2013 Masters (snooker)

2013 Betfair Masters

Tournament information
Dates	13–20 January 2013 (2013-01-13 – 2013-01-20)
Venue	Alexandra Palace
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£500,000
Winner's share	£175,000 [1]
Highest break	Mark Allen  (NIR) (138)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby  (ENG)
Runner-up	Neil Robertson  (AUS)
Score	10–6
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The 2013 Masters (officially the 2013 Betfair Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 13 and 20 January 2013 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. ^[2] This was the first time that Betfair sponsored the event. ^[3] The event was broadcast live on Eurosport and BBC. ^{[4] [5]}

Mark Selby won his third Masters title by defeating defending champion Neil Robertson 10–6 in the final. ^{[6] [7]} With this Selby became the sixth player to win the Masters more than two times after Cliff Thorburn, Stephen Hendry, Paul Hunter, Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan. Selby also became the first player to win back-to-back Triple Crown titles since Mark Williams 10 years before. ^{[8] [9]} This was Selby's 11th professional title.

Field

Defending champion Neil Robertson was the number 1 seed. World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan did not compete. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 3) except that Stephen Lee, ranked 9, did not play because he was suspended. ^[10] As a consequence Mark Davis, ranked 17, was invited and seeded 16.

Prize fund

The total prize money of £500,000 was unchanged from the previous year but the distribution was changed with the winner receiving £175,000, an increase of £25,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[11]

• Winner: £175,000
• Runner-up: £85,000
• Semi-finals: £40,000
• Quarter-finals: £20,000
• Last 16: £9,000
• Highest break: £8,000
• Total: £500,000

Main draw

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	Last 16 Best of 11 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	6
	10	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	5
						1	Neil Robertson	6
						8	Mark Allen	5
	8	Mark Allen  (NIR)	6
	16	Mark Davis  (ENG)	2
											1	Neil Robertson	6
											5	Shaun Murphy	2
	5	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	6
	11	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	4
						5	Shaun Murphy	6
						4	John Higgins	5
	4	John Higgins  (SCO)	6
	14	Ali Carter  (ENG)	3
																1	Neil Robertson	6
																3	Mark Selby	10
	3	Mark Selby  (ENG)	6
	9	Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	5
						3	Mark Selby	6
						6	Mark Williams	1
	6	Mark Williams  (WAL)	6
	13	Matthew Stevens  (WAL)	4
											3	Mark Selby	6
											12	Graeme Dott	5
	7	Stephen Maguire  (SCO)	5
	12	Graeme Dott  (SCO)	6
						12	Graeme Dott	6
						2	Judd Trump	1
	2	Judd Trump  (ENG)	6
	15	Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	5

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. Alexandra Palace, London, England, 20 January 2013 [15] [16]
Neil Robertson (1)   Australia	6–10	Mark Selby (3)   England
Afternoon: 12–58, 1–73 (73), 23–102 (102), 83–1 (78), 1–84 (84), 45–69, 74–9 (63), 87–0 (72) Evening: 8–80 (67), 48–63, 0–72, 81–6 (74), 91–8 (83), 69–50, 27–58, 9–84
83	Highest break	102
0	Century breaks	1
5	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

Total: 20 ^[17]

• 138, 136 – Mark Allen
• 132, 127, 111, 105, 101, 100 – Neil Robertson
• 131, 110 – Stephen Maguire
• 130 – Shaun Murphy
• 127, 103 – Ding Junhui
• 117 – John Higgins
• 111, 111 – Graeme Dott
• 109 – Barry Hawkins
• 107, 105 – Judd Trump
• 102 – Mark Selby

References

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6. Kane, Desmond. "Selby repels Robertson to lift third Masters crown". Eurosport UK . Retrieved 21 January 2013.
7. Hafez, Shamoon. "Masters snooker final 2013: Mark Selby beats Neil Robertson". BBC Sport . Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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9. "Betfair Masters: Mark Selby claims title with 10–6 win over defending champion Neil Robertson". Sky Sports . Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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11. "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 13 January 2013.
12. "2013 Betfair Masters draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 8 November 2012.
13. "2013 Betfair Masters results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
14. "The Masters 2013: schedule and results". BBC Sport . Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
15. "Betfair Masters (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
16. "Match 15 / Final – Neil Robertson v Mark Selby". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
17. "The Masters Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

External links

• The Masters 2013 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Photobucket
• Behind the scenes shots of the 2013 Betfair Masters – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook