The 2013 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the 888casino World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 20 October 2013 at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England.
Steve Davis won the event by defeating defending champion Nigel Bond 2–1 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £18,000 Runner-up: £8,000 Semi-finalist: £4,000 Quarter-finalist: £2,000 Last 16: £1,000 Total: £50,000
Main draw The draw for the last 16 was made on 12 August 2013 at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster during the qualifying stage of the 2013 Indian Open. The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was made on a random basis. All matches were best of 3 frames and all frames were subject to a 30-second shot clock after ten minutes of play. All times are BST. The highest break of the tournament was 94 made by Steve Davis.
Last 16
Saturday, 19 October – 13:00 Dene O'Kane 0–2 Nigel Bond Tony Knowles 1–2 Darren Morgan Tony Drago 0–2 Dave Harold Steve Davis 2–0 Dennis Taylor
Saturday, 19 October – 19:00 Doug Mountjoy 0–2 Jimmy White Alain Robidoux 1–2 Tony Chappel Cliff Thorburn 2–0 Philip Williams Joe Johnson 0–2 Stephen Hendry
Quarter-finals Sunday, 20 October – 13:00 Cliff Thorburn 1–2 Nigel Bond Darren Morgan 0–2 Dave Harold Tony Chappel 1–2 Steve Davis Jimmy White 1–2 Stephen Hendry
Semi-finals Sunday, 20 October – 19:00 Dave Harold 1–2 Steve Davis Stephen Hendry 0–2 Nigel Bond
Final Sunday, 20 October – 19:00 Steve Davis 2–1 Nigel Bond
Qualifying These matches were held on 3 October 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. There was only one century break during the qualifying. Philip Williams made a 100 break against Karl Townsend.
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