2013 Australian Goldfields Open

Australian Goldfields Open 2013 Australian Goldfields Open logo.png 2013 07 8 2013 07 14 y Bendigo Stadium Bendigo Australia World Snooker Ranking event $445,000 $70,000 Neil Robertson AUS (138) Marco Fu HKG Neil Robertson AUS 9–6 2012 2014 The 2013 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8–14 July 2013 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second 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 2013 Michael White attempted a maximum break in his qualifying match against Nigel Bond, but he missed the final black at 140.Doherty Earns Trip Down Under http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3199187,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 3 June 2013 With this he became the fifth player along with Mark Selby, Ken Doherty, Barry Pinches and Robin Hull to do so in a professional tournament.Selby Through Despite Black Blunder http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3123662,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 3 June 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130330092057/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3123662%2C00.html 30 March 2013 Shaun Murphy criticised his fellow professionals after eight of the top 16 players and reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan decided not to register for the event.Nunns Hector Shaun Murphy hits out at rivals over Australian Open snub https://www.thetimes.com/article/shaun-murphy-hits-out-at-rivals-over-australian-open-snub-bdmpqk7vljw The Times 5 July 2013 8 July 2013 Another top 16 player, Ding Junhui, withdrew from the tournament at the last minute due to a passport issue.Ding Withdraws From Australia http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3231973,00.html World Snooker 8 July 2013 Barry Hawkins was the defending champion,Australian Open 2012: Barry Hawkins defeats Peter Ebdon 15 July 2012 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/18848619 BBC Sport 15 July 2012Lappe Liam Hawkins claims maiden ranking title http://eurosport.yahoo.com/news/hawkins-leads-goldfields-final-075547427.html Eurosport UK 15 July 2012 dead https://archive.today/20130209172146/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/news/hawkins-leads-goldfields-final-075547427.html 9 February 2013 but he lost 4–5 against Tom Ford in the last 16.King Travis Underdogs have their day at Goldfields Open snooker http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/1633096/underdogs-have-their-day-at-goldfields-open-snooker/?cs=12 Bendigo Advertiser 11 July 2013 11 July 2013 Marco Fu won his second ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 9–6 in the final.Marco Fu wins Australian Open http://www.independent.ie/sport/marco-fu-wins-australian-open-29418887.html Irish Independent 14 July 2013 14 July 2013Robertson loses Aussie Open snooker final http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-sport/robertson-loses-aussie-open-snooker-final-20130714-2pyin.html Brisbane Times 14 July 2013 23 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230644/http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-sport/robertson-loses-aussie-open-snooker-final-20130714-2pyin.html dead Prize fund The total prize money of the event was raised to $445,000 from the previous year's $435,000. 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 Snooker 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: $70,000 Runner-up: $30,000 Semi-final: $20,000 Quarter-final: $15,000 Last 16: $10,000 Last 32: $7,500 Last 48: $1,600 Last 64: $750 Last 96: $150 50% Non-televised highest break: $100 Televised highest break: $2,500 Total: $445,000 Wildcard round These matches were played in Bendigo on 8 July.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 http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/14/bd/0,,13165~179476,00.pdf Australian Goldfields Open draw and format worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 5 June 2013http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/5df8f558-1075-45a8-a5dd-fe4546357f06.pdf Australian Goldfields Open 2013 results World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 14 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20151211120515/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/5df8f558-1075-45a8-a5dd-fe4546357f06.pdf 11 December 2015 live Australian Open 2013: Schedule and results 5 July 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/23200340 BBC Sport 9 July 2013http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=258 Australian Goldfields Open (2013) Snooker.org 22 May 2012 Match Score WC1 Mike Dunn ENG 5–4 Steve Mifsud AUS WC2 Michael White WAL 5–0 Shaun Dalitz AUS Main draw Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 