The 2013 China Open was a

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the China Open for the men (17th for the women), and part of the

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of the

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, and of the Premier Series of the

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. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in

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, China, from September 28 till October 6, 2013.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Lleyton Hewitt * Wu Di * Zhang Ze The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Roberto Bautista Agut * Somdev Devvarman * Santiago Giraldo * Yen-hsun Lu

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Čilić has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2014 US Open. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Austral ...

(suspension) * Ernests Gulbis *

Jerzy Janowicz Jerzy Filip Janowicz Jr. (; born 13 November 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. Janowicz is best known for becoming the first Polish man to reach a major semifinal at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Noted for his very powerful serv ...

(back injury) * Martin Kližan ;During the tournament * Nikolay Davydenko (right wrist injury)

Retirements

* Tomáš Berdych (back injury)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of September 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Gong Maoxin Gong Maoxin (; ; born August 24, 1987), is a professional male 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 ...

/ Li Zhe * Lu Yen-hsun / Wu Di

Withdrawals

;During the tournament * Stanislas Wawrinka (right leg injury)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Francesca Schiavone *

Heather Watson Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships partnering Henri K ...

* Zhang Shuai * Zheng Jie The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Eugenie Bouchard * Lauren Davis * Misaki Doi * Sharon Fichman * Polona Hercog * Chanelle Scheepers *

Sílvia Soler Espinosa Sílvia Soler Espinosa (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In her career, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she ...

* Galina Voskoboeva

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Marion Bartoli (retirement) → replaced by Daniela Hantuchová *

Jamie Hampton Jamie Lee Hampton (born January 8, 1990) is a former American professional tennis player. In July 2013, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 24. Early life Hampton was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, because her father, a career ...

(left ankle injury) → replaced by

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 ...

* Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Monica Puig *

Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss tennis federation. She has wo ...

→ replaced by Bojana Jovanovski * Nadia Petrova (left hip injury) → replaced by Stefanie Vögele * Maria Sharapova (right shoulder injury) → replaced by Annika Beck

Retirements

Alizé Cornet Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. Cornet has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circu ...

(back injury)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of September 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...

/ Samantha Stosur * Yaroslava Shvedova / Zhang Shuai *

Sun Ziyue Sun Ziyue (; ; born 6 July 1996 in Nanjing) is a Chinese tennis player. Sun has won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit. On 18 November 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 340. On 18 August 2014, she ...

Zhang Yuxuan Zhang Yuxuan (; ; born 19 August 1994) is a inactive professional tennis player from China. In her career, she won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. On 18 April 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of ...

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

/ Venus Williams The following pair received entry as alternates: *

/ Carla Suárez Navarro

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Marina Erakovic (personal reasons) *

Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...

(personal reasons)

Champions

Men's singles

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

def. Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6-4

Women's singles

def. Jelena Janković, 6–2, 6–2

Men's doubles

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 def.

Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...

/ Andreas Seppi, 6–4, 6–2

Women's 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 ...

Sania Mirza Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she has won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in ...

def.

Vera Dushevina Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina ( rus, Вера Евгеньевна Душевина; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. As a junior, she won the ...

/ Arantxa Parra Santonja, 6–2, 6–2

References

External links

Official Website
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