2013 World Seniors Championship Explained

Tournament Name:2013 World Seniors Championship
Venue:Mountbatten Centre
Location:Portsmouth
Country:England
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Seniors event
Total Prize Fund:£50,000
Winners Share:£18,000
Highest Break: Steve Davis (94)
Winner: Steve Davis
Runner Up: Nigel Bond
Score:2–1
Previous:2012
Next:2015

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]

Steve Davis won the event by defeating defending champion Nigel Bond 2–1 in the final.[2] [3]

Prize fund

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

Main draw

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

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Qualifying

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2013/2014. Snooker.org. 22 May 2013. 26 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150126012931/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2013. live.
  2. Web site: World Seniors Championship: Steve Davis beats Nigel Bond 2–1 in Portsmouth final. Sky Sports. 20 October 2013. 20 October 2013. 25 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131025144101/http://www1.skysports.com/snooker/news/12243/8983211/. live.
  3. Web site: Davis On Top Of The World Again. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 22 October 2013. 21 October 2013. 21 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131021105752/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3504283,00.html. live.
  4. Web site: 888casino.com World Seniors Championship (2013). Snooker.org. 30 August 2013. 18 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131018045649/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=276. live.
  5. Web site: 2013 888casino World Seniors Championship: Provisional Format of Play. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 October 2013. 30 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150330143854/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/db/be/0,,13165~179931,00.pdf. live.
  6. Web site: 2013 World Seniors Championship Results. Snooker Database. 21 October 2013. 10 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131210232226/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=382. live.
  7. Web site: World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw & Results . . 4 October 2013 . 4 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215429/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/cb5f6879-6687-4fd3-a838-6f24770a68ce.pdf . 4 October 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Provisional Format. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 August 2013. 21 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141221221113/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/4f/be/0,,13165~179791,00.pdf. live.
  9. Web site: 888casino.com World Seniors Championship Qualifiers (2013). Snooker.org. 30 August 2013. 6 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131006230317/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=304. live.
  10. Web site: World Seniors Championship qualifiers: century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 3 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131007020252/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13500 . 7 October 2013 . live . dmy .

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