2013 Warld Snooker Championship

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2013 Betfair Warld Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates20 April – 6 May 2013
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
KintraEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRankin event
Total prize fund£1,111,000
Winner's share£250,000
Highest breakAustralie Neil Robertson (143)
Final
ChampionIngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upIngland Barry Hawkins
Score18–12
2012
2014

The 2013 Warld Snooker Championship (an aw referred tae as the 2013 Betfair Warld Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) wis a professional snooker toornament that teuk place frae 20 Apryle tae 6 May 2013 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It wis the 37th consecutive year that the Warld Snooker Championship haed been held at the Crucible and wis the last rankin event o the 2012/2013 saison.[1] The event wis sponsored bi Betfair for the first time.[2]

Despite haein played anly ane competitive match aw saison, defendin champion Ronnie O'Sullivan did nae lose a session in the toornament.[3] He defeatit Barry Hawkins 18–12 in the final tae acome a five-time Warld Champion, joining Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry as the anly players ever tae defend thair titles successfully at the Crucible. He broke Hendry's record of 127 career Crucible centuries, finishing the toornament wi 131. He an aw became the first player tae mak sax century braks in a Warld Championship final.[4] The toornament wis sponsored bi online betting exchange Betfair.

On 26 Apryle 2013, th first Ladies' Day wis held at the Crucible, wi events designed tae promote the sport tae girls and weemen.[5]

Tournament summary[eedit | eedit soorce]

First round[eedit | eedit soorce]

File:Warld Snooker Championship 2013 day 1 session 3.jpg
Interior o the Crucible Theatre afore the third session o the first day
  • Debutants at the Crucible war Jack Lisowski, Michael White, Ben Woollaston, Dechawat Poomjaeng, Matthew Selt and Sam Baird.[6][7][8] White advanced tae the seicont roond bi beatin Mark Williams 10–6.[9] Poomjaeng advanced bi beatin Stephen Maguire 10–9 in the anly first-roond match that went tae a deciding frame.
  • Efter a record fower Cheenese players reached the Crucible in 2012, Ding Junhui wis his naition's anly representative in 2013.[10] Poomjaeng became anly the third Thai player, efter James Wattana and Tai Pichit, tae reach the Crucible.[11]
  • Bi qualifying for the event, Peter Ebdon played in his 22nt consecutive Warld Championship, equalling the nummer of consecutive appearances made bi Steve Davis. Thay are jynt third behind the record of 27 set bi Stephen Hendry[12] an the ongoing run of 26 bi Ronnie O'Sullivan.
  • Warld Snooker lodged a formal complaint wi the BBC efter it ended live coverage during the final stages o the Ronnie O'SullivanMarcus Campbell tie tae air a repeat episode o the 1970s sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Wi the match an aw unavailable on the BBC Reid Button service, viewers expressed thair anger on social networks. The CEO of Warld Snooker, Barry Hearn, apologised tae fans on Twitter.
  • The seicont session o the first roond match atween Ebdon and Graeme Dott haed tae be pulled off, wi Dott leadin 8–6.[13] Follaein Dott's 10–6 veectory, he criticised Ebdon for his perceived slow play and cried for a rule tae leemit the amount of time a player coud spend ower a shot. The match atween Poomjaeng and Maguire an aw haed tae be finished off in a third session, wi Poomjaeng leadin 9–8 when the end wis postponed.[14]

Second round[eedit | eedit soorce]

  • Dott's seicont roond defeat tae Shaun Murphy meant thare war no Scottish players in the last aicht for the first time syne 1988.[15]
  • White reached his first rankin event quarter-final bi defeatin Poomjaeng 13–3 wi a session to spare.[16] Poomjaeng lost the fowert frame o the match efter three failed attempts tae hit visible reid balls whilst uisin the spider tae brig ower the blue.[17]
  • O'Sullivan became the first defendin champion syne Murphy in 2006 tae reach the quarter-finals when he defeatit Ali Carter, his opponent in the 2008 and 2012 Warld Championship finals, bi 13 frames tae 8.[18]
  • Ricky Walden reached his first Crucible quarter-final bi defeatin Robert Milkins 13–11.[19] Milkins trailed 3–9, but focht back tae 10–11 and 11–12, afore Walden won the frame he needed for veectory.[20]
  • Barry Hawkins an aw reached his first Crucible quarter-final efter defeatin Warld nummer ane Mark Selby 13–10.[21]

Quarter-finals[eedit | eedit soorce]

  • In the quarter-finals, O'Sullivan teuk 12 o the first 13 frames against Stuart Bingham and won the match 13–4.[22]
  • Judd Trump battled back frae 3–8 behind against Murphy tae win 13–12 efter a dramatic 53-minute deciding frame.[23][24]
  • Walden beat Welsh player White 13–6 and Hawkins defeatit Cheenae's Ding Junhui 13–7 tae put the twa remainin non-English competitors oot o the toornament.[25]
  • Walden reached the semi finals o the Warld Championship on his third attempt, despite never haein previously won a match in his anly ither twa appearances at The Crucible in 2009 and 2011.

Semi-finals[eedit | eedit soorce]

  • This wis anly the third time in the modren history of snooker that aw fower Warld Championship semi-finalists war English. The ither twa times war when Joe Johnson played Neal Foulds and Jimmy White played Steve Davis in 1987 and when Steve James played White and John Parrott played Davis in 1991.[26]
  • In the 23rd frame of his semi-final against Trump, O'Sullivan received a reprimand frae referee Michaela Tabb for allegedly makin an obscene gesture wi his cue. A Warld Snooker spokesman later stated that eyewitnesses haed an aw observed O'Sullivan makin an inappropriate gesture, awtho it wis nae captured on camera.[27]
  • O'Sullivan defeatit Trump 17–11,[25] and became the first defendin champion tae reach the final syne Ken Doherty in 1998.[28]
  • Hawkins focht back frae 8–12 behind against Walden tae win 17–14.[29]

Final[eedit | eedit soorce]

File:Ronnie O'Sullivan with Warld Championship Trophy 2013.jpg
Ronnie O'Sullivan holding the trophy efter the final
  • O'Sullivan led the final 5–3 efter the first session. Awtho Hawkins drew level at 7–7 in the seicont session, O'Sullivan won the last three frames o the day tae tak a 10–7 overnight lead.[30]
  • O'Sullivan's brak of 103 in the 15t frame wis his 128th century brak at the Crucible Theatre, braking Stephen Hendry's record of 127 Crucible centuries.[31] During the final he extendit the record tae 131 century braks.[32]
  • O'Sullivan led 15–10 efter the third session,[33] and went on tae win the final 18–12 tae tak his fift Warld title.[4] He became the first defendin champion tae retain his title syne Hendry in 1996,[34] an the first player tae score sax century braks in a Warld Championship final.[4]
  • The final haed a tot of aicht century braks, which equalled the record set in the 2002 final atween Hendry and Ebdon.[35]
  • At the age of 37, O'Sullivan became the auldest Warld Snooker Champion syne 45-year-auld Ray Reardon in 1978.[36]

Prize fund[eedit | eedit soorce]

The brakdown of prize money for this year is shawn ablo:[37]

  • Winner: £250,000
  • Runner-up: £125,000
  • Semi-final: £52,000
  • Quarter-final: £24,050
  • Last 16: £16,000
  • Last 32: £12,000
  • Last 48: £8,200
  • Last 64: £4,600
  • Non-televised heichest brak: £1,000
  • Televised heichest brak: £10,000
  • Tot: £1,111,000

Main draw[eedit | eedit soorce]

Shawn ablo are the results for each roond. The nummers in parentheses beside some o the players are thair seeding ranks (each championship haes 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[25][38][39] The draw for the first roond teuk place on 15 Apryle 2013, ane day efter the qualifying, an wis broadcast live bi Talksport at 1.30 pm  BST.[40]

