2013 International Championship
Snooker tournament
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The 2013 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 October and 3 November 2013 at the Chengdu Eastern Music Park in Chengdu, China. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[1]
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 27 October – 3 November 2013 |
| Venue | Chengdu Eastern Music Park |
| City | Chengdu |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £625,000 |
| Winner's share | £125,000 |
| Highest break |  Neil Robertson (AUS) (143) Mark Davis (ENG) (143) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ding Junhui (CHN) |
| Runner-up |  Marco Fu (HKG) |
| Score | 10–9 |
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Judd Trump was the defending champion,[2][3] but he lost 5–6 against Alan McManus in the last 64.
Ding Junhui won his ninth ranking title by defeating Marco Fu 10–9 in the final. Ding became the first player to win three consecutive ranking titles since Stephen Hendry in 1993.[4] This was also the third consecutive all-Asian ranking final, after Ding defeating Xiao Guodong at the Shanghai Masters and Aditya Mehta at the Indian Open.[5]
Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to £625,000 from the previous year's £600,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Chengdu on 27 October 2013.[7][8][9][10][11]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 |  Alan McManus (SCO) | 6–5 | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) |
| WC2 | Jimmy White (ENG) | 6–4 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) |
| WC3 | Steve Davis (ENG) | 1–6 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
| WC4 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 6–1 | Lin Shuai (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zheng Weili.[12] Chengdu Eastern Music Park, Chengdu, China, 3 November 2013.[11][13] | ||
| Marco Fu Hong Kong |
9–10 | Ding Junhui China |
| Afternoon: 61–52, 128–0 (128), 4–133 (108), 62–12, 4–92 (92), 0–138 (138), 2–127 (127), 0–126 (126), 93–22 Evening: 0–108 (108), 65–20, 105–0 (105), 76–6 (71), 0–95 (65), 105–9 (81), 8–60, 71–47, 5–64 (58), 0–99 (91) | ||
| 128 | Highest break | 138 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 5 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 9 |
Qualifying
These matches took place on 1 and 2 October 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.[14][15][16] All matches were best of 11 frames.[17]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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