Indian Open 2013

Indian Open 2013
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi , India
Opening:	October 14, 2013
Endgame:	18th October 2013
Winner:	Ding Junhui
Highest Break:	142 ( Ding Junhui )
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The Indian Open 2013 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour , which was held from October 14th to 18th, 2013 at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi .

The tournament was held for the first time in 2013.

In the final, Ding Junhui beat Aditya Mehta 5-0 , winning his eighth title in a world ranking tournament.

Prize money and world ranking points

	Prize money	World ranking points
winner	£ 50,000	5,000
finalist	£ 25,000	4,000
Semi-finalist	£ 13,500	3,200
Quarter finalist	£ 9,000	2,500
Round of 16	£ 6,000	1,900
Last 32	£ 3,000	1,400
Last 64	£ 2,000	900
Last 128		400
Highest final round break	£ 2,000
All in all	£ 300,000

Wildcard round

The games of the wild card round took place on October 14, 2013 in New Delhi .

game	Qualifier (place to sit)	Result	Wildcard player
WC1	Rod Lawler (57)	4 : 1	Kamal Chawla
WC2	Jeff Cundy (A)	4 : 0	Sundeep Gulati
WC3	Anthony McGill (44)	4 : 3	Shivam Arora
WC4	Robbie Williams (76)	4 : 1	Manan Chandra
WC5	Paul Davison (69)	4 : 1	Faisal Khan
WC6	Liam Highfield (66)	kl.	Dharminder Lilly

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2013/14 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)

Final round

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 7 Frames					Semi-final best of 7 frames					Final best of 9 frames
	1	Neil Robertson	4th
	101	Noppon Saengkham	1
						1	Neil Robertson	4th
						57	Rod Lawler	2
	57	Rod Lawler	kl.
	18th	Allister Carter	-
											1	Neil Robertson	4th
											33	Liang Wenbo	2
	26th	Ryan Day	2
	62	Dechawat Poomjaeng	4th
						62	Dechawat Poomjaeng	2
						33	Liang Wenbo	4th
	33	Liang Wenbo	4th
	90	David Morris	2
																1	Neil Robertson	2
																11	Ding Junhui	4th
	11	Ding Junhui	4th
	63	Barry Pinches	3
						11	Ding Junhui	4th
						46	Mark Joyce	3
	46	Mark Joyce	4th
	85	Sean O'Sullivan	0
											11	Ding Junhui	4th
											6th	John Higgins	2
	A.	Jeff Cundy	3
	82	Li Yan	4th
						82	Li Yan	0
						6th	John Higgins	4th
	84	Joel Walker	0
	6th	John Higgins	4th
																					11	Ding Junhui	4th
																					76	Robbie Williams	1
	7th	Barry Hawkins	1
	44	Anthony McGill	4th
						44	Anthony McGill	4th
						32	Fergal O'Brien	1
	93	Alex Davies	1
	32	Fergal O'Brien	4th
											44	Anthony McGill	4th
											19th	Joe Perry	2
	19th	Joe Perry	kl.
	39	David Gilbert	-
						19th	Joe Perry	4th
						9	Ricky Walden	2
	54	Gerard Greene	0
	9	Ricky Walden	4th
																44	Anthony McGill	0
																76	Robbie Williams	4th
	118	Ratchayothin Yotharuck	4th
	59	James Wattana	3
						118	Ratchayothin Yotharuck	0
						61	Mike Dunn	4th
	61	Mike Dunn	4th
	28	Ken Doherty	2
											61	Mike Dunn	0
											76	Robbie Williams	4th
	22nd	Andrew Higginson	4th
	38	Jamie Burnett	2
						22nd	Andrew Higginson	1
						76	Robbie Williams	4th
	95	Kyren Wilson	-
	76	Robbie Williams	kl.
																									11	Ding Junhui	5
																										71	Aditya Mehta	0
	73	Zhang Anda	4th
	41	Alan McManus	1
						73	Zhang Anda	3
						31	Michael White	4th
	37	Anthony Hamilton	-
	31	Michael White	kl.
											31	Michael White	4th
											89	Gary Wilson	3
	20th	Dominic Dale	0
	89	Gary Wilson	4th
						89	Gary Wilson	4th
						13	Marco Fu	3
	79	Tony Drago	-
	13	Marco Fu	kl.
																31	Michael White	3
																5	Stephen Maguire	4th
	15th	Mark Davis	4th
	102	Elliot Slessor	2
						15th	Mark Davis	4th
						25th	Michael Holt	1
	36	Jamie Cope	1
	25th	Michael Holt	4th
											15th	Mark Davis	2
											5	Stephen Maguire	4th
	23	Tom Ford	4th
	40	Jamie Jones	3
						23	Tom Ford	3
						5	Stephen Maguire	4th
	69	Paul Davison	1
	5	Stephen Maguire	4th
																				5	Stephen Maguire	3
																					71	Aditya Mehta	4th
	8th	Stuart Bingham	4th
	51	Liu Chuang	1
						8th	Stuart Bingham	4th
						72	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	2
	72	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	4th
	98	Lü Haotian	1
											8th	Stuart Bingham	3
											70	Pankaj Advani	4th
	27	Marcus Campbell	1
	70	Pankaj Advani	4th
						70	Pankaj Advani	4th
						10	Mark Allen	2
	42	Nigel Bond	1
	10	Mark Allen	4th
																70	Pankaj Advani	3
																71	Aditya Mehta	4th
	75	Chen Zhe	3
	99	Hammad Miah	4th
						99	Hammad Miah	1
						71	Aditya Mehta	4th
	71	Aditya Mehta	4th
	30th	Peter Ebdon	3
											71	Aditya Mehta	4th
											17th	Mark Williams	2
	17th	Mark Williams	kl.
	45	Yu Delu	-
						17th	Mark Williams	4th
						2	Mark Selby	1
	WC	Dharminder Lilly	0
	2	Mark Selby	4th

