The 2013 Bank of Beijing China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 31 March 2013 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the tenth ranking event of the 2012–13 season.
Peter Ebdon was the defending champion, but he lost 3–5 against Marcus Campbell in the last 32.
Mark Selby attempted a maximum break in his last 32 match against Mark King, but missed the final black at 140. Thus he became the fourth player along with Ken Doherty, Barry Pinches and Robin Hull to do so in a professional tournament.
Neil Robertson won his seventh ranking title by defeating Selby 10–6 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £85,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £11,000 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £6,000 Last 48: £2,300 Last 64: £1,500
Non-televised highest break: £700 Televised highest break: £3,500 Total: £425,000
Wildcard round These matches were played in Beijing on 25 and 26 March.
Match Score WC1 5–3 WC2 5–1 WC3 5–1 WC4 5–1 WC5 5–2 WC6 5–1 WC7 w/d–w/o WC8 2–5
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 31 March 2013. Neil Robertson (6) 10–6 Mark Selby (2) Afternoon: 0–100 (58), , , , , , Evening: 29–82 (81), , , , , , , , 110 Highest break 125 1 Century breaks 2 4 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying These matches took place between 9 and 12 January 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
142, 103 Sean O'Sullivan 141 Marcus Campbell 140 Chen Zhe 130 Michael Holt 130 Dave Harold 127 Marco Fu 126 Tian Pengfei 122 Aditya Mehta
115, 114, 102 Anthony McGill 108 Andy Hicks 107 Michael Wild 104, 102 Kurt Maflin 103 Liang Wenbo 100 Robbie Williams 100 Steve Davis
Televised stage centuries
142, 126, 121 Jimmy Robertson 140, 125, 116, 111, 104 Mark Selby 138, 113, 113, 110, 110 Neil Robertson 137, 124 Shaun Murphy 136, 108 Mark Williams 134, 110 Rory McLeod 134 Stuart Bingham 133, 102 Stephen Maguire
131, 102 Jack Lisowski 129 Mark Allen 126 Liang Wenbo 116 John Higgins 109 Robert Milkins 108 Barry Hawkins 105, 101 Michael Holt
References
External links 2013 Bank of Beijing China Open – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook