The 2013 Masters (officially the 2013 Betfair Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 13 and 20 January 2013 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. This was the first time that Betfair sponsored the event. The event was broadcast live on Eurosport and BBC.
Mark Selby won his third Masters title by defeating defending champion Neil Robertson 10–6 in the final. With this Selby became the sixth player to win the Masters more than two times after Cliff Thorburn, Stephen Hendry, Paul Hunter, Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan. Selby also became the first player to win back-to-back Triple Crown titles since Mark Williams 10 years before. This was Selby's 11th professional title.
Field Defending champion Neil Robertson was the number 1 seed. World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan did not compete. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 3) except that Stephen Lee, ranked 9, did not play because he was suspended. As a consequence Mark Davis, ranked 17, was invited and seeded 16.
Prize fund The total prize money of £500,000 was unchanged from the previous year but the distribution was changed with the winner receiving £175,000, an increase of £25,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £175,000 Runner-up: £85,000 Semi-finals: £40,000 Quarter-finals: £20,000 Last 16: £9,000 Highest break: £8,000 Total: £500,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri.Alexandra Palace, London, England, 20 January 2013 Neil Robertson (1) 6–10 Mark Selby (3) Afternoon: 12–58, 1–73 (73), , , , , , Evening: 8–80 (67), 48–63, , , , , , 83 Highest break 102 0 Century breaks 1 5 50+ breaks 4
Century breaks Total: 20 138, 136 Mark Allen 132, 127, 111, 105, 101, 100 Neil Robertson 131, 110 Stephen Maguire 130 Shaun Murphy 127, 103 Ding Junhui 117 John Higgins 111, 111 Graeme Dott 109 Barry Hawkins 107, 105 Judd Trump 102 Mark Selby
References
External links The Masters 2013 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Photobucket Behind the scenes shots of the 2013 Betfair Masters – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook