The 2013 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 October and 3 November 2013 at the Chengdu Eastern Music Park in Chengdu, China. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against Alan McManus in the last 64.

Ding Junhui won his ninth ranking title by defeating Marco Fu 10–9 in the final. Ding became the first player to win three consecutive ranking titles since Stephen Hendry in 1993. This was also the third consecutive all-Asian ranking final, after Ding defeating Xiao Guodong at the Shanghai Masters and Aditya Mehta at the Indian Open.

Prize fund The total prize money of the event was raised to £625,000 from the previous year's £600,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £65,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Quarter-final: £17,500 Last 16: £12,000 Last 32: £7,000 Last 64: £3,000

Non-televised highest break: £0 Televised highest break: £1,000 Total: £625,000

Wildcard round These matches were played in Chengdu on 27 October 2013. Match Score WC1 6–5 WC2 6–4 WC3 1–6 WC4 6–1

Main draw

Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zheng Weili. Chengdu Eastern Music Park, Chengdu, China, 3 November 2013. Marco Fu 9–10 Ding JunhuiAfternoon: 61–52, 128–0 (128), , , , , , , Evening: 0–108 (108), 65–20, , , , , , , , 128 Highest break 138 2 Century breaks 5 4 50+ breaks 9

Qualifying These matches took place on 1 and 2 October 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 11 frames.

Judd Trump 6–4 Cao Xinlong Alan McManus 6–0 Darren Cook Mike Dunn 6–3 Scott Donaldson Ryan Day 6–3 Chris Wakelin Ben Woollaston 6–1 Lee Spick Fergal O'Brien 6–2 David Grace Rod Lawler 6–4 Ian Burns Ricky Walden 2–6 Aditya Mehta Mark Allen 6–2 Chen Zhe Tian Pengfei 6–0 Alexander Ursenbacher Dave Harold 6–5 Sam Baird Dominic Dale 3–6 Pankaj Advani Joe Perry 6–1 Tony Drago Jamie Jones 6–4 Andrew Pagett David Gilbert 6–2 Sean O'Sullivan Shaun Murphy 6–0 Christopher Keogan Barry Hawkins 6–1 Rhys Clark Jimmy White 6–3 Liam Highfield Steve Davis 6–2 Allan Taylor Michael Holt 1–6 Craig Steadman Xiao Guodong 6–1 Jak Jones Alfie Burden 6–4 Daniel Wells Adam Duffy 6–5 Michael Wasley Marco Fu 6–1 Robbie Williams Stuart Bingham 6–2 Ratchayothin Yotharuck Liu Chuang 2–6 Robin Hull Matthew Selt 6–0 Chris Norbury Martin Gould 6–1 Fraser Patrick Mark King 6–3 Lyu Haotian Peter Lines 6–2 Hammad Miah Jamie Burnett 6–2 Mohamed Khairy Mark Selby 6–1 Martin O'Donnell

Neil Robertson 6–2 Li Hang Yu Delu 5–6 Alex Davies Gerard Greene 5–6 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Marcus Campbell 4–6 Zhang Anda Peter Ebdon 6–2 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Jack Lisowski 6–2 Vinnie Calabrese Mark Joyce 6–2 Andrew Norman Ali Carter 6–2 Barry Pinches John Higgins 6–5 John Astley Dechawat Poomjaeng 4–6 Joe Swail Rory McLeod 6–3 Darryl Hill Matthew Stevens 6–4 Mitchell Travis Tom Ford 2–6 Gary Wilson James Wattana 6–2 Jamie O'Neill Cao Yupeng 6–4 James Cahill Ding Junhui 6–0 Shane Castle Stephen Maguire 6–1 David Morris Jamie Cope 1–6 Kyren Wilson Michael White 6–4 Alex Borg Graeme Dott 6–1 Elliot Slessor Mark Williams 6–1 Ahmed Saif Anthony Hamilton 3–6 Paul Davison Kurt Maflin 6–4 Luca Brecel Robert Milkins 6–2 Noppon Saengkham Mark Davis 6–3 Lee Page Nigel Bond 3–6 Oliver Brown Jimmy Robertson 4–6 Michael Leslie Ken Doherty 3–6 Stuart Carrington Andrew Higginson 1–6 Li Yan Liang Wenbo 6–2 Ryan Clark Anthony McGill 6–2 Ross Muir Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–1 Joel Walker

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

142 Gerard Greene 140, 136, 107, 105 Neil Robertson 132 Sam Baird 130 Mark Allen 129 Stuart Carrington 124 Ryan Clark 123, 103 Gary Wilson 121 Robbie Williams 119 Chris Wakelin 118 Pankaj Advani 115 Ryan Day 109 David Gilbert 108 Michael Leslie 107 Michael Wasley 107 John Astley

106, 103 Stephen Maguire 106 Stuart Bingham 106 Liang Wenbo 103 Joe Perry 103 Alex Borg 102 Fergal O'Brien 102 Peter Ebdon 102 Kurt Maflin 101 Sean O'Sullivan 101 Joe Swail 101 Shaun Murphy 100 Rod Lawler 100 Daniel Wells 100 Oliver Brown

Televised stage centuries

143, 128, 117, 100, 100, 100 Neil Robertson 143 Mark Davis 138, 131, 127, 126, 121, 110, 110, 108, 108 Ding Junhui 137 Craig Steadman 134, 115, 107, 105, 103, 103, 102 Joe Perry 134 Peter Ebdon 128, 116, 112, 105, 103 Marco Fu 127 Matthew Selt 126, 121 Graeme Dott 126 Stephen Maguire 125 Shaun Murphy 123, 111 Mark Allen 123, 103 Fergal O'Brien 122 Kyren Wilson 121, 120 Ronnie O'Sullivan 118, 111 Liang Wenbo

116, 107 Mark Selby 114 Barry Hawkins 110, 102 Judd Trump 110 Zhang Anda 109 Zhao Xintong 109 Stuart Bingham 107 Joe Swail 106 Zhou Yuelong 106 Kurt Maflin 105 John Higgins 104 Dave Harold 103 Xiao Guodong 103 Rod Lawler 103 Ryan Day 100 David Gilbert

References

External links 2013 International Championship – Pictures by Mr Yu Yan and Tai Chengzhe at Facebook