The 2013

Comerica Bank Challenger The Nordic Naturals Challenger (formerly Comerica Bank Challenger) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos, Califo ...

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. It was the 26th edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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, United States between 5 and 11 August July 2013.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of July 29, 2013.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Andre Dome *

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The following players got into the singles main draw via Special Exempt: * Daniel Evans * Greg Jones The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* James McGee *

Denys Molchanov Denys Petrovych Molchanov ( uk, Денис Петрович Молчанов; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour winning 15 singles and 62 doubles titles. He has also won one ATP doubles title. On 5 ...

John-Patrick Smith John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He attended the University of Tennessee from 2007 through 2011 where ...

The following players got into the singles main draw via Lucky Loser: *

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Champions

Singles

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Doubles

Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich ( he, יונתן דאריו "יוני" ארליך, born 5 April 1977) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. During his career, he was mainly a doubles specialist, having won the men's doubles title at the ...

Andy Ram Andreas "Andy" Ram ( he, אנדי רם; born April 10, 1980) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. He was primarily a doubles player, and competed in three Olympics. He is the first Israeli tennis player to win a senior Grand Slam ...

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/ Matt Reid 6–3, 6–7^(6–8),

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References

Official Website

External links

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