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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 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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in New Delhi on 14 October 2013. The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament.
| 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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Main draw
Top half
Bottom half
Final
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, India, 18 October 2013. | ||
| 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 |
Qualifying
These matches were held on 11 and 12 August 2013 at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
- 142, 109, 107, 106, 100 – Ding Junhui
- 138, 123, 103 – Anthony McGill
- 137 – Marco Fu
- 135, 125, 120 – Gary Wilson
- 134 – Pankaj Advani
- 133, 125 – Michael White
- 133 – Zhang Anda
- 132, 127, 122 – Aditya Mehta
- 131, 101 – Ratchayothin Yotharuck
- 119, 119, 117 – Stuart Bingham
- 114 – Mark Joyce
- 108 – Rod Lawler
- 104, 103, 103, 103, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 103, 100 – Robbie Williams
- 102 – Ken Doherty
- 102 – Ricky Walden
- 101 – Liu Chuang
- 100 – Liang Wenbo
- 100 – Mark Williams
Qualifying stage centuries
- 136 – Andrew Higginson
- 134 – Marco Fu
- 129 – Martin O'Donnell
- 126 – Elliot Slessor
- 125 – Chen Zhe
- 121 – Fergal O'Brien
- 114 – Mark Davis
- 111 – Jamie O'Neill
- 109, 101 – Zhang Anda
- 105 – Peter Ebdon
- 105 – Xiao Guodong
- 105 – Liam Highfield
- 104 – Aditya Mehta
- 103 – Graeme Dott
- 103 – Paul Davison
- 102 – Fraser Patrick
- 101 – David Gilbert
- 101 – Kyren Wilson
- 100 – Joe Perry
- 100 – Kurt Maflin
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