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2013 Indian Open

Indian Open
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Tournament information
Dates 14–18 October 2013
Venue Le Meridien Hotel
City New Delhi
Country India
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £300,000
Winner's share £50,000
Highest break China Ding Junhui (142)
Final
Champion China Ding Junhui
Runner-up India Aditya Mehta
Score 5–0
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The 2013 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 14–18 October 2013 at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi, India. It was the first ranking event held in India, and the fourth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.

Ding Junhui won his eighth ranking title by defeating Aditya Mehta 5–0 in the final. Ding became the first player to win two consecutive ranking titles in the same season since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2002/2003, who won the 2003 European Open and the 2003 Irish Masters. At the tournament Mehta became the first Indian player to reach the final of a ranking event.

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

These matches were played in New Delhi on 14 October 2013. The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament.

These matches were held on 11 and 12 August 2013 at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.


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