Asian Tour 2013/2014 – Event 1 Explained

Tournament Name:	Asian Tour 2013/2014 Event 1
Venue:	Yixing Sports Centre
Location:	Yixing
Country:	China
Organisation:	World Snooker
Format:	Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£50,000
Winners Share:	£10,000
Highest Break:	(141)
Score:	4–1
Previous:	ET1
Next:	ET2

The Asian Tour 2013/2014 – Event 1 (also known as the 2013 Yixing Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 15 June 2013 at the Yixing Sports Centre in Yixing, China.^[1]

Joe Perry won his first title carrying ranking points by defeating Mark Selby 4–1 in the final.^[2] This was Perry's first professional title since the 2008 Championship League.^[3]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:^{[4] [5] [6]}

width=110px	!	width=110px align="right"	Prize fund !	width=110px align="right"	Ranking points^1
Winner	£10,000	2,000
Runner-up	£5,000	1,600
Semi-finalist	£2,500	1,280
Quarter-finalist	£1,500	1,000
Last 16	£1,000	760
Last 32	£600	560
Last 64	£200	360
Total	£50,000	–

• ¹ Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw

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Preliminary round

Best of 7 frames

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Li Haibin	2–4	Zhu Yinghui
Liu Yijun	1–4	Liu Ren
Zhao Hanyang	2–4	Yuan Sijun
Zhang Dongtao	w/d–w/o	Wang Shi
Lei Zhen	4–1	Zhang Wei
Liu Jiaming	2–4	Cai Jianzhong

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Cui Ming	4–0	Li Zhen
Yu Yongsheng	2–4	Zhang Yang
Zhang Zihao	4–3	Cheng Feng
Xiong Jun	2–4	Luo Honghao
Sun Peng	1–4	Guan Zhen

Main rounds

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

^[9]

• 141 Michael White
• 137, 120 Mark Selby
• 127 Jack Lisowski
• 125 Jin Long
• 125 Jimmy White
• 121, 105 Ding Junhui
• 120 Cui Ming
• 120 Li Hang
• 118 Alfie Burden
• 117, 100 Liu Chuang
• 117 Yu Delu

• 116 John Higgins
• 116 Zhang Anda
• 116 Mei Xiwen
• 113 Ju Reti
• 113 Jimmy Robertson
• 109 Zhang Yang
• 109 Gerard Greene
• 105 Dominic Dale
• 103 Cao Xinlong
• 102 Robert Milkins
• 101, 100 Guan Zhen

External links

• AT1 – Yixing – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2013/2014 . Snooker.org . 21 May 2013.
2. Web site: Perry Wins in Yixing . . 16 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131129201838/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3211049%2C00.html . 29 November 2013 . dead .
3. Web site: Perry downs Selby to claim Yixing title . . 15 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023204215/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-perry-downs-selby-claim-yixing-title-162119228.html . 23 October 2013 . live .
4. Web site: Asian Tour Championship 2013/2014 – Entry pack for Yixing Open (AT 1) . worldsnooker.com . . 3 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105042655/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/55/bc/0,,13165~179285,00.pdf . 5 November 2013 . live .
5. Web site: Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14 . 1 May 2013 . worldsnooker.com . . 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 .
6. Web site: The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2013/2014 Season . worldsnooker.com . . 9 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130928172152/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/5d/bc/0,,13165~179293,00.pdf . 28 September 2013 . dead .
7. Web site: Asian Tour Championship 2013/2014 – Yixing Open (AT1) Draw and Format . worldsnooker.com . . 3 June 2013 . https://www.webcitation.org/6H6s7Pw2J?url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/e3/bc/0,,13165~179427,00.pdf . 3 June 2013 . live .
8. Web site: Asian Tour Event 1 (Yixing Open 2013) results . . 15 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526203214/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/bbccf012-342a-4d39-adac-a49f1a6d14c0.pdf . 26 May 2015 . live .
9. Web site: Asian Tour Event One (2013). Snooker.org. 3 June 2013.