The 2013 Kremlin Cup 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 indoor hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the

Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup (russian: Кубок Кремля) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts, which was suspended in 2022. It was part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and was a Premier Tournament on the WTA ...

for the men (18th edition for the women) and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the

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, and of the Premier Series of the

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. It was held at the

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in Moscow, Russia, from 12 October through 20 October 2013. Richard Gasquet and

Simona Halep Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks eleventh in the history of the Women's Tennis Assoc ...

won the singles titles.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of October 7, 2013

Other entrants

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

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 ...

* Karen Khachanov * Andrey Kuznetsov The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Andrey Golubev *

Aslan Karatsev Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (russian: Аслан Казбекович Карацев, os, Хъарацаты Хъазыбеджы фырт Аслан; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian-Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-hi ...

* Mikhail Kukushkin *

Oleksandr Nedovyesov Aleksandr Nedovyesov (born 15 February 1987), formerly known as Oleksandr Nedovyesov, is a Ukrainian-Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 on 21 April 2014 and his highest doubles ranki ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Nikolay Davydenko (wrist injury) * Martin Kližan * Lu Yen-hsun * Stanislas Wawrinka

Retirements

* Édouard Roger-Vasselin *

Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri (born 5 September 1981; ) is a former Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 25 in July 2007. He turned professional in 1997 and has earn ...

(right thigh strain)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of October 7, 2013

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Victor Baluda Victor Mikhaylovich Baluda (russian: Виктор Михайлович Балуда; born 30 September 1992) is a Russian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challe ...

/ Konstantin Kravchuk *

/ Andrey Kuznetsov The following pair received entry as alternates: * Andrey Golubev / Horacio Zeballos

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Albert Ramos Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...

(food poisoning)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of October 7, 2013

Other entrants

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

Alisa Kleybanova Alisa Mikhailovna Kleybanova (russian: Алиса Михайловна Клейбанова, born 15 July 1989) is a Russian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 20, achieved in February 2011. In her career. she wo ...

* Ksenia Pervak The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Sofia Arvidsson Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson (born 16 February 1984) is a Swedish professional padel player and a former tennis player. In her tennis career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 20 singles and 13 double ...

Vesna Dolonc Vesna Ratkovna Dolonc (Serbian Cyrillic and russian: link=yes, Весна Ратковна Долонц; née Manasieva, Манасиева; born 21 July 1989) is a retired Serbian tennis player. She earned career-highs of 84 in singles and 93 ...

* Danka Kovinić * Arantxa Parra Santonja The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

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 ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Sara Errani (low back injury) * Jelena Janković (back injury) * Angelique Kerber (abdominal strain) * Petra Kvitová (back injury) * Ekaterina Makarova (right wrist injury) * Urszula Radwańska

Retirements

* Magdaléna Rybáriková (upper respiratory infection)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of October 7, 2013

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: *

Anastasia Bukhanko Anastasia Vladimirovna Bukhanko (russian: Анастасия Владимировна Буханко; born 6 June 1990) is a Russian tennis player. Bukhanko has a career high WTA singles ranking of 1096 achieved on 6 April 2015 and a doubles ra ...

/ Margarita Gasparyan

Retirements

* Daniela Hantuchová (right foot injury)

Finals

Men's singles

* Richard Gasquet defeated Mikhail Kukushkin, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

defeated Samantha Stosur, 7–6^(7–1), 6–2

Men's doubles

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 ...

/ Denis Istomin defeated Ken Skupski /

Neal Skupski Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 14 November 2022. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, havi ...

, 6–2, 1–6, 4–12

Women's doubles

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 defeated

Alla Kudryavtseva Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player. Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Cir ...

/ Anastasia Rodionova, 6–1, 1–6, 0–8

References

External links

* {{2013 WTA Tour Kremlin Cup

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