2013 Indian Open

Indian Open

Tournament information
Dates	14–18 October 2013 (2013-10-14 – 2013-10-18)
Venue	Le Meridien Hotel
City	New Delhi
Country	India
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£300,000
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Ding Junhui  (CHN) (142)
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui  (CHN)
Runner-up	Aditya Mehta  (IND)
Score	5–0
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The 2013 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 14 and 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]

Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £13,500 Quarter-final: £9,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £3,000 Last 64: £2,000

Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £300,000

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  (ENG)	4–1	Kamal Chawla  (IND)
WC2	Jeff Cundy  (ENG)	4–0	Sundeep Gulati  (IND)
WC3	Anthony McGill  (SCO)	4–3	Shivam Arora  (IND)
WC4	Robbie Williams  (ENG)	4–1	Manan Chandra  (IND)
WC5	Paul Davison  (ENG)	4–1	Faisal Khan  (IND)
WC6	Liam Highfield  (ENG)	w/d–w/o	Dharminder Lilly  (IND)

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]}

Neil Robertson 4–3 Robin Hull Adam Duffy 0–4 Noppon Saengkham Rod Lawler 4–0 Jak Jones Ali Carter 4–0 Gareth Green Ryan Day 4–0 Christopher Keogan Dechawat Poomjaeng 4–1 Rhys Clark Liang Wenbo 4–0 Scott Donaldson Matthew Stevens 0–4 David Morris Ding Junhui 4–1 Sanderson Lam Barry Pinches 4–1 Chris Wakelin Mark Joyce 4–3 Allan Taylor Martin Gould 3–4 Sean O'Sullivan Mark King 0–4 Jeff Cundy Peter Lines 2–4 Li Yan Tian Pengfei 2–4 Joel Walker John Higgins 4–2 Sam Baird Barry Hawkins 4–2 Jamie O'Neill Anthony McGill 4–1 James Cahill Dave Harold 2–4 Alex Davies Fergal O'Brien 4–0 Vinnie Calabrese Joe Perry 4–1 Passakorn Suwannawat David Gilbert 4–0 Zak Surety Gerard Greene 4–3 Mitchell Travis Ricky Walden 4–1 Alex Borg Graeme Dott 2–4 Ratchayothin Yotharuck James Wattana 4–1 Ryan Clark Mike Dunn 4–0 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Ken Doherty 4–2 Luca Brecel Andrew Higginson 4–0 Ross Muir Jamie Burnett 4–2 Chris Norbury Rory McLeod 0–4 Kyren Wilson Shaun Murphy 3–4 Robbie Williams

Judd Trump 3–4 Zhang Anda Alan McManus 4–1 Sydney Wilson Anthony Hamilton 4–2 Michael Wasley Michael White 4–0 Ahmed Saif Dominic Dale 4–2 Alexander Ursenbacher Jimmy White 1–4 Gary Wilson Alfie Burden 3–4 Tony Drago Marco Fu 4–0 Michael Leslie Mark Davis 4–0 Lee Page Kurt Maflin 2–4 Elliot Slessor Jamie Cope 4–3 Martin O'Donnell Michael Holt 4–2 Fraser Patrick Tom Ford 4–0 Craig Steadman Jamie Jones 4–1 Patrick Einsle Cao Yupeng 1–4 Paul Davison Stephen Maguire 4–1 Andrew Pagett Stuart Bingham 4–1 Ian Burns Liu Chuang 4–0 Mohamed Khairy Steve Davis 1–4 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Ben Woollaston 3–4 Lyu Haotian Marcus Campbell 4–3 Shane Castle Matthew Selt 0–4 Pankaj Advani Nigel Bond 4–3 Li Hang Mark Allen 4–1 John Astley Robert Milkins 2–4 Chen Zhe Jimmy Robertson 3–4 Hammad Miah Xiao Guodong 2–4 Aditya Mehta Peter Ebdon 4–1 Ashley Carty Mark Williams 4–0 Joe Swail Yu Delu 4–2 Stuart Carrington Jack Lisowski 2–4 Liam Highfield Mark Selby 4–3 Daniel Wells

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

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• 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

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• 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

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External links

• 2013 Indian Open – Pictures mainly by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook