2013 Australian Goldfields Open
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| Dates | 8–14 July 2013 |
| Venue | Bendigo Stadium |
| City | Bendigo |
| Country | Australia |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | $445,000 |
| Winner's share | $70,000 |
| Highest break |  Neil Robertson (138) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Marco Fu |
| Runner-up | Neil Robertson |
| Score | 9–6 |
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The 2013 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8–14 July 2013 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[1]
Michael White attempted a maximum break in his qualifying match against Nigel Bond, but he missed the final black at 140.[2] With this he became the fifth player along with Mark Selby, Ken Doherty, Barry Pinches and Robin Hull to do so in a professional tournament.[3]
Shaun Murphy criticised his fellow professionals after eight of the top 16 players and reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan decided not to register for the event.[4] Another top 16 player, Ding Junhui, withdrew from the tournament at the last minute due to a passport issue.[5]
Barry Hawkins was the defending champion,[6][7] but he lost 4–5 against Tom Ford in the last 16.[8]
Marco Fu won his second ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 9–6 in the final.[9][10]
Contents
Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to $445,000 from the previous year's $435,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[11]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Bendigo on 8 July.[12][13][14][15][16]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 |  Mike Dunn |
5–4 | Steve Mifsud |
| WC2 |  Michael White |
5–0 | Shaun Dalitz |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 14 July 2013.[16][17] |
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| Marco Fu (9) Hong Kong |
9–6 | Neil Robertson (3) Australia |
| Afternoon: 122–11 (98), 0–86 (78), 8–125 (92), 87–54 (80), 83–19, 61–9, 4–65 (57), 84–31 Evening: 0–94 (57), 71–60 (Fu 58, Robertson 60), 98–0 (70), 33–69 (59), 38–70, 76–46, 108–1 (102) |
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| 102 | Highest break | 92 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 30 May and 3 June 2013 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England.[18][19][20] In the match between Barry Pinches and Simon Bedford a 19-year-old record from the qualifying stage of the 1994 British Open was broken. The match lasted 449 minutes and 46 seconds, the longest ever best-of-nine-frame match in the history of professional snooker.[21] The previous record was 434 minutes and 12 seconds in the match between Ian Williamson and Robby Foldvari.[22]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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