2013 UK Championship

The 2013 UK Championship (officially the 2013 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 November–8 December 2013 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.^[1]

2013 williamhill.com UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	26 November – 8 December 2013 (2013-11-26 – 2013-12-08)
Venue	Barbican Centre
City	York
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£755,000
Winner's share	£150,000
Highest break	Mark Selby (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Neil Robertson (AUS)
Runner-up	Mark Selby (ENG)
Score	10–7
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Mark Selby made the 100th official maximum break during his semi-final match against Ricky Walden. This was Selby's second official 147 break and the third maximum break in the 2013/2014 season.^[2]

Neil Robertson won his ninth ranking title by defeating defending champion Selby 10–7 in the final,^[3] despite trailing 1–5 and 3–6 during the match.^[4] Robertson became the eighth player to win all Triple Crown events at least once,^[5] and the first overseas player to achieve this feat.^[6] Selby became the first defending champion to reach the final of the UK Championship since Mark Williams in 2000.^[7]

Prize fund

The total prize money of the event was raised to £700,000 from the previous year's £625,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[8]

Winner: £150,000 Runner-up: £70,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Quarter-final: £20,000 Last 16: £12,000 Last 32: £9,000 Last 64: £3,000

Highest break: £4,000 Maximum break: £55,000^[9] Total: £755,000

Main draw

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Top half

Section 1

	Last 128 Best of 11 frames					Last 64 Best of 11 frames					Last 32 Best of 11 frames					Last 16 Best of 11 frames
	1	Mark Selby (ENG)	6
	A	Shane Castle (ENG)	4
						1	Mark Selby	6
						64	Tian Pengfei	3
	64	Tian Pengfei (CHN)	6
	65	Pankaj Advani (IND)	1
											1	Mark Selby	6
											96	Stuart Carrington	0
	32	Ken Doherty (IRL)	5
	97	John Astley (ENG)	6
						97	John Astley	1
						96	Stuart Carrington	6
	33	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	2
	96	Stuart Carrington (ENG)	6
																1	Mark Selby	6
																16	Graeme Dott	2
	16	Graeme Dott (SCO)	6
	113	Fraser Patrick (SCO)	2
						16	Graeme Dott	6
						49	Nigel Bond	5
	49	Nigel Bond (ENG)	6
	80	Craig Steadman (ENG)	3
											16	Graeme Dott	6
											17	Ali Carter	3
	17	Ali Carter (ENG)	6
	112	Ratchayothin Yotharuck (THA)	1
						17	Ali Carter	6
						48	Jimmy Robertson	0
	48	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	6
	81	Li Yan (CHN)	3

Section 2

	Last 128 Best of 11 frames					Last 64 Best of 11 frames					Last 32 Best of 11 frames					Last 16 Best of 11 frames
	41	Jamie Jones (WAL)	0
	88	Gary Wilson (ENG)	6
						88	Gary Wilson	6
						105	Vinnie Calabrese	3
	24	Dominic Dale (WAL)	5
	105	Vinnie Calabrese (AUS)	6
											88	Gary Wilson	4
											9	Barry Hawkins	6
	56	Cao Yupeng (CHN)	3
	73	Zhang Anda (CHN)	6
						73	Zhang Anda	3
						9	Barry Hawkins	6
	9	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6
	120	Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)	0
																9	Barry Hawkins	6
																8	Shaun Murphy	5
	40	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	4
	89	Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)	6
						89	Sean O'Sullivan	4
						104	Noppon Saengkham	6
	25	Tom Ford (ENG)	2
	104	Noppon Saengkham (THA)	6
											104	Noppon Saengkham	2
											8	Shaun Murphy	6
	57	Gerard Greene (NIR)	4
	72	Paul Davison (ENG)	6
						72	Paul Davison	3
						8	Shaun Murphy	6
	8	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	w/o
	121	Lee Spick (ENG)	w/d

Section 3

	Last 128 Best of 11 frames					Last 64 Best of 11 frames					Last 32 Best of 11 frames					Last 16 Best of 11 frames
	5	Judd Trump (ENG)	6
	A	Gareth Green (ENG)	2
						5	Judd Trump	6
						60	Dechawat Poomjaeng	0
	60	Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)	6
	69	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)	5
											5	Judd Trump	6
											28	Xiao Guodong	2
	28	Xiao Guodong (CHN)	6
	101	Andrew Pagett (WAL)	1
						28	Xiao Guodong	6
						92	Jamie O'Neill	2
	37	Mark Joyce (ENG)	2
	92	Jamie O'Neill (ENG)	6
																5	Judd Trump	4
																12	Mark Allen	6
	12	Mark Allen (NIR)	6
	117	Jak Jones (WAL)	1
						12	Mark Allen	6
						53	Dave Harold	3
	53	Dave Harold (ENG)	6
	76	Chen Zhe (CHN)	1
											12	Mark Allen	6
											21	Michael Holt	5
	21	Michael Holt (ENG)	6
	108	Lee Page (ENG)	1
						21	Michael Holt	6
						44	Alan McManus	4
	44	Alan McManus (SCO)	6
	85	Joel Walker (ENG)	5

