2013 Wuxi Classic

April 2014 Sports Lottery Cup Wuxi Classic 2013 06 17 2013 06 23 y Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium Wuxi China World Snooker Ranking event £470,000 £80,000 138 (x2) Neil Robertson AUS John Higgins SCO 10–7 2012 2014 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.http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2013 Tournament Calendar 2013/2014 Snooker.org 22 May 2012 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.http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3172481,00.html New Season Starts in Gloucester worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 22 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131129204538/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3172481%2C00.html 29 November 2013 dead 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.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-ronnie-osullivan-withdraws-last-minute-first-event-110940538.html Ronnie O'Sullivan withdraws last-minute from first event of season 31 May 2013 27 May 2013 Eurosport UK https://web.archive.org/web/20131101073628/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-ronnie-osullivan-withdraws-last-minute-first-event-110940538.html 1 November 2013 World number one Mark Selby lost his qualifying match 3–5 to Andrew Pagett.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/22682698 Mark Selby suffers Wuxi Classic defeat by Andrew Pagett 1 June 2013 27 May 2013 BBC Sport live https://web.archive.org/web/20131011105543/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/22682698 11 October 2013 World number four Shaun Murphy also exited the tournament at the qualifying stage, losing 1–5 to Alex Davies.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/22716590 Shaun Murphy fails to qualify for season-opening major 1 June 2013 30 May 2013 BBC Sport live https://web.archive.org/web/20130911062511/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/22716590 11 September 2013 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/22689066 Reanne Evans through to final stages of Wuxi Classic 28 May 2013 BBC Sport 1 June 2013 live https://web.archive.org/web/20131011105311/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/22689066 11 October 2013http://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2013/0529/453320-evans-first-woman-into-snooker-tournament/ Evans first woman into snooker ranking tournament 29 May 2013 RTÉ.ie 2 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131101180606/http://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2013/0529/453320-evans-first-woman-into-snooker-tournament/ 1 November 2013 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.Reanne Evans loses in Wuxi Classic snooker wildcard round https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/22937129 17 June 2013 BBC Sport 17 June 2013 live https://web.archive.org/web/20131031083704/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/22937129 31 October 2013Ladies champ Evans beaten, White stuns Walden at Wuxi Classic http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-ladies-champ-evans-beaten-wuxi-classic-063652877.html Eurosport UK 17 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131129205814/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-ladies-champ-evans-beaten-wuxi-classic-063652877.html 29 November 2013 Ricky Walden was the defending champion,Wuxi Classic: Ricky Walden defeats Stuart Bingham in final July 2012 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/18665008 BBC Sport 1 July 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20130108233328/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/18665008 8 January 2013Kane Desmond Walden sinks maximum man Bingham to win Wuxi final http://eurosport.yahoo.com/news/walden-leads-maximum-man-bingham-in-wuxi-final-102054563.html Eurosport UK 1 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120704140649/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/news/walden-leads-maximum-man-bingham-in-wuxi-final-102054563.html 4 July 2012 but he lost 2–5 against Jimmy White in the last 64.http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3212091,00.html Whirlwind Blows Down Champ Walden worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 17 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131015011037/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3212091%2C00.html 15 October 2013 dead Neil Robertson won his eighth ranking title by defeating John Higgins 10–7 in the final.Robertson Is Wuxi Wonder http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3218055,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131129210333/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3218055%2C00.html 29 November 2013 dead Robertson lifts Wuxi Classic http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/8789253/- Sporting Life 23 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131204045028/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/8789253/- 4 December 2013 live dmy 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.Robertson Fires 147 http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3193480,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 28 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131129210641/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3193480%2C00.html 29 November 2013 dead Prize fund 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.http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2757115,00.html Wuxi Classic Becomes World Ranking Event worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 22 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131105042807/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2757115%2C00.html 5 November 2013 dead The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3194469,00.html 1 May 2013 Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14 worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 30 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131012082213/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3194469%2C00.html 12 October 2013 dead 70% 50% Winner: £80,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £11,500 Last 16: £8,000 Last 32: £6,500 Last 64: £3,000 50% Non-televised highest break: £0 Televised highest break: £2,000 Non-televised maximum break: £3,000 Total: £470,000 Wildcard round These matches were played in Wuxi on 17 June 2013.Letter to Tour Players from Barry Hearn http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/d3/bb/0,,13165~179155,00.pdf worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 8 April 2013 9 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130418080435/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/d3/bb/0,,13165~179155,00.pdf 18 April 2013 dead dmy http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/1a/bd/0,,13165~179482,00.pdf Wuxi Classic 2013 Draw And Format worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 6 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010223/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/1a/bd/0,,13165~179482,00.pdf 3 December 2013 live dmy http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/83c3b82a-3984-4a7b-958a-68fea41604d2.pdf Wuxi Classic 2013 results World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 24 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013256/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/83c3b82a-3984-4a7b-958a-68fea41604d2.pdf 3 December 2013 live dmy Wuxi Classic 2013: Schedule and results 15 June 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/22919548 BBC Sport 17 June 2013 live https://web.archive.org/web/20131026122851/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/22919548 26 October 2013http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=225 Sports Lottery Cup Wuxi Classic (2013) Snooker.org 22 May 2012 Match Score 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 Main draw Top half Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames ENG Ricky Walden 2 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG John Astley 0 ENG Robert Milkins 5 SCO Scott Donaldson 5 ENG Gareth Green 3 ENG Jimmy Robertson 5 SCO Graeme Dott 0 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Liam Highfield 4 CHN Tian Pengfei 0 ENG Jack Lisowski 5 WAL Ryan Day 2 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 CHN Yu Delu 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Alex Davies 2 ENG Joel Walker 5 CHN Chen Zhe 2 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 WAL Michael White 3 CHN Cao Yupeng 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 HKG Marco Fu 5 ENG Nigel Bond 2 ENG Rory McLeod 3 ENG Mark King 5 ENG Martin Gould 5 NOR Kurt Maflin 3 CHN Zhu Yinghui 2 AUS Neil Robertson 5 ENG Jimmy White 3 ENG Robert Milkins 5 SCO Scott Donaldson 5 ENG Jimmy Robertson 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Jack Lisowski 4 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 2 ENG Joel Walker 2 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 CHN Cao Yupeng 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 4 HKG Marco Fu 4 ENG Mark King 5 ENG Martin Gould 2 AUS Neil Robertson 5 ENG Robert Milkins 5 SCO Scott Donaldson 1 WAL Mark Williams 3 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Ben Woollaston 3 CHN Cao Yupeng 5 ENG Mark King 0 AUS Neil Robertson 5 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 3 CHN Cao Yupeng 4 AUS Neil Robertson 5 ENG Robert Milkins 2 AUS Neil Robertson 6 Bottom half Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames WAL Andrew Pagett 2 ENG David Gilbert 5 SCO Alan McManus 5 IRL Ken Doherty 3 ENG Joe Perry 5 ENG Jamie Cope 2 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 CHN Ding Junhui 5 SCO John Higgins 5 AUS Vinnie Calabrese 1 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 5 WAL Dominic Dale 1 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 CHN Xiao Guodong 5 CHN Li Hang 5 ENG Judd Trump 2 NIR Mark Allen 4 ENG Peter Lines 5 ENG Steve Davis 1 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 WAL Jamie Jones 4 CHN Lu Ning 1 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 ENG Ali Carter 5 ENG Alfie Burden 2 CHN Lyu Haotian 5 ENG Craig Steadman 3 IRL David Morris 5 ENG Gary Wilson 4 NIR Gerard Greene 5 ENG Michael Wasley 1 ENG David Gilbert 5 SCO Alan McManus 2 ENG Joe Perry 5 CHN Ding Junhui 1 SCO John Higgins 5 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 1 CHN Xiao Guodong 5 CHN Li Hang 4 ENG Peter Lines 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 2 CHN Liang Wenbo 3 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 ENG Ali Carter 5 CHN Lyu Haotian 0 IRL David Morris 5 NIR Gerard Greene 2 ENG David Gilbert 2 ENG Joe Perry 5 SCO John Higgins 5 CHN Xiao Guodong 0 ENG Peter Lines 3 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 ENG Ali Carter 4 IRL David Morris 5 ENG Joe Perry 2 SCO John Higgins 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 IRL David Morris 2 SCO John Higgins 6 WAL Matthew Stevens 2 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 23 June 2013.Final – Match 67 – Neil Robertson v John Higgins http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13368?matchId=154981 