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Dates | 17–23 June 2013 |
Venue | Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium |
City | Wuxi |
Country | China |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £470,000 |
Winner's share | £80,000 |
Highest break | 138 (x2) |
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Champion | Neil Robertson ( AUS) |
Runner-up | John Higgins ( SCO) |
Score | 10–7 |
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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. [1]
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. [2] 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. [3] World number one Mark Selby lost his qualifying match 3–5 to Andrew Pagett. [4] World number four Shaun Murphy also exited the tournament at the qualifying stage, losing 1–5 to Alex Davies. [5]
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. [6] [7] 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. [8] [9]
Ricky Walden was the defending champion, [10] [11] but he lost 2–5 against Jimmy White in the last 64. [9] [12]
Neil Robertson won his eighth ranking title by defeating John Higgins 10–7 in the final. [13] [14] 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. [15]
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. [16] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [17]
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These matches were played in Wuxi on 17 June 2013. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
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WC1 | Jimmy Robertson ( ENG) | 5–4 | Zhou Yuelong ( CHN) |
WC2 | Reanne Evans ( ENG) | 2–5 | Zhu Yinghui ( CHN) |
WC3 | Vinnie Calabrese ( AUS) | 5–4 | Zhao Xintong ( CHN) |
WC4 | Adam Duffy ( ENG) | 3–5 | Lu Ning ( CHN) |
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:
Michaela Tabb. Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 23 June 2013. [22] [23] | ||
Neil Robertson Australia |
10–7 |
John Higgins Scotland |
Afternoon: 80–6 (61), 0–78 (78), 31–83 (56), 99–0 (91), 32–78 (70), 1–111 (93), 16–82 (82), 72–0 (52), 118–6 (113) Evening: 91–0, 106–6 (57), 66–52, 83–0 (59), 1–67 (66), 71–9, 53–66, 97–0 (65) | ||
113 | Highest break | 93 |
1 | Century breaks | 0 |
7 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
These matches were held between 27 and 29 May 2013 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. All matches were best of 9 frames. [24] [25] [26] [27]
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