2013 Champion of Champions

888casino Champion of Champions

Tournament information
Dates	19–24 November 2013
Venue	Ricoh Arena
City	Coventry
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£270,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	130 (x2)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Stuart Bingham
Score	10–8
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The 2013 888casino Champion of Champions was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 19–24 November 2013 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.^[1] This was the first time that 888casino sponsored the event,^[2] which was broadcast live on ITV4.^[3]

The event was last held in 1980,^[4] when Doug Mountjoy won in the final 10–8 against John Virgo.^[5]

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 52nd professional title by defeating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final.^[6][7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[8]

• Winner: £100,000
• Runner-up: £50,000
• Semi-finals: £20,000
• Group runner-up: £10,000
• Group semi-finals: £5,000

• Total: £270,000

Players

The following 16 players qualified for the tournament:^[9]

Seed	Player	Qualified as	Turned pro	Ranking victories	Reference
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2013 World Snooker Championship winner	1992	25	[10]
2	Mark Selby	2012 UK Championship and 2013 Masters winner	1999	3	[11]
3	Judd Trump	2012 International Championship winner	2005	3	[12]
4	Neil Robertson	2013 China Open winner	1998	8	[13]
5	Mark Allen	2013 World Open winner	2005	2	[14]
6	Ricky Walden	2012 Wuxi Classic winner	2000	2	[15]
7	John Higgins	2012 Shanghai Masters winner	1992	25	[16]
8	Ding Junhui	2013 Players Tour Championship Finals winner	2003	6	[17]
9	Barry Hawkins	2012 Australian Goldfields Open winner	1996	1	[18]
10	Stephen Maguire	2013 Welsh Open winner	1998	5	[19]
11	Stuart Bingham	2012 Premier League Snooker winner	1995	1	[20]
12	Ali Carter	2013 German Masters winner	1996	3	[21]
13	Martin Gould	2013 Championship League winner	1999	0	[22]
14	Marco Fu	2013 Australian Goldfields Open winner	1998	2	[23]
15	Shaun Murphy	Highest ranked player after the 2013 Shanghai Masters	1998	4	[24]
16	Mark Davis	Highest ranked player after the 2013 Indian Open	1991	0	[25]

Main draw

^[26][27][28]

	Group semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Group finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
	16	Mark Davis	0
						1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	Group 1
						8	Ding Junhui	5
	8	Ding Junhui	4
	9	Barry Hawkins	2
											1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
											4	Neil Robertson	5
	5	Mark Allen	3
	12	Ali Carter	4
						12	Ali Carter	5
	Group 4
						4	Neil Robertson	6
	4	Neil Robertson	4
	13	Martin Gould	3
																1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
																11	Stuart Bingham	8
	3	Judd Trump	4
	14	Marco Fu	1
						3	Judd Trump	2
	Group 3
						11	Stuart Bingham	6
	6	Ricky Walden	0
	11	Stuart Bingham	4
											11	Stuart Bingham	6
											2	Mark Selby	4
	7	John Higgins	3
	10	Stephen Maguire	4
						10	Stephen Maguire	3
	Group 2
						2	Mark Selby	6
	2	Mark Selby	4
	15	Shaun Murphy	2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England, 24 November 2013.[28][29]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  England	10–8	Stuart Bingham (11)  England
Afternoon: 26–109 (109), 82–48 (66), 66–47 (55), 53–57, 1–72 (72), 1–66 (52), 76–4 (76), 0–133 (109), 130–0 (130) Evening: 99–1 (93), 64–54 (Bingham 54), 37–64, 35–65, 91–8 (62), 96–34 (96), 38–74 (66), 65–29, 83–0
130	Highest break	109
1	Century breaks	2
7	50+ breaks	6

Century breaks

^[30]

• 130, 130, 119, 103, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 129, 125, 119, 113, 112, 105 Neil Robertson
• 127, 112 Ali Carter
• 125 Stephen Maguire
• 117, 113, 103 Mark Selby
• 111, 109, 109 Stuart Bingham
• 104 Ding Junhui
• 102 Martin Gould

References

External links

• Official website