2013 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Explained

The 2013 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters was a men's tennis tournament for male professional players, played from 13 April through 22 April 2013, on outdoor clay courts. It was the 107th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, which was sponsored by Rolex for the fifth time. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Rafael Nadal was the eight-time defending champion, but suffered his first defeat at the tournament since his debut in 2003 (he missed the tournament in 2004 due to injury), by losing in the final to Novak Djokovic. The defeat ended a 46-match winning streak dating back to the first of his eight consecutive titles at the tournament, in 2005.^[1]

Points and prize money

Points distribution

Because the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory Masters 1000 event, special rules regarding points distribution are in place. The Monte Carlo Masters counts as one of a player's 500 level tournaments, while distributing Masters 1000 points.^[2]

Event					Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	width=85		width=85	width=85
Men's singles^[3]	1000	600	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	0
Men's doubles	1000	600	360	180	90	45	0

Prize money

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style=background:#ededed	Men's singles	€501,700	€264,000	€123,800	€62,950	€32,700	€17,235	€9,305	€2,140	€1,090
style=background:#ededed	Men's doubles	€155,400	€76,060	€38,150	€19,582	€10,120	€5,340

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

width=70	Country	width=175	Player	Rank	Seed
Serbia	Novak Djokovic	1	1
United Kingdom	Andy Murray	2	2
Spain	Rafael Nadal	5	3
Czech Republic	Tomáš Berdych	6	4
Argentina	Juan Martín del Potro	7	5
France	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	8	6
France	Richard Gasquet	9	7
Serbia	Janko Tipsarević	10	8
	Marin Čilić	11	9
Spain	Nicolás Almagro	12	10
France	Gilles Simon	13	11
Canada	Milos Raonic	15	12
	Stanislas Wawrinka	17	13
Argentina	Juan Mónaco	18	14
Italy	Andreas Seppi	19	15
	Philipp Kohlschreiber	21	16

Rankings are as of April 8, 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Player	Rank	Seed
United States	Bob Bryan	Mike Bryan	2	1
Spain	Marcel Granollers	Marc López	7	2
Sweden	Robert Lindstedt	Daniel Nestor	11	3
Pakistan	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Jean-Julien Rojer	17	4
Belarus	Max Mirnyi	Horia Tecău	18	5
India	Mahesh Bhupathi	Rohan Bopanna	22	6
Austria	Alexander Peya	Bruno Soares	36	7
Poland	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Marcin Matkowski	37	8