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131215122415/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13368?matchId=154981 15 December 2013 live dmy Neil Robertson 10–7 John Higgins 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 Qualifying These matches were held between 27 and 29 May 2013 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/89/bc/0,,13165~179337,00.pdf Wuxi Classic 2013 Qualifiers Draw worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 24 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002751/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/89/bc/0,,13165~179337,00.pdf 3 December 2013 live dmy http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/81/bc/0,,13165~179329,00.pdf Wuxi Classic 2013 Qualifiers Format worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 22 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002749/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/81/bc/0,,13165~179329,00.pdf 3 December 2013 live dmy http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/RoundList/Tournament/13369 Wuxi Classic qualifiers 2013 results worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 29 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130607120025/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/RoundList/Tournament/13369 7 June 2013 live dmy http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=257 Sports Lottery Cup Wuxi Classic Qualifiers (2013) Snooker.org 22 May 2013 ENG Ricky Walden 5–4 IND Pankaj Advani ENG Jimmy White 5–3 ENG Lee Page ENG Mike Dunn 2–5 ENG John Astley ENG Robert Milkins 5–3 ENG Robbie Williams ENG Tom Ford 1–5 SCO Scott Donaldson CHN Liu Chuang 4–5 ENG Gareth Green ENG Jimmy Robertson 5–1 ENG Ryan Clark SCO Graeme Dott 5–1 ENG Christopher Keogan WAL Mark Williams 5–1 SCO Ross Muir ENG Barry Pinches 2–5 ENG Liam Highfield CHN Tian Pengfei 5–3 BEL Luca Brecel ENG Jack Lisowski 5–1 ENG Hammad Miah WAL Ryan Day 5–4 THA Noppon Saengkham ENG Anthony Hamilton 5–3 ENG Jamie O'Neill CHN Yu Delu 5–4 ENG Sanderson Lam ENG Stuart Bingham 5–3 CHN Li Yan ENG Shaun Murphy 1–5 ENG Alex Davies ENG Ian Burns 2–5 ENG Joel Walker ENG Matthew Selt 3–5 CHN Chen Zhe ENG Ben Woollaston 5–1 ENG Dylan Mitchell WAL Michael White 5–1 ENG Sam Baird CHN Cao Yupeng 5–1 ENG Paul Davison IRL Fergal O'Brien 5–3 ENG Ben Harrison ENG Barry Hawkins 5–1 ENG Simon Bedford HKG Marco Fu 5–1 WAL Daniel Wells ENG Nigel Bond 5–3 ENG Chris Norbury ENG Rory McLeod 5–0 ENG Sean O'Sullivan ENG Mark King 5–1 ENG Allan Taylor ENG Martin Gould 5–4 ENG Ashley Carty NOR Kurt Maflin 5–3 THA Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–5 ENG Reanne Evans AUS Neil Robertson 5–0 EGY Mohamed Khairy ENG Mark Selby 3–5 WAL Andrew Pagett ENG David Gilbert 5–3 WAL Jak Jones SCO Alan McManus 5–3 IOM Darryl Hill IRL Ken Doherty 5–2 NIR Joe Swail ENG Joe Perry 5–1 ENG Kyren Wilson ENG Jamie Cope 5–1 CHN Zhang Anda SCO Jamie Burnett 5–1 WAL Andrew Rogers CHN Ding Junhui 5–4 IND Aditya Mehta SCO John Higgins 5–2 ENG Adam Wicheard SCO Anthony McGill 3–5 AUS Vinnie Calabrese THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 5–1 ENG Darren Cook WAL Dominic Dale 5–1 ENG Mitchell Travis ENG Peter Ebdon 5–1 ENG Chris Wakelin CHN Xiao Guodong 5–3 ENG Andrew Norman ENG Mark Joyce 3–5 CHN Li Hang ENG Judd Trump 5–0 ENG Phil O'Kane NIR Mark Allen 5–3 SCO Michael Leslie ENG Peter Lines 5–3 ENG Sydney Wilson ENG Steve Davis 5–2 ENG James Cahill ENG Andrew Higginson 5–3 GER Patrick Einsle CHN Liang Wenbo 5–2 SCO Fraser Patrick WAL Jamie Jones 5–3 ENG David Grace ENG Adam Duffy 5–2 MLT Tony Drago WAL Matthew Stevens 5–3 ENG Zak Surety ENG Ali Carter 5–3 ENG Elliot Slessor ENG Alfie Burden 5–3 ENG Stuart Carrington ENG Rod Lawler 2–5 CHN Lyu Haotian SCO Marcus Campbell 3–5 ENG Craig Steadman ENG Michael Holt 3–5 IRL David Morris THA James Wattana 2–5 ENG Gary Wilson NIR Gerard Greene 5–3 ENG Martin O'Donnell ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan w/d–w/o ENG Michael Wasley Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries Wuxi Classic qualifiers: century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13369 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 29 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130607113643/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13369 7 June 2013 live dmy 147, 121 Neil Robertson 139 Tian Pengfei 135 John Astley 135 Lyu Haotian 133 Dominic Dale 132 Joe Perry 131 Steve Davis 129, 109, 108 Judd Trump 127 Ricky Walden 121 Stuart Bingham 116, 106 Ding Junhui 116 Kurt Maflin 115 Martin Gould 112 Anthony Hamilton 111, 108 Mark Allen 111, 104 Marco Fu 111 Ben Woollaston 110 Peter Lines 105 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 102 Mark Williams 100 Dechawat Poomjaeng 100 Jamie Cope 100 Gary Wilson Televised stage centuries Wuxi Classic: century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13368 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130620111846/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13368 20 June 2013 live dmy 138, 116, 101 John Higgins 138, 103 David Morris 127 Anthony Hamilton 125 Jimmy Robertson 122, 115 Marco Fu 122, 102 Cao Yupeng 120 Robert Milkins 117, 104 Fergal O'Brien 117 Adam Duffy 115 Lu Ning 113, 111 Neil Robertson 106, 100, 100 David Gilbert 105 Stuart Bingham 104 Matthew Stevens 104 Mark Williams 102 Scott Donaldson 100 Jack Lisowski 100 Peter Lines References External links OJqJrG5huAg Snooker, Wuxi Classic 2013 Q – Neil Robertson makes 147! 2013 Wuxi Classic – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook 2013 Category:2013 in snooker Category:2013 in Chinese sport