World Snooker Championship 2013

2013 World Snooker Championship Betfair World Snooker Championship
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 20, 2013
Endgame:	5th / 6th May 2013
Winner:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Finalist:	Barry Hawkins
Highest Break:	143 ( Neil Robertson )
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World Champion 2013: Ronnie O'Sullivan

The 2013 World Snooker Championship , which took place from April 20 to May 6, 2013 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield , marked the end of the 2012/13 snooker season .

Last year's winner Ronnie O'Sullivan was able to successfully defend his title by beating fellow countryman Barry Hawkins 18:12 in the final . O'Sullivan became world champion for the fifth time.

Prize money and world ranking points

	Prize money	World ranking points
winner	£ 250,000	10,000
finalist	£ 125,000	8,000
Semi-finalist	£ 52,000	6,400
Quarter finalist	£ 24,050	5,000
Round of 16	£ 16,000	3,800
Last 32	£ 12,000	2,800 (1,400)
Last 48	£ 8,200	2,300 (1,150)
Last 64	£ 4,600	1,800 (900)
Last 80		1,300 (650)
Last 96		800 (400)
Highest Break (Qualification)	£ 1,000
Highest Break (Main Round)	£ 10,000
All in all	£ 1,111,000

Seeded players who lost their first game only received half the number of points (in brackets in the table).

Main round

Tournament course

Round 1

The Crucible Theater on the first day

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan , who had taken a break from professional snooker for most of the season, started with a 10-4 win over Marcus Campbell . For some fellow favorites, however, it was already over in round one: With Neil Robertson , the 2010 World Champion failed against Robert Milkins , and Mark Allen had to admit defeat to Mark King . The four-time world champion John Higgins also missed the jump to the last sixteen. The clearest win in the first round was achieved by Ricky Walden , who only lost one frame against Michael Holt . Of the six Crucible -Debütanten two the second round achieved: Michael White defeated his compatriot, the two-time world champion Mark Williams , 10: 6, and the Thais Dechawat Poomjaeng , who took the audience through his emotional way of playing for himself, defeated Stephen Maguire with 10: 9.

Round of 16

Michael White and Dechawat Poomjaeng met in the round of 16, with the Welshman clearly dominating the game and winning 13: 3. In a duel between two former world champions, Shaun Murphy defeated Graeme Dott from Scotland with 13:11. In a re-edition of the finals of 2008 and 2012 , Ronnie O'Sullivan and Allister Carter met in the round of 16 this time. The defending champion also dominated the game this time and prevailed 13: 8. With the world number one Mark Selby , the favorite was eliminated from the tournament; the winner of the UK Championship 2012 and the Masters 2013 was defeated by Barry Hawkins 10:13 am and missed the chance to win all three tournaments of the Triple Crown in one season.

Quarter finals

The quarter-final game between Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy was only decided in the last of the 25 frames. After Trump was already 3: 8 frames behind, he won the decisive frame, which lasted 53 minutes. O'Sullivan had little trouble with his quarter-final opponent Stuart Bingham , he defeated him 13: 4 after an intermediate result of 12: 1. Michael White's successful World Cup debut ended in the quarterfinals, in which he lost to Ricky Walden. And with Barry Hawkins' victory over Ding Junhui , the last non-British player was eliminated from the tournament.

Semifinals

In the first semi-final there was a duel between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump, the 2011 World Cup finalist . The game was evenly balanced for the last time at 6: 6, then O'Sullivan won three frames in a row. He extended this lead and started the last session with a 14:10. In the end he defeated Trump with 17:11; thus he was the first defending champion since Ken Doherty 1998, who reached the final again. In the 23rd frame, O'Sullivan was cautioned by referee Michaela Tabb for an obscene gesture.

