| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17–23 June 2013 |
| Venue | Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium |
| City | Wuxi |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £470,000 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Highest break | 138 (x2) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Runner-up |  John Higgins (SCO) |
| Score | 10–7 |
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The 2013 Sports Lottery Cup Wuxi Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 17 and 23 June 2013 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. It was the first ranking event of the 2013/2014 season. [1]
Contents
- Prize fund
- Wildcard round
- Main draw
- Top half
- Bottom half
- Final
- Qualifying
- Century breaks
- Qualifying stage centuries
- Televised stage centuries
- References
- External links
The tournament was the first to use the new format, similar to the one used in the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events, where every player, including members of the top 16, started in the first round. [2] Some of the sport's biggest names did not reach the tournament's final stage. Reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew for personal reasons shortly before his qualifying match against Michael Wasley. [3] World number one Mark Selby lost his qualifying match 3–5 to Andrew Pagett. [4] World number four Shaun Murphy also exited the tournament at the qualifying stage, losing 1–5 to Alex Davies. [5]
Nine-time women's world champion Reanne Evans defeated Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–4 in her qualifying match to become the first woman ever to reach the final stages of a major professional ranking tournament. [6] [7] Evans was chosen as one of four players to play against local opponents in the wildcard round, and she lost 2–5 against Chinese teenager Zhu Yinghui. [8] [9]
Ricky Walden was the defending champion, [10] [11] but he lost 2–5 against Jimmy White in the last 64. [9] [12]
Neil Robertson won his eighth ranking title by defeating John Higgins 10–7 in the final. [13] [14] Robertson also made the 98th official maximum break during his qualifying match against Mohamed Khairy. This was Robertson's second 147 break and the first in the 2013/2014 season. [15]
