2013 UK Championship
File:2013 UK Championship logo.png | |
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 26 November – 8 December 2013 |
Venue | Barbican Centre |
City | York |
Country | England |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £755,000 |
Winner's share | £150,000 |
Highest break | File:Flag of England.svg Mark Selby (ENG) (147) |
Final | |
Champion | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson (AUS) |
Runner-up | File:Flag of England.svg Mark Selby (ENG) |
Score | 10–7 |
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The 2013 UK Championship (officially the 2013 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 November–8 December 2013 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[1] Mark Selby made the 100th official maximum break during his semi-final match against Ricky Walden. This was Selby's second official 147 break and the third maximum break in the 2013/2014 season.[2] Neil Robertson won his ninth ranking title by defeating defending champion Selby 10–7 in the final,[3] despite trailing 1–5 and 3–6 during the match.[4] Robertson became the eighth player to win all Triple Crown events at least once,[5] and the first overseas player to achieve this feat.[6] Selby became the first defending champion to reach the final of the UK Championship since Mark Williams in 2000.[7]
Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to £700,000 from the previous year's £625,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
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Main draw
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||
1 | England Mark Selby | 6 | ||||||||||||
9 | England Barry Hawkins | 5 | ||||||||||||
1 | England Mark Selby | 9 | ||||||||||||
13 | England Ricky Walden | 5 | ||||||||||||
12 | Northern Ireland Mark Allen | 2 | ||||||||||||
13 | England Ricky Walden | 6 | ||||||||||||
1 | England Mark Selby | 7 | ||||||||||||
3 | Australia Neil Robertson | 10 | ||||||||||||
3 | Australia Neil Robertson | 6 | ||||||||||||
6 | Scotland Stephen Maguire | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Australia Neil Robertson | 9 | ||||||||||||
10 | England Stuart Bingham | 8 | ||||||||||||
10 | England Stuart Bingham | 6 | ||||||||||||
2 | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 |
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Barbican Centre, York, England, 8 December 2013.[13][14] | ||
Mark Selby (1) File:Flag of England.svg England |
7–10 | Neil Robertson (3) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
Afternoon: 130–1 (130), 0–76 (63), 75–10, 89–0, 68–22 (57), 68–39, 21–65 (54), 0–123 (123) Evening: 70–22, 0–101 (56), 0–122 (122), 0–132 (132), 26–71, 28–61, 116–0 (74), 47–59, 36–82 (57) | ||
130 | Highest break | 132 |
1 | Century breaks | 3 |
3 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Century breaks
- 147, 130, 129, 116, 109 – Mark Selby
- 142, 112, 102 – Stephen Maguire
- 142, 110, 106 – Barry Hawkins
- 141, 132, 128, 123, 122, 119, 111, 107 – Neil Robertson
- 139 – Michael Leslie
- 137 – Gary Wilson
- 137 – Ricky Walden
- 136, 101 – Dominic Dale
- 135, 128, 119 – Ding Junhui
- 135, 127, 108, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 135, 108 – Alfie Burden
- 133, 104, 103, 102 – Judd Trump
- 133 – Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
- 131, 131, 124, 107, 101 – Stuart Bingham
- 131 – Mark King
- 130, 128, 101 – John Higgins
- 129 – Nigel Bond
- 125, 106, 106 – Xiao Guodong
- 122 – Liam Highfield
- 120, 107 – Liang Wenbo
- 119 – Kyren Wilson
- 117 – Alan McManus
- 117 – Scott Donaldson
- 116, 103 – Anthony McGill
- 116 – Daniel Wells
- 113, 112 – Mark Allen
- 113 – Anthony Hamilton
- 112, 105 – Jamie Burnett
- 110 – Jamie O'Neill
- 110 – Joe Perry
- 108 – Noppon Saengkham
- 107, 104, 102 – Graeme Dott
- 107 – Mike Dunn
- 107 – Jimmy White
- 105, 100 – Robert Milkins
- 105 – Michael White
- 105 – Shaun Murphy
- 103, 100 – Michael Holt
- 102 – Yu Delu
- 102 – Ali Carter
- 102 – Fergal O'Brien
- 101 – David Grace
- 101 – Matthew Stevens
- 101 – Liu Chuang
References
- ↑ "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-04. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ↑ "Selby Makes Historic 147". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ↑ "Neil Robertson captures snooker's triple crown". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ↑ "Neil Robertson comes from behind to see off Mark Selby and claim UK snooker title". Metro. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ↑ "Neil Robertson fights back against Mark Selby to win UK Championship". theguardian.com. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ↑ "Neil Robertson fights back to take UK Championship crown". RTÉ.ie. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame: UK Championship". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ↑ "Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ↑ "Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Rhys Clark 6–0 at UK Championship". BBC Sport. 30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ↑ "UK Championship 2013 draw & results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "williamhill.com UK Championship 2013 format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ↑ "UK Snooker Championship 2013: Schedule and scores". BBC Sport. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-01. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "williamhill.com UK Championship (2013)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ↑ "UK Championship: Final – Match 127 – Mark Selby v Neil Robertson". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "UK Championship: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.