2013 Kunming Challenger Explained

Date:	6–12 May
Edition:	1st
Draw:	32S / 16D
Surface:	Hard
Prize Money:	$125,000
Location:	Kunming, China
Champs:	Alex Bogomolov Jr.
Champd:	Samuel Groth / John-Patrick Smith
After Year:	no

The 2013 Kunming Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kunming, China between 6 and 12 May 2013.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Lu Yen-hsun	71	1
Slovakia	Lukáš Lacko	78	2
Israel	Dudi Sela	104	3
Russian Federation	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	107	4
Japan	Go Soeda	114	5
Japan	Tatsuma Ito	124	6
Australia	Matthew Ebden	135	7
Japan	Yūichi Sugita	136	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of April 29, 2013.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Chang Yu
• Gong Maoxin
• Li Zhe
• Ouyang Bowen

The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:

• Márton Fucsovics
• Yang Tsung-hua

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Victor Baluda
• Laurynas Grigelis
• James McGee
• John-Patrick Smith

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Thailand	Sanchai Ratiwatana	Thailand	Sonchat Ratiwatana	146	1
Australia	Samuel Groth	Australia	John-Patrick Smith	210	2
India	Purav Raja	India	Divij Sharan	225	3
	Rik de Voest	Australia	Chris Guccione	243	4

• ¹ Rankings as of April 29, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Gao Xin / Li Zhe
• Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze
• Tan Haiyun / Yang Jingzhu

The following pair received entry as an alternate:

• Go Soeda / Yasutaka Uchiyama

Champions

Singles

• Alex Bogomolov Jr. def. Rik de Voest, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(7–2)

Doubles

• Samuel Groth / John-Patrick Smith def. Go Soeda / Yasutaka Uchiyama, 6–4, 6–1