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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 11–17 February 2013 |
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 | ![]() |
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Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9–8 |
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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]
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 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]
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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Zhu Ying. Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 17 February 2013. [13] [14] | ||
Stuart Bingham ![]() | 8–9 | Stephen Maguire ![]() |
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 |
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]
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