| Tournament Name: | 2013 BetVictor Welsh Open |
| Venue: | Newport Centre |
| Location: | Newport |
| Country: | Wales |
| Organisation: | World Snooker |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £250,000 |
| Winners Share: | £50,000 |
| Highest Break: | (144) |
| Score: | 9–8 |
| Previous: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The 2013 Welsh Open (officially the 2013 BetVictor Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 17 February 2013 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2012/2013 season,[1] and the first time that BetVictor sponsored the event.[2]
At the tournament Pankaj Advani became the first Indian player to reach the quarter-final of a ranking event.[3]
Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[4] [5] but he lost in the semi-finals 5–6 against Stuart Bingham.
Stephen Maguire won his fifth ranking title by defeating Bingham 9–8 in the final.[6] [7]
Prize money for the event this year was increased from £201,500 to £250,000, with the winner to receive £50,000 instead of £30,000.[8] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[9]
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Zhu Ying. Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 17 February 2013.[14] | |||
| Stuart Bingham | 8–9 | Stephen Maguire | |
| Afternoon: 1–100 (71),,,,,,, Evening: 89–11 (73),,,,,,,, | |||
| 118 | Highest break | 114 | |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 | |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 7 | |
These matches were held between 6 and 9 February 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England,[15] [16] [17] and on 11 February 2013 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.[10] [11] [12] [13]
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| 2–4 |  Dechawat Poomjaeng | ||||
| 2–4 |  Aditya Mehta | ||||
| 1–4 | Passakorn Suwannawat | ||||
| Barry Pinches | 4–1 | Simon Bedford | |||
| Gerard Greene | 4–3 | David Grace | |||
| 1–4 | Sam Baird | ||||
| 2–4 | Paul Davison | ||||
 Liu Chuang | 4–2 | Chen Zhe | |||
| 3–4 | Duane Jones | ||||
| 1–4 | Ian Burns | ||||
| 0–4 | Craig Steadman | ||||
| Matthew Selt | 4–1 | Jordan Brown | |||
| 2–4 | Martin O'Donnell | ||||
| 3–4 | Justin Astley | ||||
| David Gilbert | 4–0 | Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon | |||
| 2–4 | Gareth Allen |
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| Mike Dunn | 4–1 | Liam Highfield | |||
| 3–4 | Daniel Wells | ||||
| Adam Duffy | 4–2 |  Mohamed Khairy | |||
| 1–4 | Michael Wasley | ||||
| Rod Lawler | 4–3 | Li Yan | |||
| Nigel Bond | 4–1 | Joel Walker | |||
| 1–4 | Pankaj Advani | ||||
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 4–3 | Michael Leslie | |||
| Mark Joyce | 4–2 | Tian Pengfei | |||
| Anthony Hamilton | 4–1 | Sean O'Sullivan | |||
| Liang Wenbo | 4–0 |  Tony Drago | |||
| Alfie Burden | 4–3 | Scott Donaldson | |||
| 2–4 | Zhang Anda | ||||
| Alan McManus | 4–2 | Jamie O'Neill | |||
| Jimmy Robertson | 4–3 | Robbie Williams | |||
| Steve Davis | 4–2 |  Kurt Maflin |
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| Ding Junhui[18] | 4–2 | Dechawat Poomjaeng | |||
| Mark King | 4–0 | Aditya Mehta | |||
 Marco Fu | 4–1 | Passakorn Suwannawat | |||
| Mark Allen | 4–2 | Barry Pinches | |||
| 2–4 | Gerard Greene | ||||
| 3–4 | Sam Baird | ||||
| Robert Milkins | 4–2 | Paul Davison | |||
| Mark Williams | 4–1 | Liu Chuang | |||
 Neil Robertson | 4–3 | Duane Jones | |||
| w/d–w/o | Ian Burns | ||||
| 1–4 | Craig Steadman | ||||
| Stuart Bingham | 4–2 | Matthew Selt | |||
| Ricky Walden | 4–2 | Martin O'Donnell | |||
| Tom Ford | 4–0 | Justin Astley | |||
 Ken Doherty | 4–0 | David Gilbert | |||
| John Higgins | 4–1 | Gareth Allen |
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| Judd Trump | 4–0 | Mike Dunn | |||
| Dominic Dale | 4–1 | Daniel Wells | |||
| Andrew Higginson | 4–0 | Adam Duffy | |||
| 2–4 | Michael Wasley | ||||
| Graeme Dott | 4–1 | Rod Lawler | |||
| Fergal O'Brien | 4–1 | Nigel Bond | |||
| 3–4 | Pankaj Advani | ||||
| Shaun Murphy | 4–2 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | |||
| Stephen Maguire | 4–3 | Mark Joyce | |||
| 1–4 | Anthony Hamilton | ||||
| 1–4 | Liang Wenbo | ||||
| Matthew Stevens | 4–2 | Alfie Burden | |||
| Barry Hawkins | 4–1 | Zhang Anda | |||
| 0–4 | Alan McManus | ||||
| Joe Perry | 4–1 | Jimmy Robertson | |||
| Mark Selby | 4–0 | Steve Davis |