Section 4

	Last 128 Best of 11 frames					Last 64 Best of 11 frames					Last 32 Best of 11 frames					Last 16 Best of 11 frames
	45	Rory McLeod (ENG)	6
	84	Martin O'Donnell (ENG)	3
						45	Rory McLeod	3
						20	Mark Williams	6
	20	Mark Williams (WAL)	6
	109	Allan Taylor (ENG)	2
											20	Mark Williams	5
											13	Ricky Walden	6
	52	Peter Lines (ENG)	6
	77	Sam Baird (ENG)	2
						52	Peter Lines	2
						13	Ricky Walden	6
	13	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6
	116	Cao Xinlong (CHN)	0
																13	Ricky Walden	6
																4	Ding Junhui	4
	36	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	6
	93	Alex Davies (ENG)	2
						36	Fergal O'Brien	6
						29	Mark King	3
	29	Mark King (ENG)	6
	100	Ross Muir (SCO)	1
											36	Fergal O'Brien	1
											4	Ding Junhui	6
	61	James Wattana (THA)	6
	68	Ian Burns (ENG)	2
						61	James Wattana	1
						4	Ding Junhui	6
	4	Ding Junhui (CHN)	6
	A	Antony Parsons (ENG)	3

Bottom half

Section 5

	Last 128 Best of 11 frames					Last 64 Best of 11 frames					Last 32 Best of 11 frames					Last 16 Best of 11 frames
	3	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6
	A	Dylan Mitchell (ENG)	0
						3	Neil Robertson	6
						67	Robbie Williams	1
	62	Aditya Mehta (IND)	2
	67	Robbie Williams (ENG)	6
											3	Neil Robertson	6
											94	Li Hang	3
	30	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	6
	99	Hammad Miah (ENG)	2
						30	Andrew Higginson	4
						94	Li Hang	6
	35	David Gilbert (ENG)	4
	94	Li Hang (CHN)	6
																3	Neil Robertson	6
																19	Joe Perry	1
	14	Mark Davis (ENG)	6
	115	Robin Hull (FIN)	2
						14	Mark Davis	5
						78	Scott Donaldson	6
	51	Matthew Selt (ENG)	4
	78	Scott Donaldson (SCO)	6
											78	Scott Donaldson	3
											19	Joe Perry	6
	19	Joe Perry (ENG)	6
	110	James Cahill (ENG)	3
						19	Joe Perry	6
						83	Daniel Wells	3
	46	Alfie Burden (ENG)	4
	83	Daniel Wells (WAL)	6

Section 6

	Last 128 Best of 11 frames					Last 64 Best of 11 frames					Last 32 Best of 11 frames					Last 16 Best of 11 frames
	43	Jamie Burnett (SCO)	6
	86	Simon Bedford (ENG)	4
						43	Jamie Burnett	6
						107	Chris Wakelin	5
	22	Ryan Day (WAL)	5
	107	Chris Wakelin (ENG)	6
											43	Jamie Burnett	4
											11	John Higgins	6
	54	Rod Lawler (ENG)	6
	75	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)	3
						54	Rod Lawler	1
						11	John Higgins	6
	11	John Higgins (SCO)	6
	118	Alex Borg (MLT)	2
																11	John Higgins	3
																6	Stephen Maguire	6
	38	Jack Lisowski (ENG)	4
	91	Michael Leslie (SCO)	6
						91	Michael Leslie	3
						27	Liang Wenbo	6
	27	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	6
	102	Elliot Slessor (ENG)	2
											27	Liang Wenbo	5
											6	Stephen Maguire	6
	59	Mike Dunn (ENG)	4
	70	Luca Brecel (BEL)	6
						70	Luca Brecel	5
						6	Stephen Maguire	6
	6	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	6
	A	Sanderson Lam (ENG)	2