1 14 ENG Tom Ford 5 WAL Ryan Day 3 10 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Ben Woollaston 3 7 CHN Ding Junhui w/d ENG Rory McLeod w/o 6 ENG Ricky Walden 4 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 13 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG Mike Dunn 4 9 HKG Marco Fu 5 IRL Ken Doherty 2 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 WAL Michael White 1 3 AUS Neil Robertson 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 1 15 ENG Martin Gould 4 ENG Jamie Cope 5 11 ENG Joe Perry 5 CHN Xiao Guodong 0 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 THA Noppon Saengkham 1 8 ENG Mark Davis 5 ENG Paul Davison 4 16 ENG Michael Holt 2 ENG Alfie Burden 5 12 ENG Andrew Higginson 1 CHN Zhang Anda 5 2 ENG Mark Selby 5 ENG Ian Burns 4 1 ENG Barry Hawkins 4 14 ENG Tom Ford 5 10 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Rory McLeod 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 13 WAL Dominic Dale 5 9 HKG Marco Fu 5 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 2 3 AUS Neil Robertson 5 ENG Jamie Cope 3 11 ENG Joe Perry 5 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 3 8 ENG Mark Davis 5 ENG Alfie Burden 3 CHN Zhang Anda 1 2 ENG Mark Selby 5 14 ENG Tom Ford 3 10 ENG Robert Milkins 5 13 WAL Dominic Dale 1 9 HKG Marco Fu 5 3 AUS Neil Robertson 5 11 ENG Joe Perry 2 8 ENG Mark Davis 3 2 ENG Mark Selby 5 10 ENG Robert Milkins 4 9 HKG Marco Fu 6 3 AUS Neil Robertson 6 2 ENG Mark Selby 3 9 HKG Marco Fu 9 3 AUS Neil Robertson 6 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion.Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 14 July 2013.Final – Match 33 – Marco Fu v Neil Robertson http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13370?matchId=155015 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 14 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131216053500/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13370?matchId=155015 16 December 2013 live Marco Fu (9) 9–6 Neil Robertson (3) Afternoon: 122–11 (98), 0–86 (78), 8–125 (92), 87–54 (80), 83–19, 61–9, 4–65 (57), 84–31Evening: 0–94 (57), 71–60 (Fu 58, Robertson 60), 98–0 (70), 33–69 (59), 38–70, 76–46, 108–1 (102) 102 Highest break 92 1 Century breaks 0 5 50+ breaks 6 Qualifying These matches were held between 30 May and 3 June 2013 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England.http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/92/bc/0,,13165~179346,00.pdf Australian Goldfields Open 2013 Qualifiers Draw and Format worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 28 May 2013Australian Goldfields Open 2013 qualifiers results http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/c5a6903f-8c5f-45b8-a8ee-0db1ea9754ac.pdf World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 3 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130616205900/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/c5a6903f-8c5f-45b8-a8ee-0db1ea9754ac.pdf 16 June 2013 live http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=259 Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2013) Snooker.org 22 May 2013 In the match between Barry Pinches and Simon Bedford a 19-year-old record from the qualifying stage of the 1994 British Open was broken. The match lasted 449 minutes and 46 seconds, the longest ever best-of-nine-frame match in the history of professional snooker.Hendon David Record Shattered Slowly http://snookerscene.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/record-shattered-slowly.html Snooker Scene Blog 6 June 2013 The previous record was 434 minutes and 12 seconds in the match between Ian Williamson and Robby Foldvari.Turner Chris Various Snooker Records http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130210111343/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html 10 February 2013 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 21 June 2012 4 16 4 4 175 Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG Darren Cook 2 ENG Stuart Carrington 5 ENG Mitchell Mann 1 MLT Tony Drago 5 ENG Christopher Keogan 2 ENG Gary Wilson 5 SCO Dylan Craig 0 SCO Michael Leslie 5 GER Phil Barnes 3 ENG Joel Walker 5 ENG Oliver Brown 3 WAL Jak Jones 4 ENG Gareth Green 5 SCO Scott Donaldson 5 ENG Shane Castle 3 ENG Kyren Wilson 5 WAL Andrew Rogers 2 GER Patrick Einsle 4 ENG Zak Surety 5 ENG Craig Steadman 5 ENG Antony Parsons 3 ENG Allan Taylor 4 ENG Saqib Nasir 5 ENG Simon Bedford 5 IOM Darryl Hill 1 ENG Elliot Slessor 5 WAL Jamie Clarke 4 CHN Li Hang 5 IRL Josh Boileau 1 ENG Jamie O'Neill 5 ENG Phil O'Kane 1 SCO Ross Muir 5 ENG James Cahill 1 WAL Daniel Wells 5 ENG Mitchell Travis 1 ENG Chris Norbury 2 ENG Matthew Day 5 ENG Ryan Clark 5 AUS Vinnie Calabrese 3 EGY Mohamed Khairy 3 ENG Darrell Whitworth 5 ENG Lee Page 5 ENG Chris Wakelin 3 WAL Andrew Pagett 3 THA Noppon Saengkham 5 CHN Li Yan 5 ENG Dylan Mitchell 1 ENG Alex Davies 5 ENG Ben Harrison 3 ENG Andrew Norman 5 IRL David Morris 0 ENG John Astley 5 ENG Darren Bond 3 CHN Lyu Haotian 4 ENG Ashley Carty 5 ENG David Grace 4 ENG Oliver Lines 5 ENG Hammad Miah 5 ENG Sydney Wilson 4 ENG Sean O'Sullivan 5 ENG Sanderson Lam 2 ENG Martin O'Donnell 2 ENG Ryan Causton 5 IND Pankaj Advani 5 NIR Joe Swail 4 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 5 ENG Stuart Carrington 3 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4 MLT Tony Drago 5 CHN Tian Pengfei 5 ENG Gary Wilson 4 CHN Yu Delu 5 SCO Michael Leslie 1 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Joel Walker 1 ENG Adam Duffy 5 ENG Gareth Green 3 ENG Jimmy Robertson 4 SCO Scott Donaldson 5 SCO Alan McManus 3 ENG Kyren Wilson 5 THA James Wattana 5 ENG Zak Surety 1 NOR Kurt Maflin 4 ENG Craig Steadman 5 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Saqib Nasir 4 ENG Barry Pinches 4 ENG Simon Bedford 5 CHN Cao Yupeng 2 ENG Elliot Slessor 5 CHN Liu Chuang 5 CHN Li Hang 4 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Jamie O'Neill 3 ENG Rod Lawler 1 SCO Ross Muir 5 ENG Liam Highfield 5 WAL Daniel Wells 1 ENG Sam Baird 4 ENG Matthew Day 5 BEL Luca Brecel 5 ENG Ryan Clark 1 ENG Robbie Williams 5 ENG Darrell Whitworth 1 IND Aditya Mehta 5 ENG Lee Page 0 THA Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 1 THA Noppon Saengkham 5 SCO Anthony McGill 5 CHN Li Yan 2 ENG Peter Lines 5 ENG Alex Davies 4 ENG Paul Davison 5 ENG Andrew Norman 4 ENG Alfie Burden 5 ENG John Astley 2 ENG Michael Wasley 5 ENG Ashley Carty 3 CHN Zhang Anda 5 ENG Oliver Lines 4 NIR Gerard Greene 5 ENG Hammad Miah 2 CHN Chen Zhe 5 ENG Sean O'Sullivan 1 ENG Ian Burns 5 ENG Ryan Causton 3 IND Pankaj Advani 3 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 5 MLT Tony Drago 5 CHN Tian Pengfei 3 CHN Yu Delu 3 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Adam Duffy 3 SCO Scott Donaldson 5 ENG Kyren Wilson 4 THA James Wattana 5 ENG Craig Steadman 1 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Simon Bedford 5 ENG Elliot Slessor 2 CHN Liu Chuang 1 ENG Nigel Bond 5 SCO Ross Muir 2 ENG Liam Highfield 5 ENG Matthew Day 3 BEL Luca Brecel 5 ENG Robbie Williams 5 IND Aditya Mehta 4 THA Noppon Saengkham 5 SCO Anthony McGill 1 ENG Peter Lines 1 ENG Paul Davison 5 ENG Alfie Burden 5 ENG Michael Wasley 4 CHN Zhang Anda 5 NIR Gerard Greene 4 CHN Chen Zhe 2 ENG Ian Burns 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 2 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 5 WAL Ryan Day 5 MLT Tony Drago 3 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 ENG Jimmy White 1 ENG Rory McLeod 5 SCO Scott Donaldson 3 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 THA James Wattana 2 ENG Peter Ebdon 2 ENG Mike Dunn 5 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Simon Bedford 0 WAL Michael White 5 ENG Nigel Bond 1 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Liam Highfield 4 ENG Jamie Cope 5 BEL Luca Brecel 1 CHN Xiao Guodong 5 ENG Robbie Williams 1 WAL Jamie Jones 1 THA Noppon Saengkham 5 ENG Mark King 3 ENG Paul Davison 5 ENG Mark Joyce 3 ENG Alfie Burden 5 ENG David Gilbert 4 CHN Zhang Anda 5 ENG Matthew Selt 2 ENG Ian Burns 5 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries Australian Open qualifiers: century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13371 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 3 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130607113649/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13371 7 June 2013 live 141 Paul Davison 140 Michael White 137 Stuart Carrington 136, 102 Scott Donaldson 133, 100 Ryan Day 130 Alfie Burden 128 Joel Walker 126 Tian Pengfei 124 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 117 Simon Bedford 115 John Astley 115 Mark Joyce 114, 108, 100 Ashley Carty 112 Luca Brecel 111 Tony Drago 110 Kurt Maflin 109 Jamie Cope 107 Jak Jones 101 David Grace 100 Craig Steadman Televised stage centuries Australian Open: century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13370 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 14 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130711222135/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13370 11 July 2013 live 138, 125, 111, 102, 102 Neil Robertson 137 Rory McLeod 136 Alfie Burden 135 Martin Gould 131, 130, 115, 102, 102 Marco Fu 129 Shaun Murphy 128 Tom Ford 124, 112 Paul Davison 123, 112 Robert Milkins 122 Michael White 116 Ken Doherty 112 Dominic Dale 109 Ryan Day 104 Mark Davis References External links 2013 Australian Goldfields Open – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook 2013 Australian Goldfields Open Goldfields Open Category:Sport in Bendigo