2013 World Seniors Championship

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	Non-ranking 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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The 2013 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the 888casino World Seniors Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 20 October 2013 at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England.^[1]

Steve Davis won his 82nd professional title 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[]

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 .^[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
			0					2
			2					0
													2
												Surinder Gill	1
						1
							Surinder Gill	2
																		0
																Dave Harold	2
								0
							Dave Harold	2
												Dave Harold	2
													0
			w/o			0
		Guilio Rea	w/d					2
																						Dave Harold	2
																						Wayne Jones	0
								1
							Nigel Gilbert	2
												Nigel Gilbert	1
													2
			w/d			2
		Bill Oliver	w/o				Bill Oliver	0
																		0
																Wayne Jones	2
							Robert Marshall	w/d
							Dean Reynolds	w/o
												Dean Reynolds	0
												Wayne Jones	2
		Mike Hallett	1		Wayne Jones	2
			2					0

	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
		Tony Jones	0				Nick Pearce	1
		Darren Thompson	2				Darren Thompson	2
												Darren Thompson	2
													1
		Bill Kelly	0			2
		Stefan Mazrocis	2				Stefan Mazrocis	1
																	Darren Thompson	0
																Les Dodd	2
		John Rea	w/d				Barry West	1
		Les Dodd	w/o				Les Dodd	2
												Les Dodd	2
													1
			0			0
			2					2
																						Les Dodd	0
																						Philip Williams	2
								2
							Dessie Sheehan	1
													0
												Patsy Fagan	2
			1		Patsy Fagan	2
			2					0
																	Patsy Fagan	0
																Philip Williams	2
			1				Philip Williams	2
		Gary Wilkinson	2				Gary Wilkinson	0
												Philip Williams	2
													0
						0
								2

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