The 2013
Sarasota Open
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was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on
clay court
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s. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the
2013 ATP Challenger Tour
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. It took place in
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota () is a city in Sarasota County on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is located in the sout ...
, United States between 13 and 21 April 2013.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of April 8, 2013.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Kyle Edmund
Kyle Steven Edmund (born 8 January 1995) is a South African born-British professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 and was the top-ranked male British tennis player from March 2018 through October 2019.
E ...
* Mitchell Frank
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Bjorn Fratangelo
Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993) is a professional American tennis player.
He won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following J ...
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Tennys Sandgren
Tennys Sandgren II ( ; born July 22, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ATP rankings, ranking of No. 41 on January 14, 2019. He broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings toward the end of 2 ...
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:
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Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is a former professional Indian tennis player. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning back-to-back finals i ...
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Bradley Klahn
Bradley Klahn (born August 20, 1990) is an American professional tennis player from Poway, California.
Klahn played collegiate tennis at Stanford University, where he won the 2010 NCAA Singles Championships as a sophomore. His next year as a ...
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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 ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Бозољац, ; born 2 August 1985) is a former Serbian professional tennis player and coach.
On 29 January 2007, Bozoljac reached his best singles ranking of world No. 101. On 22 February 2016, he peaked at ...
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Jeong Suk-Young
Jeong Suk-young ( ko, 정석영; born 12 April 1993) is a South Korean tennis player.
Jeong has a career high ATP singles ranking of 270 achieved on 9 September 2013. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 466 achieved on 16 Septemb ...
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Alex Kuznetsov
Alex Kuznetsov (born February 5, 1987) is a retired American professional tennis player. He is a former hitting partner of Maria Sharapova
Personal life
Kuznetsov was born in Ukraine. His family moved to the United States when he was 3 years o ...
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Lim Yong-Kyu
Lim Yong-kyu (born June 18, 1991) is a professional South Korean tennis player. He has won 1 ATP Challenger Tour singles title, the 2010 Busan Open Challenger Tennis. Lim has also won 12 ITF Futures
The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known ...
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of April 8, 2013.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Terrell Celestine / Siddhartha Chappidi
*
Bjorn Fratangelo
Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993) is a professional American tennis player.
He won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following J ...
/
Mitchell Krueger
Mitchell Krueger (born January 12, 1994) is an American tennis player.
Krueger has a career-high singles ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) of world No. 135, achieved on 18 July 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ...
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Alex Kuznetsov
Alex Kuznetsov (born February 5, 1987) is a retired American professional tennis player. He is a former hitting partner of Maria Sharapova
Personal life
Kuznetsov was born in Ukraine. His family moved to the United States when he was 3 years o ...
/
Mischa Zverev
Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev (russian: Михаил "Миша" Александрович Зверев, , ; born 22 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player born in Russia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world ...
The following pairs received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Бозољац, ; born 2 August 1985) is a former Serbian professional tennis player and coach.
On 29 January 2007, Bozoljac reached his best singles ranking of world No. 101. On 22 February 2016, he peaked at ...
/
Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is a former professional Indian tennis player. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning back-to-back finals i ...
Champions
Singles
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Alex Kuznetsov
Alex Kuznetsov (born February 5, 1987) is a retired American professional tennis player. He is a former hitting partner of Maria Sharapova
Personal life
Kuznetsov was born in Ukraine. His family moved to the United States when he was 3 years o ...
def.
Wayne Odesnik
Wayne Odesnik (born November 21, 1985) is a South African-born American retired professional left-handed tennis player, with a two-handed backhand. His highest singles ranking was No. 77 in 2009.
Among his biggest upsets were a 2007 win over Iv ...
, 6–0, 6–2
Doubles
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Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Бозољац, ; born 2 August 1985) is a former Serbian professional tennis player and coach.
On 29 January 2007, Bozoljac reached his best singles ranking of world No. 101. On 22 February 2016, he peaked at ...
/
Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is a former professional Indian tennis player. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning back-to-back finals i ...
def.
Steve Johnson /
Bradley Klahn
Bradley Klahn (born August 20, 1990) is an American professional tennis player from Poway, California.
Klahn played collegiate tennis at Stanford University, where he won the 2010 NCAA Singles Championships as a sophomore. His next year as a ...
, 6–7
(5–7), 7–6
(7–3),
1–9
External links
Official Website
{{2013 ATP Challenger Tour
Sarasota Open
The Sarasota Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor green clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. From 2022, the event is held at the Payne Park Tennis Center in Sara ...
Sarasota Open
The Sarasota Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor green clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. From 2022, the event is held at the Payne Park Tennis Center in Sara ...
Sarasota Open
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