The 2013
Tashkent Challenger
The Tashkent Challenger is a tennis List of tennis tournaments, tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan since 2008. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor ...
was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on
hard courts
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. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the
2013 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2013 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 149 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $35,000 up to $220,00 ...
. It took place in
Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...
,
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
between 7 and 13 October 2013.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
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1 Rankings are as of September 30, 2013.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Sanjar Fayziev
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Temur Ismailov
Temur Ismailov ( uz, Темур Исмаилов; born 14 January 1995) is a currently banned Uzbekistani tennis player.
Ismailov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 419 achieved on 22 June 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles rank ...
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Djurabeck Karimov
Jurabek Karimov ( Uzbek: Журабек Каримов, Jo'rabek Karimov; born 4 June 1998) is an Uzbekistani tennis player. Karimov began playing tennis aged 7 and he is currently coached by Petr Lebed and Sergey Arkashn.
Karimov has a career h ...
* Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Sarvar Ikramov
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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 ...
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Lucas Pouille
Lucas Pouille (, born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10, achieved on 19 March 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 11 April 2016. ...
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Danai Udomchoke
Danai Udomchoke ( th, ดนัย อุดมโชค, born 11 August 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides.
Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and was coached by Jan ...
Champions
Singles
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Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela ( he, דודי סלע; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009.
Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing Israe ...
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Teymuraz Gabashvili
Teymuraz Besikovich Gabashvili ( rus, Теймураз Бесикович Габашвили, , tɛɪ̯mʊˈraz ɡəbɐˈʂvʲilʲɪ; born 23 May 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4 ...
6–1, 6–2
Doubles
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Mikhail Elgin
Mikhail Nikolayevich Elgin ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Елгин, Yelgin, mʲɪxɐˈiɫ ɪ̯ɪɫˈɡʲin; born 14 October 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player.
Elgin became famous when he advanced to the quarter–finals ...
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Teymuraz Gabashvili
Teymuraz Besikovich Gabashvili ( rus, Теймураз Бесикович Габашвили, , tɛɪ̯mʊˈraz ɡəbɐˈʂvʲilʲɪ; born 23 May 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4 ...
def.
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 ...
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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 med ...
6–4, 6–4
External links
Official Website
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Tashkent Challenger
The Tashkent Challenger is a tennis List of tennis tournaments, tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan since 2008. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor ...
Tashkent Challenger