The 2013 China Open was a
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 courts. It was the 15th edition of the
China Open for the men (17th for the women), and part of the
ATP 500 Series
The ATP 500 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 500'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series Gold'', and ''ATP Championship Series'') are the fourth highest tier of annual men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tourn ...
of the
2013 ATP World Tour
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, and of the
Premier Series of the
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 ...
. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the
National Tennis Center in
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, 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:
*
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 ...
/
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
*
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 ...
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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