2013 Tampere Open Explained

Date:	22–28 July
Edition:	32nd (men) 7th (women)
Category:	ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's Circuit
Location:	Tampere, Finland
Surface:	Hard
Prize Money:	€42,500 (men) $10,000 (women)
Champms:	Jesse Huta Galung
Champmd:	Henri Kontinen / Goran Tošić
Champws:	Karen Barbat
Champwd:	Julia Wachaczyk / Nina Zander

The 2013 Tampere Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 32nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Tampere, Finland, on 22–28 July 2013.

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Spain	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	112	1
	Jesse Huta Galung	134	2
France	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	218	3
Spain	Gerard Granollers	234	4
Estonia	Jürgen Zopp	240	5
Spain	Guillermo Olaso	242	6
Spain	Jordi Samper Montaña	243	7
	Hans Podlipnik-Castillo	271	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 15 July 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Micke Kontinen
• Herkko Pöllänen
• Joel Popov
• Henrik Sillanpää

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Maxim Dubarenco
• Markus Eriksson
• Thomas Schoorel
• Andrew Whittington

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Patrik Rosenholm

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Russian Federation	Tamara Bizhukova	638	1
Finland	Piia Suomalainen	675	2
Sweden	Malin Ulvefeldt	693	3
Russian Federation	Julia Valetova	703	4
	Karen Barbat	718	5
Italy	Francesca Palmigiano	723	6
Hungary	Naomi Totka	735	7
Russian Federation	Alena Tarasova	745	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 15 July 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Ella Leivo
• Milka-Emilia Pasanen
• Annika Sillanpää
• Tanja Tuomi

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Johanna Hyöty
• Julia Klackenberg
• Antonina Lysakova
• Eva Paalma
• Zhanna Panfilkina
• Oleksandra Piskun
• Tina Schiechtl
• Nina Zander

Champions

Men's singles

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

• Jesse Huta Galung def. Maxime Teixeira 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

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

• Karen Barbat def. Liubov Vasilyeva 6–1, 7–6^(7–5)

Men's doubles

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

• Henri Kontinen / Goran Tošić def. Ruben Gonzales / Chris Letcher 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

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

• Julia Wachaczyk / Nina Zander def. Emma Laine / Piia Suomalainen 6–4, 6–4