In the second semi-final, Ricky Walden had the better start against Barry Hawkins. In the first session he took a 6-2 lead after two century breaks and two more breaks of over 50 points. At 12: 8 for Walden, Hawkins started a series of eight frame gains; so he turned the game and finally won it with 17:14. While he failed to break more than 50 points in the first two sessions, he scored seven of them in the last two, including two Centuries.

final

O'Sullivan with the trophy

In the 7th frame of the 2nd session O'Sullivan played his 128th Century Break at the Crucible Theater with 103 points . He broke Stephen Hendry's previous record with 127 Centuries. O'Sullivan followed up with three more Centuries of 106, 133 and 124 points; this is the new record number of 131. For Barry Hawkins it was the first World Cup final and only the second in a ranking tournament. In the following interview, O'Sullivan Hawkins attested to extraordinary achievements and emphasized that no other opponent had been so difficult to shake off during the course of the tournament. The question of whether this was his last World Cup participation was left open by O'Sullivan.

Tournament statistics

	Round 1 Best of 19 Frames 2 Sessions; Frames 9-10					Round of 16 Best of 25 Frames 3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames 3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9					Semifinals Best of 33 Frames 4 Sessions; Frames 8-8-8-9					Final Best of 35 Frames 4 Sessions; Frames 8-9-8-10
	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	27	Marcus Campbell	4th
						1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
						16	Allister Carter	8th
	16	Allister Carter	10
	34	Ben Woollaston	4th
											1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
											9	Stuart Bingham	4th
	9	Stuart Bingham	10
	81	Sam Baird	2
						9	Stuart Bingham	13
						17th	Mark Davis	10
	8th	John Higgins	6th
	17th	Mark Davis	10
																1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	17th
																4th	Judd Trump	11
	5	Shaun Murphy	10
	21st	Martin Gould	5
						5	Shaun Murphy	13
						12	Graeme Dott	11
	12	Graeme Dott	10
	30th	Peter Ebdon	6th
											5	Shaun Murphy	12
											4th	Judd Trump	13
	13	Matthew Stevens	7th
	18th	Marco Fu	10
						18th	Marco Fu	7th
						4th	Judd Trump	13
	4th	Judd Trump	10
	23	Dominic Dale	5
																					1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	18th
																					15th	Barry Hawkins	12
	3	Neil Robertson	8th
	19th	Robert Milkins	10
						19th	Robert Milkins	11
						14th	Ricky Walden	13
	14th	Ricky Walden	10
	25th	Michael Holt	1
											14th	Ricky Walden	13
											40	Michael White	6th
	11	Mark Williams	6th
	40	Michael White	10
						40	Michael White	13
						68	Dechawat Poomjaeng	3
	6th	Stephen Maguire	9
	68	Dechawat Poomjaeng	10
																14th	Ricky Walden	14th
																15th	Barry Hawkins	17th
	7th	Mark Allen	8th
	29	Mark King	10
						29	Mark King	9
						10	Ding Junhui	13
	10	Ding Junhui	10
	49	Alan McManus	5
											10	Ding Junhui	7th
											15th	Barry Hawkins	13
	15th	Barry Hawkins	10
	36	Jack Lisowski	3
						15th	Barry Hawkins	13
						2	Mark Selby	10
	2	Mark Selby	10
	44	Matthew Selt	4th

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Jan Verhaas Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 5th / 6th May 2013
Ronnie O'Sullivan	18 : 12	Barry Hawkins
1st session: 87 : 4 (74), 92 : 10 (92), 0: 98 (88), 0: 81 (81), 13: 101 (50), 76 : 7 (76), 113 : 0 ( 113), 104 : 0 (100) 2nd session: 0: 73 , 83 : 37, 9: 61 , 75 : 0, 0: 91 (83), 4: 133 (133), 103 : 0 (103), 117 : 5 (106), 69 : 62 3rd session: 36: 71 , 134 : 0 (54, 76), 57 : 56 (55 ROS), 0: 90 (90), 133 : 0 (133), 75 : 49 (67), 38: 87 , 124 : 7 (124) 4th session: 0: 131 (127), 18: 76 (66), 77 : 25 (77), 89 : 8 (88), 87 : 1 (86)
133	Highest break	133
6th	Century breaks	2
16	50+ breaks	8th

Pre-qualification

The pre-qualification took place on April 4th and 5th, 2013 in Sheffield .

