[1] Peter Ebdon was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 3–5 against Marcus Campbell in the last 32.

Thus he became the fourth player along with Ken Doherty, Barry Pinches and Robin Hull to do so in a professional tournament.

[4] Neil Robertson won his seventh ranking title by defeating Selby 10–6 in the final.

[5][6] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[7]

[8][9][10][11] [8][9][10][11] These matches took place between 9 and 12 January 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.