2013 Indian Open
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 14–18 October 2013 |
| Venue | Le Meridien Hotel |
| City | New Delhi |
| Country | India |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £300,000 |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break |  Ding Junhui (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ding Junhui |
| Runner-up |  Aditya Mehta |
| Score | 5–0 |
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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]
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]
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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 | ||
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| WC1 |  Rod Lawler
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4–1 | Kamal Chawla
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| WC2 | Jeff Cundy
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4–0 | Sundeep Gulati
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| WC3 |  Anthony McGill
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4–3 | Shivam Arora
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| WC4 | Robbie Williams
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4–1 | Manan Chandra
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| WC5 | Paul Davison
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4–1 | Faisal Khan
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| WC6 | Liam Highfield
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w/d–w/o | Dharminder Lilly
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, India, 18 October 2013.[10][13] | ||
| Ding Junhui China
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5–0 | Aditya Mehta India
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| 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
- 136
Andrew Higginson - 134
Marco Fu - 129 Martin O'Donnell
- 126 Elliot Slessor
- 125
Chen Zhe - 121
Fergal O'Brien - 114 Mark Davis
- 111 Jamie O'Neill
- 109, 101 Zhang Anda
- 105 Peter Ebdon
- 105 Xiao Guodong
- 105 Liam Highfield
- 104
Aditya Mehta - 103
Graeme Dott - 103 Paul Davison
- 102 Fraser Patrick
- 101 David Gilbert
- 101 Kyren Wilson
- 100 Joe Perry
- 100
Kurt Maflin
Televised stage centuries
- 142, 109, 107, 106, 100 Ding Junhui
- 138, 123, 103 Anthony McGill
- 137 Marco Fu
- 135, 125, 120 Gary Wilson
- 134 Pankaj Advani
- 133, 125
Michael White - 133 Zhang Anda
- 132, 127, 122 Aditya Mehta
- 131, 101
Ratchayothin Yotharuck - 119, 119, 117 Stuart Bingham
- 114 Mark Joyce
- 108 Rod Lawler
- 104, 103, 103, 103, 100
Neil Robertson - 103, 100 Robbie Williams
- 102 Ken Doherty
- 102 Ricky Walden
- 101 Liu Chuang
- 100 Liang Wenbo
- 100 Mark Williams
References
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- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
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- ^ "Brilliant Ding Is Star of India". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Aditya Mehta suffers crushing defeat in Indian Open final". The Indian Express. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
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- ^ "Indian Qualifying Events for Indian Open 2013". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ "Manan, Lilly make the cut". Deccan Herald. 5 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ "Final – Match 69 – Ding Junhui v Aditya Mehta". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Indian Open 2013 Qualifiers Draw & Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Indian Open 2013 qualifiers results". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
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- ^ "Indian Open qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Indian Open: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.