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2013/14 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)

final

Final: Best of 9 Frames Referee: Brendan Moore Le Meridien Hotel,  New Delhi , India , October 18, 2013
Ding Junhui	5 : 0	Aditya Mehta
76 : 36 (52), 87 : 0 (81), 107 : 0 (107), 93 : 1 (93), 116 : 1 (100)
107	Highest break	30th
2	Century breaks	-
5	50+ breaks	-

qualification

The qualifying round took place on August 11th and 12th, 2013 at the Doncaster Dome in the English city ​​of Doncaster . All games were played in best-of-7 mode.

game	Player 1 (seat position)	Result	Player 2 (seat position)		game	Player 1 (seat position)	Result	Player 2 (seat position)
1	Neil Robertson (1)	4 : 3	Robin Hull (115)		33	Judd Trump (3)	3: 4	Zhang Anda (73)
2	Adam Duffy (56)	0: 4	Noppon Saengkham (101)		34	Alan McManus (41)	4 : 1	Sydney Wilson (A)
3	Rod Lawler (57)	4 : 0	Jak Jones (111)		35	Anthony Hamilton (37)	4 : 2	Michael Wasley (74)
4th	Allister Carter (18)	4 : 0	Gareth Green (A)		36	Michael White (31)	4 : 0	Ahmed Saif (116)
5	Ryan Day (26)	4 : 0	Christopher Keogan (A)		37	Dominic Dale (20)	4 : 2	Alexander Ursenbacher (117)
6th	Dechawat Poomjaeng (62)	4 : 1	Rhys Clark (A)		38	Jimmy White (53)	1: 4	Gary Wilson (89)
7th	Liang Wenbo (33)	4 : 0	Scott Donaldson (78)		39	Alfie Burden (48)	3: 4	Tony Drago (79)
8th	Matthew Stevens (12)	0: 4	David Morris (90)		40	Marco Fu (13)	4 : 0	Michael Leslie (88)
9	Ding Junhui (11)	4 : 1	Sanderson Lam (A)		41	Mark Davis (15)	4 : 0	Lee Page (103)
10	Barry Pinches (63)	4 : 1	Chris Wakelin (107)		42	Kurt Maflin (60)	2: 4	Elliot Slessor (102)
11	Mark Joyce (46)	4 : 3	Allan Taylor (113)		43	Jamie Cope (36)	4 : 3	Martin O'Donnell (83)
12	Martin Gould (21)	3: 4	Sean O'Sullivan (85)		44	Michael Holt (25)	4 : 2	Fraser Patrick (109)
13	Mark King (24)	0: 4	Jeff Cundy (A)		45	Tom Ford (23)	4 : 0	Craig Steadman (80)
14th	Peter Lines (55)	2: 4	Li Yan (82)		46	Jamie Jones (40)	4 : 1	Patrick Einsle (104)
15th	Tian Pengfei (64)	2: 4	Joel Walker (84)		47	Cao Yupeng (58)	1: 4	Paul Davison (69)
16	John Higgins (6)	4 : 2	Sam Baird (77)		48	Stephen Maguire (5)	4 : 1	Andrew Pagett (94)
17th	Barry Hawkins (7)	4 : 2	Jamie O'Neill (86)		49	Stuart Bingham (8)	4 : 1	Ian Burns (65)
18th	Anthony McGill (44)	4 : 1	James Cahill (110)		50	Liu Chuang (51)	4 : 0	Mohamed Khairy (97)
19th	Dave Harold (52)	2: 4	Alex Davies (93)		51	Steve Davis (50)	1: 4	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (72)
20th	Fergal O'Brien (32)	4 : 0	Vinnie Calabrese (105)		52	Ben Woollaston (29)	3: 4	Lü Haotian (98)
21st	Joe Perry (19)	4 : 1	Passakorn Suwannawat (87)		53	Marcus Campbell (27)	4 : 3	Shane Castle (A)
22nd	David Gilbert (39)	4 : 0	Zak Surety (A)		54	Matthew Selt (49)	0: 4	Pankaj Advani (70)
23	Gerard Greene (54)	4 : 3	Mitchell Travis (A)		55	Nigel Bond (42)	4 : 3	Li Hang (91)
24	Ricky Walden (9)	4 : 1	Alex Borg (114)		56	Mark Allen (10)	4 : 1	John Astley (92)
25th	Graeme Dott (16)	2: 4	Ratchayothin Yotharuck (118)		57	Robert Milkins (14)	2: 4	Chen Zhe (75)
26th	James Wattana (59)	4 : 1	Ryan Clark (108)		58	Jimmy Robertson (47)	3: 4	Hammad Miah (99)
27	Mike Dunn (61)	4 : 0	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (67)		59	Xiao Guodong (35)	2: 4	Aditya Mehta (71)
28	Ken Doherty (28)	4 : 2	Luca Brecel (68)		60	Peter Ebdon (30)	4 : 1	Ashley Carty (A)
29	Andrew Higginson (22)	4 : 0	Ross Muir (106)		61	Mark Williams (17)	4 : 0	Joe Swail (100)
30th	Jamie Burnett (38)	4 : 2	Chris Norbury (112)		62	Yu Delu (45)	4 : 2	Stuart Carrington (96)
31	Rory McLeod (43)	0: 4	Kyren Wilson (95)		63	Jack Lisowski (34)	2: 4	Liam Highfield (66)
32	Shaun Murphy (4)	3: 4	Robbie Williams (76)		64	Mark Selby (2)	4 : 3	Daniel Wells (81)

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2013/14 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)

Century Breaks

Finals

Ding Junhui 142, 109, 107, 106, 100 Anthony McGill 138, 123, 103 Marco Fu 137 Gary Wilson 135, 125, 120 Pankaj Advani 134 Michael White 133, 125 Zhang Anda 133 Aditya Mehta 132, 127, 122 Ratchayothin Yotharuck 131, 101 Stuart Bingham 119 (2 ×), 117

Mark Joyce 114 Rod Lawler 108 Neil Robertson 104, 103 (3 ×), 100 Robbie Williams 103, 100 Ken Doherty 102 Ricky Walden 102 Liu Chuang 101 Liang Wenbo 100 Mark Williams 100

qualification

Andrew Higginson 136 Marco Fu 134 Martin O'Donnell 129 Elliot Slessor 126 Chen Zhe 125 Fergal O'Brien 121 Mark Davis 114 Jamie O'Neill 111 Zhang Anda 109, 101 Peter Ebdon 105

Liam Highfield 105 Xiao Guodong 105 Aditya Mehta 104 Graeme Dott 103 Paul Davison 103 Fraser Patrick 102 David Gilbert 101 Kyren Wilson 101 Joe Perry 100 Kurt Maflin 100

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