The 2013 Welsh Open (officially the 2013 BetVictor Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 17 February 2013 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2012/2013 season, and the first time that BetVictor sponsored the event.
At the tournament Pankaj Advani became the first Indian player to reach the quarter-final of a ranking event.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 5–6 against Stuart Bingham.
Stephen Maguire won his fifth ranking title by defeating Bingham 9–8 in the final.
Prize fund Prize money for the event this year was increased from £201,500 to £250,000, with the winner to receive £50,000 instead of £30,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-finals: £16,000 Quarter-finals: £10,000 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,000 Last 64: £1,000
Non-televised highest break: £500 Televised highest break: £1,500 Total: £250,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Zhu Ying.Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 17 February 2013. Stuart Bingham 8–9 Stephen Maguire Afternoon: 1–100 (71), , , , , , , Evening: 89–11 (73), , , , , , , , 118 Highest break 114 1 Century breaks 2 7 50+ breaks 7
Qualifying These matches were held between 6 and 9 February 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England, and on 11 February 2013 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
Round 1
Ben Woollaston 2–4 Dechawat Poomjaeng Dave Harold 2–4 Aditya Mehta Jamie Jones 1–4 Passakorn Suwannawat Barry Pinches 4–1 Simon Bedford Gerard Greene 4–3 David Grace Luca Brecel 1–4 Sam Baird Michael White 2–4 Paul Davison Liu Chuang 4–2 Chen Zhe Andy Hicks 3–4 Duane Jones Jack Lisowski 1–4 Ian Burns Yu Delu 0–4 Craig Steadman Matthew Selt 4–1 Jordan Brown Cao Yupeng 2–4 Martin O'Donnell Xiao Guodong 3–4 Justin Astley David Gilbert 4–0 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Rory McLeod 2–4 Gareth Allen
Mike Dunn 4–1 Liam Highfield James Wattana 3–4 Daniel Wells Adam Duffy 4–2 Mohamed Khairy Anthony McGill 1–4 Michael Wasley Rod Lawler 4–3 Li Yan Nigel Bond 4–1 Joel Walker Peter Lines 1–4 Pankaj Advani Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–3 Michael Leslie Mark Joyce 4–2 Tian Pengfei Anthony Hamilton 4–1 Sean O'Sullivan Liang Wenbo 4–0 Tony Drago Alfie Burden 4–3 Scott Donaldson Jimmy White 2–4 Zhang Anda Alan McManus 4–2 Jamie O'Neill Jimmy Robertson 4–3 Robbie Williams Steve Davis 4–2 Kurt Maflin
Round 2
Ding JunhuiMatches were held over and played in Newport. 4–2 Dechawat Poomjaeng Mark King 4–0 Aditya Mehta Marco Fu 4–1 Passakorn Suwannawat Mark Allen 4–2 Barry Pinches Ali Carter 2–4 Gerard Greene Martin Gould 3–4 Sam Baird Robert Milkins 4–2 Paul Davison Mark Williams 4–1 Liu Chuang Neil Robertson 4–3 Duane Jones Jamie Cope w/d–w/o Ian Burns Jamie Burnett 1–4 Craig Steadman Stuart Bingham 4–2 Matthew Selt Ricky Walden 4–2 Martin O'Donnell Tom Ford 4–0 Justin Astley Ken Doherty 4–0 David Gilbert John Higgins 4–1 Gareth Allen
Judd Trump 4–0 Mike Dunn Dominic Dale 4–1 Daniel Wells Andrew Higginson 4–0 Adam Duffy Mark Davis 2–4 Michael Wasley Graeme Dott 4–1 Rod Lawler Fergal O'Brien 4–1 Nigel Bond Peter Ebdon 3–4 Pankaj Advani Shaun Murphy 4–2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Stephen Maguire 4–3 Mark Joyce Marcus Campbell 1–4 Anthony Hamilton Ryan Day 1–4 Liang Wenbo Matthew Stevens 4–2 Alfie Burden Barry Hawkins 4–1 Zhang Anda Michael Holt 0–4 Alan McManus Joe Perry 4–1 Jimmy Robertson Mark Selby 4–0 Steve Davis
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
145 Shaun Murphy 140 Ricky Walden 136 Alan McManus 120 Craig Steadman 113 Ken Doherty 110 David Gilbert 107 Jamie O'Neill
107 Martin O'Donnell 105 Michael White 105 Steve Davis 104 Sam Baird 101 Gerard Greene 100 Tom Ford 100 Graeme Dott
Televised stage centuries
144 Mark Selby 137, 115, 107, 107, 104 Ding Junhui 127, 120, 118, 108 Stuart Bingham 121, 100 Pankaj Advani 114, 110, 106, 100 Stephen Maguire 114 Dominic Dale 111 Joe Perry
108 Robert Milkins 105 Liang Wenbo 101 John Higgins 101 Tom Ford 100 Anthony Hamilton 100 Andrew Higginson 100 Judd Trump
References
External links Betvictor Welsh Open – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook