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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14–18 October 2013 |
| 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,[1] and the fourth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[2]
Ding Junhui won his eighth ranking title by defeating Aditya Mehta 5–0 in the final.[3] 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.[4] At the tournament Mehta became the first Indian player to reach the final of a ranking event.[5]
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- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ Sarangi, Y.B. (19 October 2013). "Ding ends Mehta's fine run, emerges champion". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ^ "Brilliant Ding Is Star of India". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Aditya Mehta suffers crushing defeat in Indian Open final". The Indian Express. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.