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 33 frames
                           
20 April            
 Ingland Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  10
27, 28 & 29 April
 Scotland Marcus Campbell  4  
 Ingland Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  13
22 & 23 April
   Ingland Ali Carter (16)  8  
 Ingland Ali Carter (16)  10
30 April & 1 May
 Ingland Ben Woollaston  4  
 Ingland Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  13
24 & 25 April
   Ingland Stuart Bingham (9)  4  
 Ingland Stuart Bingham (9)  10
28 & 29 April
 Ingland Sam Baird  2  
 Ingland Stuart Bingham (9)  13
21 & 22 April
   Ingland Mark Davis  10  
 Scotland John Higgins (8)  6
2, 3 & 4 May
 Ingland Mark Davis  10  
 Ingland Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  17
20 & 21 April
   Ingland Judd Trump (4)  11
 Ingland Shaun Murphy (5)  10
25 & 26 April
 Ingland Martin Gould  5  
 Ingland Shaun Murphy (5)  13
21 & 22 April
   Scotland Graeme Dott (12)  11  
 Scotland Graeme Dott (12)  10
30 April & 1 May
 Ingland Peter Ebdon  6  
 Ingland Shaun Murphy (5)  12
23 & 24 April
   Ingland Judd Trump (4)  13  
 Wales Matthew Stevens (13)  7
26 & 27 April
 Hong Kong Marco Fu  10  
 Hong Kong Marco Fu  7
23 & 24 April
   Ingland Judd Trump (4)  13  
 Ingland Judd Trump (4)  10
 Wales Dominic Dale  5  
24 & 25 April            
 Australie Neil Robertson (3)  8
28 & 29 April
 Ingland Robert Milkins  10  
 Ingland Robert Milkins  11
20 & 21 April
   Ingland Ricky Walden (14)  13  
 Ingland Ricky Walden (14)  10
30 April & 1 May
 Ingland Michael Holt  1  
 Ingland Ricky Walden (14)  13
20 & 21 April
   Wales Michael White  6  
 Wales Mark Williams (11)  6
25 & 26 April
 Wales Michael White  10  
 Wales Michael White  13
22 & 23 April
   Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng  3  
 Scotland Stephen Maguire (6)  9
2, 3 & 4 May
 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng  10  
 Ingland Ricky Walden (14)  14
22 April
   Ingland Barry Hawkins (15)  17
 Northren Ireland Mark Allen (7)  8
27, 28 & 29 April
 Ingland Mark King  10  
 Ingland Mark King  9
23 & 24 April
   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Ding Junhui (10)  13  
 Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Ding Junhui (10)  10
30 April & 1 May
 Scotland Alan McManus  5  
 Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Ding Junhui (10)  7
20 & 21 April
   Ingland Barry Hawkins (15)  13  
 Ingland Barry Hawkins (15)  10
26 & 27 April
 Ingland Jack Lisowski  3  
 Ingland Barry Hawkins (15)  13
23 & 24 April
   Ingland Mark Selby (2)  10  
 Ingland Mark Selby (2)  10
 Ingland Matthew Selt  4  
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 5 & 6 May. Referee: Jan Verhaas.[41]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
 Ingland
18–12 Barry Hawkins (15)
 Ingland
87–4, 92–10, 0–98, 0–81, 13–101, 76–7, 113–0, 104–0, 0–73, 83–37, 9–61, 75–0, 0–91, 4–133, 103–0, 117–5, 69–62, 36–71, 134–0, 57–56, 0–90, 133–0, 75–49, 38–87, 124–7, 0–131, 18–76, 77–25, 89–8, 89–1 Match time: 7:18:42 (H:MM:SS)
Average frame time: 14:37 (MM:SS)
Century breaks: 8 (O'Sullivan 6, Hawkins 2)

Highest break by O'Sullivan: 133
Highest break by Hawkins: 133
4–87, 10–92, 98–0, 81–0, 101–13, 7–76, 0–113, 0–104, 73–0, 37–83, 61–9, 0–75, 91–0, 133–4, 0–103, 5–117, 62–69, 71–36, 0–134, 56–57, 90–0, 0–133, 49–75, 87–38, 7–124, 131–0, 76–18, 25–77, 8–89, 1–89
Ingland Ronnie O'Sullivan wins the 2013 Betfair Warld Snooker Championship

Preliminary qualifying[eedit | eedit soorce]

The preliminary qualifying roonds for the toornament war for WPBSA members nae on the Main Tour and teuk place on 4 and 5 Apryle 2013 at the Warld Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[42][43][44][45]

Roond 1

Ingland Ali Bassiri 0–5 Ingland Surinder Gill
Ingland Del Smith 4–5 Ingland Ian Barry Stark
Ingland Paul Wykes 5–2 Finland Robin Hull
Ingland Stephen Ormerod 5–0 Republic o Ireland Bill Kelly

Roond 2

Ingland Andrew Norman 5–1 Ingland Philip Minchin
Ingland Les Dodd 5–4 Ingland Surinder Gill
Republic o Ireland David Morris 1–5 Northren Ireland Joe Swail
Ingland Stephen Rowlings 5–4 Ingland Ian Barry Stark
Ingland Justin Astley 5–2 Ingland Tony Knowles
Indie Lucky Vatnani 3–5 Ingland Paul Wykes
Indie David Singh 2–5 Wales Tony Chappel
Northren Ireland Patrick Wallace 5–0 Ingland Stephen Ormerod

Roond 3

Ingland Andrew Norman 1–5 Ingland Les Dodd
Northren Ireland Joe Swail 5–2 Ingland Stephen Rowlings
Ingland Justin Astley 5–2 Ingland Paul Wykes
Wales Tony Chappel 1–5 Northren Ireland Patrick Wallace

Roond 4

Ingland Les Dodd 1–5 Northren Ireland Joe Swail
Ingland Justin Astley 5–2 Northren Ireland Patrick Wallace

Qualifying[eedit | eedit soorce]

The qualifying roonds 1–3 for the toornament teuk place atween 6 and 11 Apryle 2013 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England. The final roond of qualifying teuk place atween 13 and 14 Apryle 2013 at the same venue.[43][45][46]

