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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 14–18 October 2013 (2013-10-14 – 2013-10-18) |
| Venue | Le Meridien Hotel |
| City | New Delhi |
| Country | India |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £300,000 |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break |  Ding Junhui (CHN) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
| Runner-up |  Aditya Mehta (IND) |
| Score | 5–0 |
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The 2013 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 14 and 18 October 2013 at the Le Meridien HotelinNew Delhi, India. It was the first ranking event held in India,[1] and the fourth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[2]
Ding Junhui won his eighth ranking title by defeating Aditya Mehta 5–0 in the final.[3] Ding became the first player to win two consecutive ranking titles in the same season since Ronnie O'Sullivanin2002/2003, who won the 2003 European Open and the 2003 Irish Masters.[4] At the tournament Mehta became the first Indian player to reach the final of a ranking event.[5]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
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These matches were played in New Delhi on 14 October 2013.[7][8][9][10] The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament.[11][12]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 |  Rod Lawler (ENG) |
4–1 | Kamal Chawla (IND)
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| WC2 | Jeff Cundy (ENG) |
4–0 | Sundeep Gulati (IND)
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| WC3 |  Anthony McGill (SCO) |
4–3 | Shivam Arora (IND)
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| WC4 | Robbie Williams (ENG) |
4–1 | Manan Chandra (IND)
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| WC5 | Paul Davison (ENG) |
4–1 | Faisal Khan (IND)
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| WC6 | Liam Highfield (ENG) |
w/d–w/o | Dharminder Lilly (IND)
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| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, India, 18 October 2013.[10][13] | ||
| Ding Junhui China
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5–0 | Aditya Mehta India
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| 76–36 (52), 87–0 (81), 107–0 (107), 93–1 (93), 116–1 (100) | ||
| 107 | Highest break | 30 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
These matches were held on 11 and 12 August 2013 at the Doncaster DomeinDoncaster, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.[14][15][16]
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