2013 Wuxi Classic

Sports Lottery Cup Wuxi ClassicTournament information

Dates| 17–23 June 2013 (2013-06-17 – 2013-06-23)
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)
Final
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]

## Prize fund

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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]

* 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

* Non-televised highest break: £0
* Televised highest break: £2,000
* Non-televised maximum break: £3,000[15]
* Total: £470,000

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## Wildcard round

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These matches were played in Wuxi on 17 June 2013.[18][19][20][21][22]

Match |  | Score |

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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)

## Main draw

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### Top half

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| Last 64
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 32
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 16
Best of 9 frames | | | Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames |

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|  Ricky Walden | 2 | | | | |
|  Jimmy White | 5 |
| |  Jimmy White | 3 |
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| | |  Robert Milkins | 5 |
|  John Astley | 0 |

|  Robert Milkins | 5 |
| |  Robert Milkins | 5 |
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| | |  Scott Donaldson | 1 |
|  Scott Donaldson | 5 | |

|  Gareth Green | 3 |
| |  Scott Donaldson | 5 |
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| | |  Jimmy Robertson | 4 |
|  Jimmy Robertson | 5 |

|  Graeme Dott | 0 |
| |  Robert Milkins | 5 |
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| | |  Anthony Hamilton | 3 |
|  Mark Williams | 5 | | |

|  Liam Highfield | 4 |
| |  Mark Williams | 5 |
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| | |  Jack Lisowski | 4 |
|  Tian Pengfei | 0 |

|  Jack Lisowski | 5 |
| |  Mark Williams | 3 |
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| | |  Anthony Hamilton | 5 |
|  Ryan Day | 2 | |

|  Anthony Hamilton | 5 |
| |  Anthony Hamilton | 5 |
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| | |  Stuart Bingham | 2 |
|  Yu Delu | 2 |

|  Stuart Bingham | 5 |
| |  Robert Milkins | 2 |
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| | |  Neil Robertson | 6 |
|  Alex Davies | 2 | | | |

|  Joel Walker | 5 |
| |  Joel Walker | 2 |
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| | |  Ben Woollaston | 5 |
|  Chen Zhe | 2 |

|  Ben Woollaston | 5 |
| |  Ben Woollaston | 3 |
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| | |  Cao Yupeng | 5 |
|  Michael White | 3 | |

|  Cao Yupeng | 5 |
| |  Cao Yupeng | 5 |
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| | |  Barry Hawkins | 4 |
|  Fergal O'Brien | 3 |

|  Barry Hawkins | 5 |
| |  Cao Yupeng | 4 |
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| | |  Neil Robertson | 5 |
|  Marco Fu | 5 | | |

|  Nigel Bond | 2 |
| |  Marco Fu | 4 |
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| | |  Mark King | 5 |
|  Rory McLeod | 3 |

|  Mark King | 5 |
| |  Mark King | 0 |
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| | |  Neil Robertson | 5 |
|  Martin Gould | 5 | |

|  Kurt Maflin | 3 |
| |  Martin Gould | 2 |
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| | |  Neil Robertson | 5 |
|  Zhu Yinghui | 2 |

|  Neil Robertson | 5 |

### Bottom half

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| Last 64
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 32
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 16
Best of 9 frames | | | Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames |

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|  Andrew Pagett | 2 | | | | |
|  David Gilbert | 5 |
| |  David Gilbert | 5 |
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| | |  Alan McManus | 2 |
|  Alan McManus | 5 |

|  Ken Doherty | 3 |
| |  David Gilbert | 2 |
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| | |  Joe Perry | 5 |
|  Joe Perry | 5 | |

|  Jamie Cope | 2 |
| |  Joe Perry | 5 |
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| | |  Ding Junhui | 1 |
|  Jamie Burnett | 3 |

|  Ding Junhui | 5 |
| |  Joe Perry | 2 |
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| | |  John Higgins | 5 |
|  John Higgins | 5 | | |

|  Vinnie Calabrese | 1 |
| |  John Higgins | 5 |
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| | |  Dechawat Poomjaeng | 1 |
|  Dechawat Poomjaeng | 5 |

|  Dominic Dale | 1 |
| |  John Higgins | 5 |
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| | |  Xiao Guodong | 0 |
|  Peter Ebdon | 3 | |

|  Xiao Guodong | 5 |
| |  Xiao Guodong | 5 |
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| | |  Li Hang | 4 |
|  Li Hang | 5 |

|  Judd Trump | 2 |
| |  John Higgins | 6 |
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| | |  Matthew Stevens | 2 |
|  Mark Allen | 4 | | | |

|  Peter Lines | 5 |
| |  Peter Lines | 5 |
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| | |  Andrew Higginson | 2 |
|  Steve Davis | 1 |

|  Andrew Higginson | 5 |
| |  Peter Lines | 3 |
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| | |  Matthew Stevens | 5 |
|  Liang Wenbo | 5 | |

