The 2013–14 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 6 June 2013 and 5 May 2014. From this season every qualifying match was held open to the public at various venues in the United Kingdom, replacing the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield. The number of wild-card players at the Chinese ranking events, except the Shanghai Masters, was reduced from eight to four and former Main Tour players were excluded. A professional player could not be selected for more than one wild-card match during the season.
In all but three tournaments, every player participated in round one featuring 64 seeds for the first time in the history of snooker. In nine of the ranking tournaments all players took part in the first round, with the winners travelling to the final venue. At three events, the UK Championship, the Welsh Open and the PTC Finals, all matches were held at the final venue. The only three events using the old system were the Australian Goldfields Open, the Shanghai Masters and the World Championship. If a seeded player lost his first-round match in these events, then only half of the prize money counted to his official ranking. This was used in all tournaments following the 2012 World Championship.
The season had a total of at least £8 million of prize money. The World Championship, the UK Championship, the International Championship and the Masters were the four biggest tournaments in terms of prize money with the total pot being at least £600,000 at each event. The Indian Open became the first ranking event held in India, and the Champion of Champions was held again after 1980 replacing the Premier League Snooker. At the end of the season Ronnie O'Sullivan was named the World Snooker Player of the Year and the Fans Player of the Year, Ding Junhui the Snooker Writers Player of the Year and John Astley the Rookie of the Year. Mark Selby received the "Performance of the Year" and "The Magic Moment of the Year" awards for winning his first World title and compiling the 100th maximum break in the history of snooker. Dennis Taylor and Cliff Thorburn were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Neil Robertson became the first player in the history of snooker to compile one hundred century breaks in a season. Ding Junhui equalled Stephen Hendry's then record of winning five major ranking titles in a season by claiming the Shanghai Masters, the Indian Open, the International Championship, the German Masters and the China Open.
New professional players
Countries:
The 2013/2014 season was made up of 132 professional players. The top 64 players after the 2013 World Championship and the 32 players earning a two-year card the previous year, who hadn't already earned a place, automatically qualified for the 2013/2014 season, as have eight players from the PTC Order of Merit of the Players Tour Championship and four players from the APTC Order of Merit, who have not already qualified for the Main Tour. Another three players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, and a further twelve places were available through the 2013 Q School. The rest of the places on to the tour came from amateur events and national governing body nominations. All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.
IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: EBSA European Snooker Championships winner: EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships winner: ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: ABSF African Snooker Championship runner-up:
NGB nominations
PTC Order of Merit
EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs
APTC Order of Merit
Q School Event 1
Event 2
Event 3
Calendar The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.
World Snooker Tour Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 6 Jun 9 Jun European Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2013 Bulgarian Open. Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria 41 11 Jun 15 Jun Asian Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2013 Yixing Open. Yixing Sports Centre in Yixing, China 41 17 Jun 23 Jun Wuxi Classic Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China 107 8 Jul 14 Jul Australian Goldfields Open Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia 96 18 Jul 21 Jul European Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2013 Rotterdam Open. Topsport Centrum in Rotterdam, Netherlands 43 14 Aug 17 Aug European Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2013 Bluebell Wood Open. Doncaster Dome in Doncaster, England 43 22 Aug 25 Aug European Tour – Event 4Event also known as the 2013 Paul Hunter Classic. Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany 40 2 Sep 7 Sep Six-red World Championship Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand 84 16 Sep 22 Sep Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China 106 23 Sep 27 Sep Asian Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2013 Zhangjiagang Open. Zhangjiagang Sports Center in Zhangjiagang, China 41 3 Oct 6 Oct European Tour – Event 5Event also known as the 2013 Ruhr Open. RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany 41 14 Oct 18 Oct Indian Open Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi, India 50 20 Oct 24 Oct Asian Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2013 Zhengzhou Open. Guanhua Grand Hotel in Zhengzhou, China 40 27 Oct 3 Nov International Championship Chengdu Eastern Music Park in Chengdu, China 109 7 Nov 10 Nov European Tour – Event 6Event also known as the 2013 Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup. The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England 41 14 Nov 17 Nov European Tour – Event 7Event also known as the 2013 Antwerp Open. Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium 43 19 Nov 24 Nov Champion of Champions Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England 108 26 Nov 8 Dec UK Championship Barbican Centre in York, England 107 12 Jan 19 Jan Masters Alexandra Palace in London, England 104 24 Jan 26 Jan Snooker Shoot Out Circus Arena in Blackpool, England 10 29 Jan 2 Feb German Masters Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany 95 6 Feb 9 Feb European Tour – Event 8Event also known as the 2014 Gdynia Open. Gdynia Sports Arena in Gdynia, Poland 41 19 Feb 2 Mar Welsh Open Newport Centre in Newport, Wales 93 6 Jan 6 Mar Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England 31 4 Mar 8 Mar Asian Tour – Event 4Event also known as the 2014 Dongguan Open. Dongguan Dongcheng Sports Garden in Dongguan, China 41 10 Mar 16 Mar World Open Hainan International Exhibition Center in Haikou, China 106 25 Mar 29 Mar Players Tour Championship FinalsEvent also known as the 2014 Players Championship Grand Final. Guild Hall in Preston, England 40 31 Mar 6 Apr China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China 105 19 Apr 5 May World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England 1814 Ranking event Minor-ranking event Non-ranking event
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 8 Sep Women's British Open Whitley Bay Snooker Centre in Whitley Bay, England 41 2 Nov UK Ladies Championship North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre in Chesterfield, England 42 16 Nov 17 Nov Eden Masters Cambridge Snooker Centre in Cambridge, England 50 23 Feb Southern Classic Jesters Snooker in Swindon, England 41 30 Mar Connie Gough Memorial Dunstable Snooker Club in Dunstable, England 40 18 Apr 22 Apr World Ladies Championship Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England 60
Seniors events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 19 Oct 20 Oct World Seniors Championship Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England 21
Other events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 26 Jun 30 Jun Pink Ribbon The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England 43 29 Jun 1 Jul Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games – Six-red Songdo Convensia in Incheon, South Korea 54 1 Jul 2 Jul Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games – Team Songdo Convensia in Incheon, South Korea 32 3 Jul 6 Jul Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games – Singles Songdo Convensia in Incheon, South Korea 42 4 Jul 7 Jul Vienna Snooker Open Brut Theatre in Vienna, Austria 50 26 Jul 30 Jul World Games Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo in Cali, Colombia 30 9 Sep 13 Sep General Cup General Snooker Club in Hong Kong, China 72
Official rankings
Seeding revision 1 No. Ch. Name 1 79740 2 79460 3 76720 4 68220 5 66940 6 62940 7 62460 8 59765 9 58880 10 57900 11 56355 12 54900 13 54280 14 53660 15 53260 16 52895
Seeding revision 2 No. Ch. Name 1 90160 2 83640 3 78200 4 68600 5 66480 6 64575 7 63085 8 61800 9 61710 10 61220 11 59920 12 58200 13 57110 14 57005 15 56080 16 55100
Seeding revision 3 No. Ch. Name 1 86580 2 78100 3 75640 4 68680 5 66360 6 65480 7 64700 8 63365 9 62415 10 60760 11 60565 12 59260 13 57285 14 56020 15 55795 16 54560
Seeding revision 4 No. Ch. Name 1 87680 2 82220 3 79500 4 74760 5 70200 6 67805 7 67400 8 66620 9 64540 10 64155 11 63700 12 62685 13 60440 14 58765 15 57340 16 57015
Seeding revision 5 No. Ch. Name 1 89800 2 87020 3 79540 4 69960 5 69840 6 69700 7 69500 8 66440 9 64645 10 63700 11 62485 12 62235 13 59925 14 59440 15 57995 16 57140
Seeding revision 6 No. Ch. Name 1 89300 2 85160 3 82520 4 70460 5 68980 6 68140 7 64480 8 64420 9 63850 10 61375 11 61340 12 58985 13 58980 14 58615 15 56995 16 56455
Seeding revision 7 No. Ch. Name 1 88800 2 84480 3 83660 4 73500 5 72320 6 71640 7 69750 8 69260 9 64080 10 63395 11 60350 12 60055 13 59615 14 59220 15 58580 16 57165
World ranking points
Points distribution 2013/2014 points distribution for world ranking and minor-ranking events:
Tournament Round → R128 R96 R64 R48 R32 R16 QF SF F WWuxi Classic 560 – 1260 – 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000Australian Goldfields Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 – 575 700 – – – – –Shanghai Masters 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 – 805 980 – – – – –Indian Open 400 – 900 – 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000International Championship 640 – 1440 – 2240 3040 4000 5120 6400 8000UK Championship 640 – 1440 – 2240 3040 4000 5120 6400 8000German Masters 400 – 900 – 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000Welsh Open 400 – 900 – 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000World Open 560 – 1260 – 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 – – 360 – 560 760 1000 1280 1600 2000 Finals – – – – 840 1140 1500 1920 2400 3000China Open 560 – 1260 – 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000World Championship Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000 Seeded loser 400 650 – 1150 1400 – – – – –
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