Round 1

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
VQ1	Ali Bassiri	50: 50	Surinder Gill
VQ2	Del Smith	54: 54th	Barry Stark
VQ3	Paul Wykes	25 : 25	Robin Hull
VQ4	Stephen Ormerod	05 : 05	Billy Kelly

round 2

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
VQ5	Andrew Norman	15 : 15	Philip Minchin
VQ6	Les Dodd	4th5 : 45	Surinder Gill
VQ7	David Morris	51: 51	Joe Swail
VQ8	Stephen Rowlings	4th5 : 45	Barry Stark
VQ9	Justin Astley	25 : 25	Tony Knowles
VQ10	Lucky Vatnani	53: 53	Paul Wykes
VQ11	David Singh	52: 52	Tony Chappel
VQ12	Patrick Wallace	05 : 05	Stephen Ormerod

Round 3

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
VQ13	Andrew Norman	51: 51	Les Dodd
VQ14	Joe Swail	25 : 25	Stephen Rowlings
VQ15	Justin Astley	25 : 25	Paul Wykes
VQ16	Tony Chappel	51: 51	Patrick Wallace

Round 4

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
VQ17	Les Dodd	51: 51	Joe Swail
VQ18	Justin Astley	25 : 25	Patrick Wallace

qualification

Qualifying rounds 1 to 3 took place April 6-11, 2013 in Sheffield . The last qualifying round took place on April 13-14, 2013, also in Sheffield.

	Round 1 Best of 19 frames				Round 2 Best of 19 frames				Round 3 Best of 19 frames				Round 4 Best of 19 frames
	67	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	10		54	Gerard Greene	4th		34	Ben Woollaston	10		28	Ryan Day	9
	87	Scott Donaldson	6th		67	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	10		67	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3		34	Ben Woollaston	10
	78	Zhang Anda	10		63	Cao Yupeng	7th		40	Michael White	10		22nd	Andrew Higginson	4th
	90	Passakorn Suwannawat	6th		78	Zhang Anda	10		78	Zhang Anda	5		40	Michael White	10
	71	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	10		57	Mike Dunn	6th		44	Matthew Selt	10		26th	Ken Doherty	9
	91	Jamie O'Neill	8th		71	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	10		71	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	8th		44	Matthew Selt	10
	77	Michael Wasley	10		58	James Wattana	10		36	Jack Lisowski	10		32	Fergal O'Brien	4th
	89	Sean O'Sullivan	6th		77	Michael Wasley	7th		58	James Wattana	4th		36	Jack Lisowski	10
	68	Dechawat Poomjaeng	10		51	Liu Chuang	9		41	Anthony Hamilton	4th		31	Jamie Cope	3
	92	Michael Leslie	4th		68	Dechawat Poomjaeng	10		68	Dechawat Poomjaeng	10		68	Dechawat Poomjaeng	10
	70	Pankaj Advani	8th		59	Adam Duffy	6th		45	Mark Joyce	10		25th	Michael Holt	10
	VQ	Joe Swail	10		VQ	Joe Swail	10		VQ	Joe Swail	7th		45	Mark Joyce	7th
	80	Tony Drago	10		62	Andy Hicks	7th		46	David Gilbert	10		18th	Marco Fu	10
	93	Mohamed Khairy	3		80	Tony Drago	10		80	Tony Drago	8th		46	David Gilbert	6th
	72	Aditya Mehta	10		49	Alan McManus	10		43	Nigel Bond	8th		24	Tom Ford	5
	85	Daniel Wells	7th		72	Aditya Mehta	9		49	Alan McManus	10		49	Alan McManus	10
	69	Luca Brecel	6th		61	Rod Lawler	10		48	Anthony McGill	9		21st	Martin Gould	10
	A.	Fraser Patrick	10		A.	Fraser Patrick	5		61	Rod Lawler	10		61	Rod Lawler	7th
	75	Robbie Williams	7th		50	Jimmy Robertson	10		33	Liang Wenbo	10		17th	Mark Davis	10
	82	Li Yan	10		82	Li Yan	2		50	Jimmy Robertson	3		33	Liang Wenbo	6th
	65	Ian Burns	10		52	Yu Delu	10		35	Jamie Burnett	6th		29	Mark King	10
	88	Joel Walker	8th		65	Ian Burns	2		52	Yu Delu	10		52	Yu Delu	9
	76	Liam Highfield	10		60	Barry Pinches	9		39	Jamie Jones	9		27	Marcus Campbell	10
	83	Simon Bedford	6th		76	Liam Highfield	10		76	Liam Highfield	10		76	Liam Highfield	4th
	74	Chen Zhe	7th		56	Peter Lines	9		38	Rory McLeod	9		20th	Joe Perry	3
	81	Sam Baird	10		81	Sam Baird	10		81	Sam Baird	10		81	Sam Baird	10
	73	Paul Davison	10		53	Alfie Burden	10		42	Dave Harold	9		23	Dominic Dale	10
	VQ	Justin Astley	8th		73	Paul Davison	7th		53	Alfie Burden	10		53	Alfie Burden	5
	79	Craig Steadman	10		64	Kurt Maflin	10		47	Steve Davis	7th		30th	Peter Ebdon	10
	86	David Grace	9		79	Craig Steadman	6th		64	Kurt Maflin	10		64	Kurt Maflin	8th
	66	Tian Pengfei	10		55	Jimmy White	10		37	Xiao Guodong	4th		19th	Robert Milkins	10
	84	Martin O'Donnell	5		66	Tian Pengfei	7th		55	Jimmy White	10		55	Jimmy White	5

