The 2013 Bank of Communications Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 September 2013 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. The seventh edition of the tournament since it was first held in 2007, it was the third ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.
John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost 1–5 against Mark Davis in the last 16.
Ding Junhui won his seventh ranking title by defeating Xiao Guodong 10–6 in the final. This was the first time that two Chinese players had reached the final of a ranking event, but was also the first of three consecutive ranking finals between Asian players, all of which were won by Ding.
Prize fund The total prize money of the event was raised to £425,000 from the previous year's £400,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £80,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £19,500 Quarter-final: £11,000 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £6,000 Last 48: £2,300 Last 64: £1,500 Last 96: £250
Non-televised highest break: £200 Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £425,000
Wildcard round These matches were played in Shanghai on 16 and 17 September 2013.
Match Score WC1 5–0 WC2 5–4 WC3 5–4 WC4 4–5 WC5 5–1 WC6 5–4 WC7 5–1 WC8 3–5
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China, 22 September 2013. Xiao Guodong 6–10 Ding Junhui (11) Afternoon: 37–85, , , , , , , , Evening: 78–0 (78), , , , , , 78 Highest break 126 0 Century breaks 1 4 50+ breaks 8
Qualifying These matches were held between 7 and 10 August 2013 at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster, England.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
137 Jamie Burnett 128 Daniel Wells 127 Peter Lines 125 Gary Wilson 120 Li Hang 120 Cao Yupeng 118 Simon Bedford 115 John Astley 113 Jack Lisowski
108 Mike Dunn 106 Mark Joyce 105 Pankaj Advani 105 Robbie Williams 104 David Gilbert 103 Tom Ford 100 Matthew Selt 100 Jamie Jones 100 Joe Perry
Televised stage centuries
140, 107 Barry Hawkins 133 Kyren Wilson 129, 126, 109, 106 Ding Junhui 127, 122, 111 Xiao Guodong 127, 109 Martin Gould 122, 104 Neil Robertson 122, 102 Mark Davis
120, 107, 101 Mark Selby 116, 102 Shaun Murphy 115, 113 Michael Holt 109 Fang Xiongman 107, 100 John Higgins 106 Mark King
References
External links 2013 Bank of Communications Shanghai Masters – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe and Wang Chun at Facebook