The 2013 Sports Lottery Cup Wuxi Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 17 and 23 June 2013 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. It was the first ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.
The tournament was the first to use the new format, similar to the one used in the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events, where every player, including members of the top 16, started in the first round. Some of the sport's biggest names did not reach the tournament's final stage. Reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew for personal reasons shortly before his qualifying match against Michael Wasley. World number one Mark Selby lost his qualifying match 3–5 to Andrew Pagett. World number four Shaun Murphy also exited the tournament at the qualifying stage, losing 1–5 to Alex Davies.
Nine-time women's world champion Reanne Evans defeated Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–4 in her qualifying match to become the first woman ever to reach the final stages of a major professional ranking tournament. Evans was chosen as one of four players to play against local opponents in the wildcard round, and she lost 2–5 against Chinese teenager Zhu Yinghui.
Ricky Walden was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 against Jimmy White in the last 64.
Neil Robertson won his eighth ranking title by defeating John Higgins 10–7 in the final. Robertson also made the 98th official maximum break during his qualifying match against Mohamed Khairy. This was Robertson's second 147 break and the first in the 2013/2014 season.
Prize fund The total prize money of the event was raised to £470,000 from the previous year's £400,000. This is £45,000 more than what was announced in 2012. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £80,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £11,500 Last 16: £8,000 Last 32: £6,500 Last 64: £3,000
Non-televised highest break: £0 Televised highest break: £2,000 Non-televised maximum break: £3,000 Total: £470,000
Wildcard round These matches were played in Wuxi on 17 June 2013.
Match Score WC1 5–4 WC2 2–5 WC3 5–4 WC4 3–5
Main draw
Top half
Bottom half
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 23 June 2013. Neil Robertson 10–7 John Higgins Afternoon: 80–6 (61), 0–78 (78), , , , , , , Evening: 91–0, 106–6 (57), , , , , , 113 Highest break 93 1 Century breaks 0 7 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying These matches were held between 27 and 29 May 2013 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Ricky Walden 5–4 Pankaj Advani Jimmy White 5–3 Lee Page Mike Dunn 2–5 John Astley Robert Milkins 5–3 Robbie Williams Tom Ford 1–5 Scott Donaldson Liu Chuang 4–5 Gareth Green Jimmy Robertson 5–1 Ryan Clark Graeme Dott 5–1 Christopher Keogan Mark Williams 5–1 Ross Muir Barry Pinches 2–5 Liam Highfield Tian Pengfei 5–3 Luca Brecel Jack Lisowski 5–1 Hammad Miah Ryan Day 5–4 Noppon Saengkham Anthony Hamilton 5–3 Jamie O'Neill Yu Delu 5–4 Sanderson Lam Stuart Bingham 5–3 Li Yan Shaun Murphy 1–5 Alex Davies Ian Burns 2–5 Joel Walker Matthew Selt 3–5 Chen Zhe Ben Woollaston 5–1 Dylan Mitchell Michael White 5–1 Sam Baird Cao Yupeng 5–1 Paul Davison Fergal O'Brien 5–3 Ben Harrison Barry Hawkins 5–1 Simon Bedford Marco Fu 5–1 Daniel Wells Nigel Bond 5–3 Chris Norbury Rory McLeod 5–0 Sean O'Sullivan Mark King 5–1 Allan Taylor Martin Gould 5–4 Ashley Carty Kurt Maflin 5–3 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–5 Reanne Evans Neil Robertson 5–0 Mohamed Khairy
Mark Selby 3–5 Andrew Pagett David Gilbert 5–3 Jak Jones Alan McManus 5–3 Darryl Hill Ken Doherty 5–2 Joe Swail Joe Perry 5–1 Kyren Wilson Jamie Cope 5–1 Zhang Anda Jamie Burnett 5–1 Andrew Rogers Ding Junhui 5–4 Aditya Mehta John Higgins 5–2 Adam Wicheard Anthony McGill 3–5 Vinnie Calabrese Dechawat Poomjaeng 5–1 Darren Cook Dominic Dale 5–1 Mitchell Travis Peter Ebdon 5–1 Chris Wakelin Xiao Guodong 5–3 Andrew Norman Mark Joyce 3–5 Li Hang Judd Trump 5–0 Phil O'Kane Mark Allen 5–3 Michael Leslie Peter Lines 5–3 Sydney Wilson Steve Davis 5–2 James Cahill Andrew Higginson 5–3 Patrick Einsle Liang Wenbo 5–2 Fraser Patrick Jamie Jones 5–3 David Grace Adam Duffy 5–2 Tony Drago Matthew Stevens 5–3 Zak Surety Ali Carter 5–3 Elliot Slessor Alfie Burden 5–3 Stuart Carrington Rod Lawler 2–5 Lyu Haotian Marcus Campbell 3–5 Craig Steadman Michael Holt 3–5 David Morris James Wattana 2–5 Gary Wilson Gerard Greene 5–3 Martin O'Donnell Ronnie O'Sullivan w/d–w/o Michael Wasley
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
147, 121 Neil Robertson 139 Tian Pengfei 135 John Astley 135 Lyu Haotian 133 Dominic Dale 132 Joe Perry 131 Steve Davis 129, 109, 108 Judd Trump 127 Ricky Walden 121 Stuart Bingham 116, 106 Ding Junhui 116 Kurt Maflin
115 Martin Gould 112 Anthony Hamilton 111, 108 Mark Allen 111, 104 Marco Fu 111 Ben Woollaston 110 Peter Lines 105 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 102 Mark Williams 100 Dechawat Poomjaeng 100 Jamie Cope 100 Gary Wilson
Televised stage centuries
138, 116, 101 John Higgins 138, 103 David Morris 127 Anthony Hamilton 125 Jimmy Robertson 122, 115 Marco Fu 122, 102 Cao Yupeng 120 Robert Milkins 117, 104 Fergal O'Brien 117 Adam Duffy
115 Lu Ning 113, 111 Neil Robertson 106, 100, 100 David Gilbert 105 Stuart Bingham 104 Matthew Stevens 104 Mark Williams 102 Scott Donaldson 100 Jack Lisowski 100 Peter Lines
References
External links
2013 Wuxi Classic – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook