The 2013 ASB Classic was a women's
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the
ASB Classic, and was part of the
WTA International tournaments
The WTA International Tournaments was a category for professional tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. The winner of a WTA Internatio ...
of the
2013 WTA Tour
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. It took place at the
ASB Tennis Centre
The ASB Tennis Centre is a tennis facility located in the Parnell district of Auckland, New Zealand. The centre was opened on 18 November 1922 by the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association (now Tennis Auckland) on grounds leased from the Auckland City ...
in
Auckland
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, New Zealand, from 31 December 2012 to 6 January 2013.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of 24 December 2012
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Eleni Daniilidou
*
CoCo Vandeweghe
*
Eugenie Bouchard
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Stéphanie Dubois
*
Nudnida Luangnam
Nudnida "Chun" Luangnam ( th, ณัฐนิดา หลวงแนม; born 27 February 1987) is a former tennis player from Thailand. She has career-high WTA rankings of 195 in singles, set on 13 May 2013, and 342 in doubles, achieved on 13 ...
*
Grace Min
*
Anastasija Sevastova
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
*
Gréta Arn
Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979) is a Hungarian retired tennis player of Danube Swabian German descent.
She has won two titles on the WTA Tour, the 2007 Estoril Open in Portugal, and the 2011 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, as well as f ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Petra Cetkovská
*
Kristina Mladenovic
*
Polona Hercog
*
Vera Zvonareva'Shoulder injury rules Vera Zvonareva out of the Australian Open'
''news.com.au'' (Retrieved 21 December 2012) (shoulder injury)
Retirements
* Sorana Cîrstea (illness)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*1 Rankings as of 24 December 2012
Champions
Singles
* Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–4
*It was Radwańska's 11th career title, tying her with Ana Ivanovic
Ana Schweinsteiger ( sr, Ана Швајнштајгер / ''Ana Švajnštajger''; born 6 November 1987), professionally known by her birth name Ana Ivanovic (Ана Ивановић / ''Ana Ivanović'', ), is a Serbian former world No. 1 tenn ...
and Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.
As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2020, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 ...
for 10th most among active players.
*
Doubles
* Cara Black
Cara Cavell Black (born 17 February 1979) is a Zimbabwean former professional tennis player. Black was primarily a doubles specialist, winning 60 WTA Tour and 11 ITF doubles titles. A former doubles world No. 1, she won ten major titles. By ...
/ Anastasia Rodionova defeated Julia Görges
Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world No ...
/ Yaroslava Shvedova 2–6, 6–2, 0–5
See also
* 2013 Heineken Open
The 2013 Heineken Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the Heineken Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckla ...
– men's tournament
References
External links
Official website
{{2013 WTA Tour
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WTA Auckland Open
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