2013 World Seniors Championship

Not to be confused with 2013 World Senior Curling Championships.

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]

2013 World Seniors Championship

Tournament information
Dates	19–20 October 2013 (2013-10-19 – 2013-10-20)
Venue	Mountbatten Centre
City	Portsmouth
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Seniors event
Total prize fund	£50,000
Winner's share	£18,000
Highest break	Steve Davis (94)
Final
Champion	Steve Davis
Runner-up	Nigel Bond
Score	2–1
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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]

• Winner: £18,000
• Runner-up: £8,000
• Semi-finalist: £4,000
• Quarter-finalist: £2,000
• Last 16: £1,000
• Total: £50,000

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.^[4][5][6] The highest break of the tournament was 94 made by Steve Davis.^[4]

Last 16

Saturday, 19 October – 13:00   Dene O'Kane 0–2   Nigel Bond   Tony Knowles 1–2   Darren Morgan   Tony Drago 0–2   Dave Harold   Steve Davis 2–0   Dennis Taylor

Saturday, 19 October – 19:00   Doug Mountjoy 0–2   Jimmy White   Alain Robidoux 1–2   Tony Chappel   Cliff Thorburn 2–0   Philip Williams   Joe Johnson 0–2   Stephen Hendry

Quarter-finals

• Sunday, 20 October – 13:00
  •   Cliff Thorburn 1–2   Nigel Bond
  •   Darren Morgan 0–2   Dave Harold
  •   Tony Chappel 1–2   Steve Davis
  •   Jimmy White 1–2   Stephen Hendry

Semi-finals

• Sunday, 20 October – 19:00
  •   Dave Harold 1–2   Steve Davis
  •   Stephen Hendry 0–2   Nigel Bond

Final

• Sunday, 20 October – 19:00
  •   Steve Davis 2–1   Nigel Bond

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]

Round 1 Best of 3 frames

Round 2 Best of 3 frames

Round 3 Best of 3 frames

Round 4 Best of 3 frames

Round 5 Best of 3 frames

John Leahy

2

Jimmy O'Shea

0

John McBride

0

John Leahy

2

John McBride

2

Surinder Gill

1

Ashley Beal

1

Surinder Gill

2

John Leahy

0

Dave Harold

2

Gary Miller

0

Dave Harold

2

Dave Harold

2

Sean Lanigan

0

Andrew Milliard

0

Sean Lanigan

w/o

Sean Lanigan

2

Dave Harold

2

Guilio Rea

w/d

Wayne Jones

0

Paul Stockwell

1

Nigel Gilbert

2

Nigel Gilbert

1

Hassan Vaizie

2

Hassan Vaizie

2

Anthony Harris

w/d

Bill Oliver

0

Hassan Vaizie

0

Bill Oliver

w/o

Wayne Jones

2

Robert Marshall

w/d

Dean Reynolds

w/o

Dean Reynolds

0

Wayne Jones

2

Wayne Jones

2

Mike Hallett

1

Steve Ventham

0

Steve Ventham

2

	Round 1 Best of 3 frames					Round 2 Best of 3 frames					Round 3 Best of 3 frames					Round 4 Best of 3 frames					Round 5 Best of 3 frames
						Nick Pearce		1
	Tony Jones		0			Darren Thompson		2
											Darren Thompson		2
	Darren Thompson		2
											Gabriel Burns		1
						Gabriel Burns		2
	Bill Kelly		0			Stefan Mazrocis		1
																Darren Thompson		0
	Stefan Mazrocis		2
																Les Dodd		2
						Barry West		1
	John Rea		w/d			Les Dodd		2
											Les Dodd		2
	Les Dodd		w/o
											Roger Leighton		1
						John Welsh		0
	Gary Filtness		0			Roger Leighton		2
																					Les Dodd		0
	Roger Leighton		2
																					Philip Williams		2
						Tony Brown		2
						Dessie Sheehan		1
											Tony Brown		0
											Patsy Fagan		2
						Patsy Fagan		2
	Steven Gough		1			Ian Barry Stark		0
																Patsy Fagan		0
	Ian Barry Stark		2
																Philip Williams		2
						Philip Williams		2
	Stephen Meakin		1			Gary Wilkinson		0
											Philip Williams		2
	Gary Wilkinson		2
											Karl Townsend		0
						Ali Bassiri		0
						Karl Townsend		2

References

1. "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
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4. "888casino.com World Seniors Championship (2013)". Snooker.org. from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
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6. "2013 World Seniors Championship Results". Snooker Database. from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
7. (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
8. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Provisional Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
9. "888casino.com World Seniors Championship Qualifiers (2013)". Snooker.org. from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
10. "World Seniors Championship qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.