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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 13–20 January 2013 (2013-01-13 –2013-01-20) |
| Venue | Alexandra Palace |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £500,000 |
| Winner's share | £175,000[1] |
| Highest break |  Mark Allen (NIR) (138) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 10–6 |
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The2013 Masters (officially the2013 Betfair Masters) was a professional non-rankingsnooker tournament held between 13 and 20 January 2013 at theAlexandra Palace inLondon,England.[2] This was the first time that Betfair sponsored the event.[3] The event was broadcast live onEurosport andBBC.[4][5]
Mark Selby won his third Masters title by defeating defending championNeil Robertson 10–6 in the final.[6][7] With this Selby became the sixth player to win the Masters more than two times afterCliff Thorburn,Stephen Hendry,Paul Hunter,Steve Davis andRonnie O'Sullivan. Selby also became the first player to win back-to-backTriple Crown titles sinceMark Williams 10 years before.[8][9] This was Selby's 11th professional title.
Defending championNeil Robertson was the number 1 seed.World ChampionRonnie O'Sullivan did not compete. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latestworld rankings (revision 3) except thatStephen Lee, ranked 9, did not play because he was suspended.[10] As a consequenceMark Davis, ranked 17, was invited and seeded 16.
The total prize money of £500,000 was unchanged from the previous year but the distribution was changed with the winner receiving £175,000, an increase of £25,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[11]
| Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Ding Junhui (CHN) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Neil Robertson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mark Allen | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Neil Robertson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Shaun Murphy | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Shaun Murphy | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  John Higgins | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | John Higgins (SCO) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Neil Robertson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mark Selby | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mark Selby | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Mark Williams | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mark Selby | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Graeme Dott | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Graeme Dott | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Judd Trump | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:Terry Camilleri. Alexandra Palace,London,England, 20 January 2013[15][16] | ||
| Neil Robertson (1) Australia | 6–10 | Mark Selby (3) England |
| Afternoon: 12–58, 1–73 (73),23–102 (102),83–1 (78),1–84 (84),45–69,74–9 (63),87–0 (72) Evening: 8–80 (67), 48–63,0–72,81–6 (74),91–8 (83),69–50,27–58,9–84 | ||
| 83 | Highest break | 102 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Total: 20[17]
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