2013 Indian Open
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 14–18 October 2013 |
| Venue | Le Meridien Hotel |
| City | New Delhi |
| Country | India |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £300,000 |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break | 142 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Ding Junhui |
| Runner-up |
 Aditya Mehta |
| Score | 5–0 |
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The 2013 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 14–18 October 2013 at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi, India. It was the first ranking event held in India,[1] and the fourth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[2]
Ding Junhui won his eighth ranking title by defeating Aditya Mehta 5–0 in the final.[3] Ding became the first player to win two consecutive ranking titles in the same season since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2002/2003, who won the 2003 European Open and the 2003 Irish Masters.[4] At the tournament Mehta became the first Indian player to reach the final of a ranking event.[5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in New Delhi on 14 October 2013.[7][8][9][10] The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament.[11][12]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 |  Rod Lawler |
4–1 | Kamal Chawla |
| WC2 | Jeff Cundy |
4–0 | Sundeep Gulati |
| WC3 |  Anthony McGill |
4–3 | Shivam Arora |
| WC4 | Robbie Williams |
4–1 | Manan Chandra |
| WC5 | Paul Davison |
4–1 | Faisal Khan |
| WC6 | Liam Highfield |
w/d–w/o | Dharminder Lilly |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, India, 18 October 2013.[10][13] | ||
| Ding Junhui China |
5–0 | Aditya Mehta India |
| 76–36 (52), 87–0 (81), 107–0 (107), 93–1 (93), 116–1 (100) | ||
| 107 | Highest break | 30 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
Qualifying
These matches were held on 11 and 12 August 2013 at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.[14][15][16]
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Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ↑ "New Ranking Event In India". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ↑ Sarangi, Y.B. (19 October 2013). "Ding ends Mehta’s fine run, emerges champion". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ↑ "Brilliant Ding Is Star Of India". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "Aditya Mehta suffers crushing defeat in Indian Open final". The Indian Express. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- 1 2 "Indian Open 2013 Draw & Results". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Indian Open 2013 Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- 1 2 "Indian Open 2013: Scores, results & schedule". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Indian Open (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ↑ "Indian Qualifying Events for Indian Open 2013". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ "Manan, Lilly make the cut". Deccan Herald. 5 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ "Final – Match 69 – Ding Junhui v Aditya Mehta". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "Indian Open 2013 Qualifiers Draw & Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "Indian Open 2013 qualifiers results". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ↑ "Indian Open Qualifiers (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "Indian Open qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ↑ "Indian Open: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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