Section 7

	Last 128 Best of 11 frames					Last 64 Best of 11 frames					Last 32 Best of 11 frames					Last 16 Best of 11 frames
	7	Marco Fu (HKG)	5
	A	Mitchell Travis (ENG)	6
						A	Mitchell Travis	6
						58	Kurt Maflin	4
	58	Kurt Maflin (NOR)	6
	71	Liam Highfield (ENG)	4
											A	Mitchell Travis	1
											90	David Morris	6
	26	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	6
	103	Andrew Norman (ENG)	1
						26	Peter Ebdon	1
						90	David Morris	6
	39	Jamie Cope (ENG)	4
	90	David Morris (IRL)	6
																90	David Morris	1
																10	Stuart Bingham	6
	10	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6
	119	Ahmed Saif (QAT)	0
						10	Stuart Bingham	6
						55	Jimmy White	2
	55	Jimmy White (ENG)	6
	74	Michael Wasley (ENG)	4
											10	Stuart Bingham	6
											42	Anthony McGill	2
	23	Martin Gould (ENG)	3
	106	Chris Norbury (ENG)	6
						106	Chris Norbury	0
						42	Anthony McGill	6
	42	Anthony McGill (SCO)	6
	87	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	5

Section 8

	Last 128 Best of 11 frames					Last 64 Best of 11 frames					Last 32 Best of 11 frames					Last 16 Best of 11 frames
	47	Yu Delu (CHN)	6
	82	David Grace (ENG)	3
						47	Yu Delu	5
						18	Matthew Stevens	6
	18	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	6
	111	Ryan Clark (ENG)	4
											18	Matthew Stevens	2
											15	Robert Milkins	6
	50	Liu Chuang (CHN)	6
	79	Tony Drago (MLT)	1
						50	Liu Chuang	5
						15	Robert Milkins	6
	15	Robert Milkins (ENG)	6
	114	Patrick Einsle (GER)	3
																15	Robert Milkins	0
																2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	34	Michael White (WAL)	6
	95	Joe Swail (NIR)	0
						34	Michael White	4
						31	Marcus Campbell	6
	31	Marcus Campbell (SCO)	6
	98	Lyu Haotian (CHN)	5
											31	Marcus Campbell	2
											2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	63	Adam Duffy (ENG)	6
	66	Barry Pinches (ENG)	5
						63	Adam Duffy	3
						2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	6
	A	Rhys Clark (SCO)	0

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Mark Selby	6
	9	Barry Hawkins	5
						1	Mark Selby	9
						13	Ricky Walden	5
	12	Mark Allen	2
	13	Ricky Walden	6
											1	Mark Selby	7
											3	Neil Robertson	10
	3	Neil Robertson	6
	6	Stephen Maguire	2
						3	Neil Robertson	9
						10	Stuart Bingham	8
	10	Stuart Bingham	6
	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Barbican Centre, York, England, 8 December 2013.^[13]^[14]
Mark Selby (1)   England	7–10	Neil Robertson (3)   Australia
Afternoon: 130–1 (130), 0–76 (63), 75–10, 89–0, 68–22 (57), 68–39, 21–65 (54), 0–123 (123) Evening: 70–22, 0–101 (56), 0–122 (122), 0–132 (132), 26–71, 28–61, 116–0 (74), 47–59, 36–82 (57)
130	Highest break	132
1	Century breaks	3
3	50+ breaks	7

Century breaks

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• 147, 130, 129, 116, 109 – Mark Selby
• 142, 112, 102 – Stephen Maguire
• 142, 110, 106 – Barry Hawkins
• 141, 132, 128, 123, 122, 119, 111, 107 – Neil Robertson
• 139 – Michael Leslie
• 137 – Gary Wilson
• 137 – Ricky Walden
• 136, 101 – Dominic Dale
• 135, 128, 119 – Ding Junhui
• 135, 127, 108, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 135, 108 – Alfie Burden
• 133, 104, 103, 102 – Judd Trump
• 133 – Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
• 131, 131, 124, 107, 101 – Stuart Bingham
• 131 – Mark King
• 130, 128, 101 – John Higgins
• 129 – Nigel Bond
• 125, 106, 106 – Xiao Guodong
• 122 – Liam Highfield
• 120, 107 – Liang Wenbo
• 119 – Kyren Wilson
• 117 – Alan McManus
• 117 – Scott Donaldson
• 116, 103 – Anthony McGill
• 116 – Daniel Wells
• 113, 112 – Mark Allen
• 113 – Anthony Hamilton
• 112, 105 – Jamie Burnett
• 110 – Jamie O'Neill
• 110 – Joe Perry
• 108 – Noppon Saengkham
• 107, 104, 102 – Graeme Dott
• 107 – Mike Dunn
• 107 – Jimmy White
• 105, 100 – Robert Milkins
• 105 – Michael White
• 105 – Shaun Murphy
• 103, 100 – Michael Holt
• 102 – Yu Delu
• 102 – Ali Carter
• 102 – Fergal O'Brien
• 101 – David Grace
• 101 – Matthew Stevens
• 101 – Liu Chuang

References

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External links

• 2013 WilliamHill.com UK Championship – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook
• Mark Selby makes 147 break Snooker UK Championship 2013 100th 147 break in the history on YouTube