A = Amateur player (not on the Main Tour during the 2012/13 season; qualification via the Q-School Order of Merit)
VQ = Winner of the pre-qualifying rounds (WPBSA members; not on the Main tour)

Century Breaks

Main round

Neil Robertson 143 Judd Trump 142, 127, 118, 117, 112, 109, 104 Ricky Walden 140, 119, 113, 106, 105, 104 Ronnie O'Sullivan 133 (2 ×), 125, 124, 113, 111, 106 (2 ×), 105, 104, 103, 102, 100 Barry Hawkins 133, 127, 114, 104, 100 Ding Junhui 131, 129, 114, 107, 104, 103 Shaun Murphy 128 (2 ×), 112 (2 ×), 106 Marco Fu 117

Stuart Bingham 111, 106 Robert Milkins 106, 104 Allister Carter 106 Mark Selby 103 Michael White 102, 101, 100 Jack Lisowski 100 Graeme Dott 100

Qualifying round

Sam Baird 142, 133, 113, 104 Yu Delu 140, 122, 117, 100 Ryan Day 139 Ben Woollaston 138, 117, 100 Matthew Selt 138, 103 Robin Hull 137 1 Michael White 136, 120, 104 Jack Lisowski 131, 128, 114, 100 Patrick Wallace 131 1 , 102 1 Dominic Dale 131 Jimmy White 130 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 129 Joe Perry 128 Ken Doherty 128 Michael Wasley 124 Mike Dunn 123, 121 Anthony Hamilton 122 Kurt Maflin 117, 113, 101, 100 Mark Davis 115, 103

Justin Astley 115 Liam Highfield 114, 105, 102 Tony Drago 114, 101 Joel Walker 112, 100 Mark King 110, 109 Marco Fu 108 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 106 Joe Swail 105 1 , 100 1 Craig Steadman 105 Daniel Wells 103 Barry Pinches 103 Liang Wenbo 103 Alfie Burden 103 Paul Wykes 102 1 Alan McManus 102 David Gilbert 102 Pankaj Advani 100 Cao Yupeng 100

¹ These Century Breaks were achieved in the pre-qualification.

Web links

• 2013 Betfair World Championship photo gallery on Facebook .

Individual evidence

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3. ↑ Ivan Speck: Jack the Thai entertained us all, but his Crucible journey is over after defeat to qualifier White ( English ) In: dailymail.co.uk . Mail online. April 26, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
4. ↑ Judd Trump edges final-frame decider against Shaun Murphy at World Championship ( English ) In: skysports.com . Sky Sports . May 1, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
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15. ^ Betfair World Championship - Century Breaks . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved April 3, 2013.
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