|  Jamie Jones | 4 |
| |  Liang Wenbo | 3 |
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| | |  Matthew Stevens | 5 |
|  Lu Ning | 1 |

|  Matthew Stevens | 5 |
| |  Matthew Stevens | 5 |
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| | |  David Morris | 2 |
|  Ali Carter | 5 | | |

|  Alfie Burden | 2 |
| |  Ali Carter | 5 |
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| | |  Lyu Haotian | 0 |
|  Lyu Haotian | 5 |

|  Craig Steadman | 3 |
| |  Ali Carter | 4 |
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| | |  David Morris | 5 |
|  David Morris | 5 | |

|  Gary Wilson | 4 |
| |  David Morris | 5 |
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| | |  Gerard Greene | 2 |
|  Gerard Greene | 5 |

|  Michael Wasley | 1 |

## Final

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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

## Qualifying

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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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Ricky Walden | 5–4 |  Pankaj Advani
Jimmy White | 5–3 |  Lee Page
Mike Dunn | 2–5 |  John Astley
Robert Milkins | 5–3 |  Robbie Williams
Tom Ford | 1–5 |  Scott Donaldson
Liu Chuang | 4–5 |  Gareth Green
Jimmy Robertson | 5–1 |  Ryan Clark
Graeme Dott | 5–1 |  Christopher Keogan
Mark Williams | 5–1 |  Ross Muir
Barry Pinches | 2–5 |  Liam Highfield
Tian Pengfei | 5–3 |  Luca Brecel
Jack Lisowski | 5–1 |  Hammad Miah
Ryan Day | 5–4 |  Noppon Saengkham
Anthony Hamilton | 5–3 |  Jamie O'Neill
Yu Delu | 5–4 |  Sanderson Lam
Stuart Bingham | 5–3 |  Li Yan
Shaun Murphy | 1–5 |  Alex Davies
Ian Burns | 2–5 |  Joel Walker
Matthew Selt | 3–5 |  Chen Zhe
Ben Woollaston | 5–1 |  Dylan Mitchell
Michael White | 5–1 |  Sam Baird
Cao Yupeng | 5–1 |  Paul Davison
Fergal O'Brien | 5–3 |  Ben Harrison
Barry Hawkins | 5–1 |  Simon Bedford
Marco Fu | 5–1 |  Daniel Wells
Nigel Bond | 5–3 |  Chris Norbury
Rory McLeod | 5–0 |  Sean O'Sullivan
Mark King | 5–1 |  Allan Taylor
Martin Gould | 5–4 |  Ashley Carty
Kurt Maflin | 5–3 |  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 4–5 |  Reanne Evans
Neil Robertson | 5–0 |  Mohamed Khairy
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Mark Selby | 3–5 |  Andrew Pagett
David Gilbert | 5–3 |  Jak Jones
Alan McManus | 5–3 |  Darryl Hill
Ken Doherty | 5–2 |  Joe Swail
Joe Perry | 5–1 |  Kyren Wilson
Jamie Cope | 5–1 |  Zhang Anda
Jamie Burnett | 5–1 |  Andrew Rogers
Ding Junhui | 5–4 |  Aditya Mehta
John Higgins | 5–2 |  Adam Wicheard
Anthony McGill | 3–5 |  Vinnie Calabrese
Dechawat Poomjaeng | 5–1 |  Darren Cook
Dominic Dale | 5–1 |  Mitchell Travis
Peter Ebdon | 5–1 |  Chris Wakelin
Xiao Guodong | 5–3 |  Andrew Norman
Mark Joyce | 3–5 |  Li Hang
Judd Trump | 5–0 |  Phil O'Kane
Mark Allen | 5–3 |  Michael Leslie
Peter Lines | 5–3 |  Sydney Wilson
Steve Davis | 5–2 |  James Cahill
Andrew Higginson | 5–3 |  Patrick Einsle
Liang Wenbo | 5–2 |  Fraser Patrick
Jamie Jones | 5–3 |  David Grace
Adam Duffy | 5–2 |  Tony Drago
Matthew Stevens | 5–3 |  Zak Surety
Ali Carter | 5–3 |  Elliot Slessor
Alfie Burden | 5–3 |  Stuart Carrington
Rod Lawler | 2–5 |  Lyu Haotian
Marcus Campbell | 3–5 |  Craig Steadman
Michael Holt | 3–5 |  David Morris
James Wattana | 2–5 |  Gary Wilson
Gerard Greene | 5–3 |  Martin O'Donnell
Ronnie O'Sullivan | w/d–w/o |  Michael Wasley

## Century breaks

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### Qualifying stage centuries

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* 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

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### Televised stage centuries

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* 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

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## External links

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* Snooker, Wuxi Classic 2013 Q – Neil Robertson makes 147! on YouTube
* 2013 Wuxi Classic – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook

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