tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on outdoor
hard court
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s. It was the 1st edition of the
Brasil Tennis Cup
The Brasil Tennis Cup was a professional women's tennis tournament contested in various Brazilian cities since 1977. The last edition was played on outdoor hard courts in Florianópolis, Brazil. In 2015, the tournament was held on clay courts. ...
2013 WTA Tour
The 2013 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2013 tennis season. The 2013 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Fed ...
. It took place in
Florianópolis
Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...
, Brazil, from February 24 through March 3, 2013.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Beatriz Haddad Maia
Beatriz Haddad Maia (born 30 May 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached a career-high in the WTA rankings in singles at No. 15. Haddad Maia has won two singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, on ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Kristina Barrois
Kristina Barrois (born 30 September 1981) is a retired German tennis player.
Barrois won 15 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 9 May 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 57. On 20 February 20 ...
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Beatriz García Vidagany
Beatriz García Vidagany (born 17 November 1988) is a retired Spanish tennis player.
She reached career-high WTA rankings of 146 in singles on 5 July 2010, and 148 in doubles on 23 March 2015. In her career, García Vidagany won two singles tit ...
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Hsu Chieh-yu
Hsu Chieh-yu (; also known as Connie Hsu; born 14 January 1992) is a Taiwanese tennis player.
Hsu has won six singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 April 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 224. On ...
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María Irigoyen
María Irigoyen (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine former tennis player.
On 13 July 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 147. On 13 June 2016, she peaked at No. 47 in the WTA doubles rankings.
In her career, Irigoyen won t ...
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Tereza Mrdeža
Tereza Mrdeža (born 14 November 1990) is a Croatian tennis player.
She has won eight singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of pro ...
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Adriana Pérez
Adriana Pérez (; born November 20, 1992) is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player and member of the Venezuela Fed Cup team. In April 2014, she reached her highest singles ranking by the WTA of No. 186, whilst her best doubles ranking ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
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Petra Cetkovská
Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech tennis player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players Mari ...
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Camila Giorgi
Camila Giorgi (; born 30 December 1991) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26, achieved on 22 October 2018. She is the current Italian No. 2, after Martina Trevisan.
After winning her fi ...
(shoulder injury)
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Laura Robson
Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached th ...
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Stefanie Vögele
Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990) is a former professional Swiss tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January 2015. O ...
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Galina Voskoboeva
Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (russian: Галина Олеговна Воскобоева; born 18 December 1984) is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 7 May 2012. He ...
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
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Carla Forte
Carla Dragone Forte (born 11 January 1994) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player.
Forte has career-high WTA rankings of 421 in singles, achieved in August 2012, and 303 in doubles, reached in October 2013. She won one singles title ...
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Beatriz Haddad Maia
Beatriz Haddad Maia (born 30 May 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached a career-high in the WTA rankings in singles at No. 15. Haddad Maia has won two singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, on ...
Champions
Singles
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Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten doubles ...
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Olga Puchkova
Olga Alekseyevna Puchkova (also Poutchkova; russian: links=no, Ольга Алексеевна Пучкова; be, Вольга Аляксееўна Пучкова, links=no; born 27 September 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis playe ...
, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Doubles
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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 ...
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Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia.
She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...
def.
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a retired British tennis player. During her career, she won a total of 28 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved on 23 Februar ...
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Valeria Savinykh
Valeria Dmitrievna Savinykh (russian: Валерия Дмитриевна Савиных; born 20 February 1991) is a Russian tennis player.
In April 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99. On 20 November 2017, she pea ...
, 6–0, 6–4
References
External links
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{{2013 WTA Tour
Brasil Tennis Cup
The Brasil Tennis Cup was a professional women's tennis tournament contested in various Brazilian cities since 1977. The last edition was played on outdoor hard courts in Florianópolis, Brazil. In 2015, the tournament was held on clay courts. ...
Bra
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