The 2013 UK Championship (officially the 2013 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional

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tournament that took place between 26 November–8 December 2013 at the

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. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.

Mark Selby Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. Ranked List of world number one snooker players, world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 24 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the all ...

made the 100th official

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during his semi-final match against Ricky Walden. This was Selby's second official 147 break and the third maximum break in the 2013/2014 season. Neil Robertson won his ninth ranking title by defeating defending champion Selby 10–7 in the final, despite trailing 1–5 and 3–6 during the match. Robertson became the eighth player to win all Triple Crown events at least once, and the first overseas player to achieve this feat. Selby became the first defending champion to reach the final of the UK Championship since Mark Williams in

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Prize fund

The total prize money of the event was raised to £700,000 from the previous year's £625,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £150,000 * Runner-up: £70,000 * Semi-final: £30,000 * Quarter-final: £20,000 * Last 16: £12,000 * Last 32: £9,000 * Last 64: £3,000 * Highest break: £4,000 *

Maximum break A maximum break (also known as a maximum, a 147, or orally, a onefourseven) is the highest possible in snooker in normal circumstances and is a special type of . A player compiles a maximum break by potting all 15 with 15 for 120 points, fo ...

: £55,000 * Total: £755,000

Main draw

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Final

Century breaks

* 147, 130, 129, 116, 109

* 142, 112, 102 Stephen Maguire * 142, 110, 106 Barry Hawkins * 141, 132, 128, 123, 122, 119, 111, 107 Neil Robertson * 139 Michael Leslie * 137 Gary Wilson * 137 Ricky Walden * 136, 101 Dominic Dale * 135, 128, 119 Ding Junhui * 135, 127, 108, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan * 135, 108 Alfie Burden * 133, 104, 103, 102

Judd Trump Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player who is a former List of World Snooker Championship winners, world champion and the current List of world number one snooker players, world number one. He is currently in ...

* 133 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon * 131, 131, 124, 107, 101 Stuart Bingham * 131 Mark King * 130, 128, 101 John Higgins * 129 Nigel Bond * 125, 106, 106 Xiao Guodong * 122 Liam Highfield * 120, 107 Liang Wenbo * 119

Kyren Wilson Kyren James Wilson (; born 23 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Kettering. He has won 10 ranking titles. Wilson made his professional tour debut in the 2010–11 snooker season, 2010–11 season after finishing fif ...

* 117 Alan McManus * 117 Scott Donaldson * 116, 103

Anthony McGill Anthony McGill (born 5 February 1991) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He is a practice partner of retired snooker player Alan McManus. McGill turned professional in 2010, after finishing fourth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He ...

* 116 Daniel Wells * 113, 112 Mark Allen * 113 Anthony Hamilton * 112, 105 Jamie Burnett * 110 Jamie O'Neill * 110 Joe Perry * 108 Noppon Saengkham * 107, 104, 102 Graeme Dott * 107 Mike Dunn * 107

Jimmy White James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won ten ranking events. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his swift and attacking style of play, White has reached six World Snooker Championship finals ...

* 105, 100

Robert Milkins Robert Milkins (born 6 March 1976) is an English professional snooker player known for quick play. Milkins has been a member of snooker's main tour since regaining a tour card in 1998. Milkins reached a career high rank of 12 in 2014 and 2023, ...

* 105 Michael White * 105

Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown (snooker), Triple Crown. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murp ...

* 103, 100 Michael Holt * 102 Yu Delu * 102 Ali Carter * 102 Fergal O'Brien * 101 David Grace * 101 Matthew Stevens * 101 Liu Chuang

References

External links

2013 WilliamHill.com UK Championship – Pictures by World Snooker
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