2013 Q School
Tournament information
Dates11–22 May 2013 (2013-05-11 – 2013-05-22)
VenueWorld Snooker Academy
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
FormatQualifying School
Qualifiers12 via the 3 events
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The 2013 Q School was a series of three snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2013–14 snooker season. An event for amateur players, it served as a qualification event for a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the following two seasons. The events took place in May 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the three tournaments.

Format

The 2013 Q School consisted of three events with 12 qualification places available.[1][2] The three events had 110 entries competing for the 12 places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the three events. All matches were the best of seven frames.[3]

Event 1

The first 2013 Q School event was held from 11 to 14 May 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Elliot Slessor, Alex Davies, Lee Page and Hammad Miah qualified.[4] The results of the four final matches are given below.[3]

Event 2

The second 2013 Q School event was held from 15 to 18 May 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Ahmed Saif, Ross Muir, Ryan Clark and Alexander Ursenbacher qualified.[5][6] The results of the four final matches are given below.[7]

Event 3

The third 2013 Q School event was held from 19 to 22 May 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. David Morris, Lee Spick, Chris Wakelin and Fraser Patrick qualified.[8][9][10] The results of the four final matches are given below.[11]

Q School Order of Merit

A Q School Order of Merit was produced for players who didn't qualify from the three events. The Order of Merit was used to top up fields for the 2013–14 snooker season where an event failed to attract the required number of entries. The rankings in the Order of Merit were based on the number of frames won in the three Q School events. Players who received a bye into the second round were awarded four points for round one. Where players were equal, those who won the most frames in the first event were ranked higher and, if still equal, the player with most frames in event two.[12]

The leading players in the Q School Order of Merit are given below.[13]

Rank Player Event 1Event 2Event 3Total
1 England Adam Wicheard 1481840
2 England Mitchell Travis 1712938
3 England Gareth Green 1621735
4 Wales Duane Jones 971834
5 England Sanderson Lam 13101033
6 England Zak Surety 4171132
7 England Ashley Carty 571931
8 England Antony Parsons 3141431
9 England Darren Cook 1321530
10 Republic of Ireland Josh Boileau 1161330

Two-season performance of qualifiers

The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2013 Q School, at the end of the 2014–15 snooker season, the end of their two guaranteed seasons on the tour, together with their tour status for the 2015–16 snooker season. Players in the top-64 of the rankings retained their place on the tour while those outside the top-64 lost their place unless they qualified under a different category.[14][15][16]

PlayerEnd of 2014–15 seasonStatus for 2015–16 season
MoneyRanking
 Elliot Slessor (ENG)14,90191Amateur
 Alex Davies (ENG)28,19476Amateur
 Lee Page (ENG)5,860108Amateur
 Hammad Miah (ENG)9,260100Amateur
 Ahmed Saif (QAT)1,700117Amateur
 Ross Muir (SCO)9,83599Qualified through the Asian Tour Order of Merit[17]
 Ryan Clark (ENG)694121Amateur
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)1,683119Amateur
 David Morris (IRL)70,01651Retained place on tour
 Lee Spick (ENG)––Died in January 2015
 Chris Wakelin (ENG)47,41569Amateur
 Fraser Patrick (SCO)28,09977Qualified through the European Tour Order of Merit[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Guide to Q School". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "2013 World Snooker Q School - News". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Qualifying School - Event One (2013) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  4. ↑ "Quartet earn tour cards". World Snooker. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Qatari And Swiss Qualify For Tour". World Snooker. 18 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Qatar's Saif wins place on pro Tour". The Peninsula Qatar. 24 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Qualifying School - Event Two (2013) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  8. ↑ "Wonderful Wakelin Earns Tour Place". World Snooker. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013.
  9. ↑ Caulfield, David (23 May 2013). "Morris Regains Professional Status". Snooker HQ.
  10. ↑ Barnes, Dan (31 May 2013). "Not the break that Adam had in mind". Wiltshire Times.
  11. ↑ "Qualifying School - Event Three (2013) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  12. ↑ "Q School Order of Merit". worldsnooker.com. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "Q School Order of Merit (2012) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  14. ↑ "World Rankings: After the 2015 Betfred World Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "Rankings (2014/2015) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  16. ↑ "Tour Players 2015/2016" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  17. ↑ "2014-2015 Asian Tour Order Of Merit" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  18. ↑ "Order of Merit after the Kreativ Dental Gdynia Open" (PDF). World Snooker. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015.
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