobbie Williams7EnglandJimmy Robertson10ChinaLiang Wenbo10EnglandMark Davis10
ChinaLi Yan10ChinaLi Yan2EnglandJimmy Robertson3ChinaLiang Wenbo6
EnglandIan Burns10ChinaYu Delu10ScotlandJamie Burnett6EnglandMark King10
EnglandJoel Walker8EnglandIan Burns2ChinaYu Delu10ChinaYu Delu9
EnglandLiam Highfield10EnglandBarry Pinches9WalesJamie Jones9ScotlandMarcus Campbell10
EnglandSimon Bedford6EnglandLiam Highfield10EnglandLiam Highfield10EnglandLiam Highfield4
ChinaChen Zhe7EnglandPeter Lines9EnglandRory McLeod9EnglandJoe Perry3
EnglandSam Baird10EnglandSam Baird10EnglandSam Baird10EnglandSam Baird10
EnglandPaul Davison10EnglandAlfie Burden10EnglandDave Harold9WalesDominic Dale10
EnglandJustin Astley8EnglandPaul Davison7EnglandAlfie Burden10EnglandAlfie Burden5
EnglandCraig Steadman10NorwayKurt Maflin10EnglandSteve Davis7EnglandPeter Ebdon10
EnglandDavid Grace9EnglandCraig Steadman6NorwayKurt Maflin10NorwayKurt Maflin8
ChinaTian Pengfei10EnglandJimmy White10ChinaXiao Guodong4EnglandRobert Milkins10
EnglandMartin O'Donnell5ChinaTian Pengfei7EnglandJimmy White10EnglandJimmy White5

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

There were 63 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship:[33][34]

Televised stage centuries

[35]

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