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2013 World Seniors Championship

Not to be confused with 2013 World Senior Curling Championships.

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.[1]

2013 World Seniors Championship
Tournament information
Dates19–20 October 2013 (2013-10-19 – 2013-10-20)
VenueMountbatten Centre
CityPortsmouth
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatSeniors event
Total prize fund£50,000
Winner's share£18,000
Highest breakEngland Steve Davis (94)
Final
ChampionEngland Steve Davis
Runner-upEngland Nigel Bond
Score2–1
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Steve Davis won the event by defeating defending champion Nigel Bond 2–1 in the final.[2][3]

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]

  • Winner: £18,000
  • Runner-up: £8,000
  • Semi-finalist: £4,000
  • Quarter-finalist: £2,000
  • Last 16: £1,000
  • Total: £50,000

Main draw edit

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.[4][5][6] The highest break of the tournament was 94 made by Steve Davis.[4]

Last 16 edit

Quarter-finals edit

Semi-finals edit

Final edit

Qualifying edit

These matches were held on 3 October 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.[7][8][9] There was only one century break during the qualifying. Philip Williams made a 100 break against Karl Townsend.[10]

Round 1
Best of 3 frames		Round 2
Best of 3 frames		Round 3
Best of 3 frames		Round 4
Best of 3 frames		Round 5
Best of 3 frames
  Nick Pearce1
  Tony Jones0  Darren Thompson2
  Darren Thompson2
  Darren Thompson2
  Gabriel Burns1
  Gabriel Burns2
  Bill Kelly0  Stefan Mazrocis1
  Darren Thompson0
  Stefan Mazrocis2
  Les Dodd2
  Barry West1
  John Reaw/d  Les Dodd2
  Les Dodd2
  Les Doddw/o
  Roger Leighton1
  John Welsh0
  Gary Filtness0  Roger Leighton2
  Les Dodd0
  Roger Leighton2
  Philip Williams2
  Tony Brown2
  Dessie Sheehan1
  Tony Brown0
  Patsy Fagan2
  Patsy Fagan2
  Steven Gough1  Ian Barry Stark0
  Patsy Fagan0
  Ian Barry Stark2
  Philip Williams2
  Philip Williams2
  Stephen Meakin1  Gary Wilkinson0
  Philip Williams2
  Gary Wilkinson2
  Karl Townsend0
  Ali Bassiri0
  Karl Townsend2

References edit

  1. ^ "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  2. ^ "World Seniors Championship: Steve Davis beats Nigel Bond 2–1 in Portsmouth final". Sky Sports. 20 October 2013. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Davis On Top Of The World Again". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "888casino.com World Seniors Championship (2013)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  5. ^ "2013 888casino World Seniors Championship: Provisional Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  6. ^ "2013 World Seniors Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  7. ^ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw & Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  8. ^ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Provisional Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  9. ^ "888casino.com World Seniors Championship Qualifiers (2013)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  10. ^ "World Seniors Championship qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
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