The 2013 Apia International Sydney was a joint
ATP and
WTA tennis
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tournament, that was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 121st edition of the Apia International Sydney, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the
2013 ATP World Tour
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, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the
2013 WTA Tour
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. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in
Sydney
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, Australia, from 6 January to 12 January 2013.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
* per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of December 31, 2012.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
James Duckworth
*
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He is a two-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships in men's ...
*
John Millman
John H. Millman OLY (born 14 June 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player and commentator. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in October 2018. He has won one ATP title in his career.
Personal life
Millman w ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Guillermo García López
Guillermo García López (, born 4 June 1983) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He has won five singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23 in February 2011.
As of 2021, he has collected thirteen w ...
*
Ryan Harrison
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Before turning 16, Harriso ...
*
Björn Phau
Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in June 2006. Career highlights include reaching five ATP tour semifinals ( Tokyo in 2005, Casablanca in 2006, Beiji ...
*
João Sousa
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The following player received entry as lucky loser:
*
Ivo Klec
Ivo Klec (born 28 November 1980) is a Slovak former tennis player. He played mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. On the Futures circuit, he has claimed 27 titles, 14 singles and 13 doubles. In addition, he has also won two Challenger doubles titl ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...
(personal reasons)
*
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour.
...
(neck injury)
*
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
(left hamstring injury)
Retirements
*
Roberto Bautista Agut
Roberto Bautista Agut (; born 14 April 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in singles, which he first achieved on 4 November 2019.
Bautista A ...
(lower abdominal pain)
*
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
(intercostal muscle strain)
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of December 31, 2012.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
James Duckworth /
Chris Guccione Chris Guccione may refer to:
* Chris Guccione (tennis) (born 1985), Australian tennis player
* Chris Guccione (umpire)
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Umpiring ca ...
*
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He is a two-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships in men's ...
/
Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic ( hr, Marinko Matošević, ; born 8 August 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 39, which he achieved in February 2013. Matosevic defeated top players including ...
Retirements
;During the tournament
*
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
(intercostal muscle strain)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of December 31, 2012.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Casey Dellacqua
Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham ...
*
Olivia Rogowska
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The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 102, achieved on 11 August 2014. Her ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Kimiko Date-Krumm
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking ...
*
Madison Keys
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*
Svetlana Kuznetsova
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*
Ayumi Morita
is a Japanese tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of number 40 in the world in October 2011. At junior level, she reached a combined career-high ranking of world No. 3.
Morita is known for strong and consistent two-handed grounds ...
*
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Hrdličková ( née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the pos ...
*
Galina Voskoboeva
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WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of December 31, 2012.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Abbie Myers
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She ...
/
Storm Sanders
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...
Champions
Men's singles
*
Bernard Tomic
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def.
Kevin Anderson, 6–3, 6–7
(2–7), 6–3.
*It was Bernard Tomic's first ATP Tour Title.
Women's singles
*
Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player. She won 20 career singles WTA Tour titles, two doubles titles, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 on 9 July 2012. Her achievem ...
def.
Dominika Cibulková
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, 6–0, 6–0
* It was the 2nd title of the year for Radwańska, 12th overall.
Men's doubles
*
Bob Bryan
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/
Mike Bryan
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def.
Max Mirnyi
Maksim "Max" Mikalaevich Mirnyi ( be, Максім Мікалаевіч Мірны, ; russian: Максим Николаевич Мирный, ; born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player.
Mirnyi became a doubles speci ...
/
Horia Tecău
Horia Tecău (; born January 19, 1985) is a Romanian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
He is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 US Open alongside Jean-Julien Rojer ...
, 6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles
*
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova (russian: Надежда Викторовна Петрова ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ...
/
Katarina Srebotnik
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def.
Sara Errani
Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is a former top five player in singles and former world No. 1 in doubles. With 9 singles titles and 27 doubles titles (including 5 Grand Slam doubles championship ...
/
Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci (; born 18 February 1983) is an Italian professional padel and former tennis player. In doubles tennis, she won five major tournaments and reached the world No. 1 position. She also reached a career-high ranking of world No. 7 in ...
, 6–3, 6–4
References
External links
Official website
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Apia International Sydney, 2013