  Round 1
Best of 19 frames
  Round 2
Best of 19 frames
  Round 3
Best of 19 frames
  Round 4
Best of 19 frames
                               
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10   Northren Ireland Gerard Greene 4   Ingland Ben Woollaston 10   Wales Ryan Day 9
Scotland Scott Donaldson 6   Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10   Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3   Ingland Ben Woollaston 10
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Zhang Anda 10   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Cao Yupeng 7   Wales Michael White 10   Ingland Andrew Higginson 4
Thailand Passakorn Suwannawat 6   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Zhang Anda 10   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Zhang Anda 5   Wales Michael White 10
Thailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 10   Ingland Mike Dunn 6   Ingland Matthew Selt 10   Republic o Ireland Ken Doherty 9
Ingland Jamie O'Neill 8   Thailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 10   Thailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 8   Ingland Matthew Selt 10
Ingland Michael Wasley 10   Thailand James Wattana 10   Ingland Jack Lisowski 10   Republic o Ireland Fergal O'Brien 4
Ingland Sean O'Sullivan 6   Ingland Michael Wasley 7   Thailand James Wattana 4   Ingland Jack Lisowski 10
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 10   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Liu Chuang 9   Ingland Anthony Hamilton 4   Ingland Jamie Cope 3
Scotland Michael Leslie 4   Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 10   Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 10   Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 10
Indie Pankaj Advani 8   Ingland Adam Duffy 6   Ingland Mark Joyce 10   Ingland Michael Holt 10
Northren Ireland Joe Swail 10   Northren Ireland Joe Swail 10   Northren Ireland Joe Swail 7   Ingland Mark Joyce 7
Maltae Tony Drago 10   Ingland Andy Hicks 7   Ingland Dave Gilbert 10   Hong Kong Marco Fu 10
Egyp Mohamed Khairy 3   Maltae Tony Drago 10   Maltae Tony Drago 8   Ingland Dave Gilbert 6
Indie Aditya Mehta 10   Scotland Alan McManus 10   Ingland Nigel Bond 8   Ingland Tom Ford 5
Wales Daniel Wells 7   Indie Aditya Mehta 9   Scotland Alan McManus 10   Scotland Alan McManus 10
Belgium Luca Brecel 6   Ingland Rod Lawler 10   Scotland Anthony McGill 9   Ingland Martin Gould 10
Scotland Fraser Patrick 10   Scotland Fraser Patrick 5   Ingland Rod Lawler 10   Ingland Rod Lawler 7
Ingland Robbie Williams 7   Ingland Jimmy Robertson 10   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Liang Wenbo 10   Ingland Mark Davis 10
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Li Yan 10   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Li Yan 2   Ingland Jimmy Robertson 3   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Liang Wenbo 6
Ingland Ian Burns 10   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Yu Delu 10   Scotland Jamie Burnett 6   Ingland Mark King 10
Ingland Joel Walker 8   Ingland Ian Burns 2   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Yu Delu 10   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Yu Delu 9
Ingland Liam Highfield 10   Ingland Barry Pinches 9   Wales Jamie Jones 9   Scotland Marcus Campbell 10
Ingland Simon Bedford 6   Ingland Liam Highfield 10   Ingland Liam Highfield 10   Ingland Liam Highfield 4
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Chen Zhe 7   Ingland Peter Lines 9   Ingland Rory McLeod 9   Ingland Joe Perry 3
Ingland Sam Baird 10   Ingland Sam Baird 10   Ingland Sam Baird 10   Ingland Sam Baird 10
Ingland Paul Davison 10   Ingland Alfie Burden 10   Ingland Dave Harold 9   Wales Dominic Dale 10
Ingland Justin Astley 8   Ingland Paul Davison 7   Ingland Alfie Burden 10   Ingland Alfie Burden 5
Ingland Craig Steadman 10   Norawa Kurt Maflin 10   Ingland Steve Davis 7   Ingland Peter Ebdon 10
Ingland David Grace 9   Ingland Craig Steadman 6   Norawa Kurt Maflin 10   Norawa Kurt Maflin 8
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Tian Pengfei 10   Ingland Jimmy White 10   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Xiao Guodong 4   Ingland Robert Milkins 10
Ingland Martin O'Donnell 5   Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Tian Pengfei 7   Ingland Jimmy White 10   Ingland Jimmy White 5

Century breaks[eedit | eedit soorce]

Televised stage centuries[eedit | eedit soorce]

Thare war 55 century braks in the televised stage o the Warld Championship.[47][48][49] Neil Robertson, the player who compiled the heichest brak o the toornament, received a Golden Cue.[50]

Qualifying stage centuries[eedit | eedit soorce]

Thare war 63 century braks in the qualifying stage o the Warld Championship:[51][52]

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