2013 China Open (tennis) explained

The 2013 China Open was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the China Open for the men and (17th for the women), and was part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2013 ATP World Tour, and the Premier Series of the 2013 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from September 28 to October 6, 2013.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Men's singles^[1]	500	300	180	90	45	0		20	10	0
Men's doubles					0
Women's singles^[2]	1000	700	450	250	140	80	5	30	20	1
Women's doubles						5

Prize money

width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9	Event	width=80 bgcolor=lime	W	width=85 bgcolor=thistle	F	width=85 bgcolor=ffff00	SF	width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd	QF	width=85 bgcolor=afeeee	Round of 16	width=85 bgcolor=afeeee	Round of 32	width=85 bgcolor=afeeee	Round of 64	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
style=background:#ededed	Men's singles	$557,100	$251,165	$118,975	$57,410	$29,270	$16,100		$1,815	$1,000
style=background:#ededed	Men's doubles	$164,580	$74,250	$35,000	$16,920	$8,690
style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	$860,000	$430,365	$210,000	$100,900	$48,550	$23,500	$13,500	$3,600	$2,100
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	$291,000	$146,000	$65,000	$30,000	$14,000	$6,500

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Serbia	Novak Djokovic	1	1
Spain		2	2
Spain		4	3
Czech Republic		6	4
France		9	5
		10	6
		13	7
	John Isner	16	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Lleyton Hewitt
• Wu Di
• Zhang Ze

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• • Roberto Bautista Agut Somdev Devvarman
• Santiago Giraldo
• Yen-hsun Lu

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Marin Čilić (suspension)
• Ernests Gulbis
• Jerzy Janowicz (back injury)
• Martin Kližan

During the tournament

• Nikolay Davydenko (right wrist injury)

Retirements

• Tomáš Berdych (back injury)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Canada	Daniel Nestor	India	Leander Paes	19	1
	Mahesh Bhupathi		Robert Lindstedt	28	2
Pakistan	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		Jean-Julien Rojer	29	3
	Julien Benneteau		Nenad Zimonjić	36	4

• Rankings are as of September 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Gong Maoxin / Li Zhe
• Lu Yen-hsun / Wu Di

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Stanislas Wawrinka (right leg injury)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
		1	1
Belarus		2	2
Poland		4	3
China		5	4
Italy		6	5
		8	6
		9	7
	Jelena Janković	10	8
Czech Republic		11	9
Italy		12	10
		13	11
Spain		14	12
		15	13
		16	14
Australia		17	15
Romania		18	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Francesca Schiavone
• Heather Watson
• Zhang Shuai
• Zheng Jie

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Eugenie Bouchard
• Lauren Davis
• Misaki Doi
• Sharon Fichman
• Polona Hercog
• Chanelle Scheepers
• Sílvia Soler Espinosa
• Galina Voskoboeva

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Marion Bartoli (retirement) → replaced by Daniela Hantuchová
• Jamie Hampton (left ankle injury) → replaced by Julia Görges
• Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Monica Puig
• Romina Oprandi → replaced by Bojana Jovanovski
• Nadia Petrova (left hip injury) → replaced by Stefanie Vögele
• Maria Sharapova (right shoulder injury) → replaced by Annika Beck

Retirements

• Alizé Cornet (back injury)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Italy	Sara Errani	Italy	Roberta Vinci	2	1
	Hsieh Su-wei	China	Peng Shuai	18	2
Australia	Ashleigh Barty	Australia	Casey Dellacqua	23	3
Serbia	Jelena Janković		Katarina Srebotnik	26	4
	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Czech Republic	Květa Peschke	27	5
	Raquel Kops-Jones		Abigail Spears	34	6
New Zealand	Marina Erakovic	Russian Federation	Elena Vesnina	35	7
	Cara Black	India	Sania Mirza	39	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• • Svetlana Kuznetsova / Samantha Stosur Yaroslava Shvedova / Zhang Shuai
  • Sun Ziyue / Zhang Yuxuan Serena Williams / Venus Williams

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Sílvia Soler Espinosa / Carla Suárez Navarro

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Marina Erakovic (personal reasons)
• Martina Hingis (personal reasons)

Champions

Men's singles

See main article: 2013 China Open – Men's singles.

• Novak Djokovic def. Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6-4

Women's singles

See main article: 2013 China Open – Women's singles.

• Serena Williams def. Jelena Janković, 6–2, 6–2

Men's doubles

See main article: 2013 China Open – Men's doubles.

• Max Mirnyi / Horia Tecău def. Fabio Fognini / Andreas Seppi, 6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

See main article: 2013 China Open – Women's doubles.

• Cara Black / Sania Mirza def. Vera Dushevina / Arantxa Parra Santonja, 6–2, 6–2

External links

• Official Website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings explained. 25 February 2013. atpworldtour.com.
2. Web site: Rankings explained . 25 February 2013 . WTA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings . 14 December 2012 .