The 2013 Claro Open Colombia was a men's professional
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
hard courts
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. It was the first edition of the
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
, which was part of the
2013 ATP World Tour
The 2013 ATP World Tour was the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2013 tennis season. The 2013 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by t ...
. It took place in
Bogotá
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, Colombia at Centro de Alto Rendimiento, between 15 and 21 July 2013.
The
Croatia
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Ivo Karlović
Ivo Karlović (; born 28 February 1979) is a former Croatian professional tennis player. His height of 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) makes him the joint tallest ranked tennis player in history, along with Reilly Opelka. He has won eight ATP sin ...
was crowned first winner of the
Claro Open Colombia after beating the Colombian
Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramírez (; born 14 November 1983) is a retired professional male tennis player from Colombia. The left-hander turned pro in 2000 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in July 2012. At the 2006 Wimbledon t ...
in the final by 6-3 7-6(4) in a game that lasted one hour and 18 minutes. Karlovic was the surprise package of the 2013 edition, in a tournament that boasted the likes of the
Serbia
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Janko Tipsarević
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and the South African
Kevin Anderson.
In the doubles, the Indian couple formed by
Purav Raja
Purav Raja ( ; born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player. He specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 2 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup.
Personal and early life ...
and
Divij Sharan
Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He specialises in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has won 5 ATP World Tour titles in men's doubles and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold me ...
were crowned winners after defeating the Dutch
Igor Sijsling
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and the French
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
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He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 French Open, winning the men's doubles partnering Julien Benneteau, a ...
by 7-6(4) and 7-6(3) in an hour and 30 minutes.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
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1 Rankings are as of July 8, 2013
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Nicolás Barrientos
Nicolás Barrientos (; born 24 April 1987) is a Colombian professional tennis player competing mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour both in singles and doubles.
Barrientos reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 237 on 21 September 201 ...
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Carlos Salamanca
Carlos Salamanca Caicedo (; born 15 January 1983) is a Colombian professional 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). Eac ...
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Eduardo Struvay
Eduardo Struvay Jaramillo (; born 17 December 1990) is a Colombian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures
The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and p ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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*Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer)
*Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer)
* Víctor Hugo Cabrera, ...
*
Emilio Gómez
*
Chris Guccione Chris Guccione may refer to:
* Chris Guccione (tennis) (born 1985), Australian tennis player
* Chris Guccione (umpire)
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Umpiring ca ...
* Juan Ignacio Londero
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Igor Andreev
Igor Valeryevich Andreev (russian: link=no, И́горь Вале́рьевич Андре́ев, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles ti ...
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Denis Kudla
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*
Gilles Müller
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*
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's d ...
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Michael Russell
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Jack Sock
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Retirements
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Evgeny Korolev
Evgeny Evgenyevich Korolev ( rus, Евге́ний Евге́ньевич Королёв; born 14 February 1988) is a retired Russian tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four wi ...
(illness)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of July 8, 2013
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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Emilio Gómez /
Michael Quintero
Michael Quintero Aguilar (; born July 11, 1980) is a Colombian professional tennis player.
Quintero reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No,. 245, achieved on 12 November 2007. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking ...
*
Alejandro González /
Carlos Salamanca
Carlos Salamanca Caicedo (; born 15 January 1983) is a Colombian professional tennis
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The following pair received entry as alternates:
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Marcelo Arévalo
Marcelo Arévalo González (; born October 17, 1990) is a Salvadoran professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 14 November 2022. ...
/
Víctor Estrella Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include:
*Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer)
*Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer)
* Víctor Hugo Cabrera, ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
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Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse (born 19 July 1980) is a former Belgian professional tennis player. Born in the north-western Flemish city of Kortrijk and nicknamed ''X-Man'', he is one of only two Belgian men (the other being David Goffin) to have been ranked i ...
(illness)
Finals
Singles
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Ivo Karlović
Ivo Karlović (; born 28 February 1979) is a former Croatian professional tennis player. His height of 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) makes him the joint tallest ranked tennis player in history, along with Reilly Opelka. He has won eight ATP sin ...
defeated
Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramírez (; born 14 November 1983) is a retired professional male tennis player from Colombia. The left-hander turned pro in 2000 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in July 2012. At the 2006 Wimbledon t ...
, 6–3, 7–6
(7–4)
Doubles
*
Purav Raja
Purav Raja ( ; born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player. He specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 2 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup.
Personal and early life ...
/
Divij Sharan
Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He specialises in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has won 5 ATP World Tour titles in men's doubles and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold me ...
defeated
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin (; born 28 November 1983) is a French professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles.
He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 French Open, winning the men's doubles partnering Julien Benneteau, a ...
/
Igor Sijsling
Igor Sijsling (; born 18 August 1987) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Sijsling reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 52 on 17 February 2014. His biggest accomplishment is reaching the final of Australian Open Do ...
, 7–6
(7–4), 7–6
(7–3)
References
External links
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{{2013 ATP World Tour
Claro Open Colombia
Claro Open Colombia
2013 in Colombian tennis