Suvarna Garge (Editor)

2013 Dubai Tennis Championships

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Draw
  
32S / 16D 28S / 16D

Surface
  
Hard

Prize money
  
$2,413,300 $2,000,000

Date
  
25 February – 3 March (men) 18–24 February (women)

Edition
  
21st (men) / 13th (women)

Category
  
ATP World Tour 500 WTA Premier event

The 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2013 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2013 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place February 18–23, 2013, while the men's tournament took place from February 25 to March 2.

Contents

Prize money

* per team

Seeds

  • Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Malek Jaziri
  • Rajeev Ram
  • Dmitry Tursunov

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Daniel Brands
  • Igor Kunitsyn
  • Florent Serra
  • Matteo Viola

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Philipp Kohlschreiber
  • Radek Štepánek

    • Retirements

  • Bernard Tomic (illness)

    • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Omar Awadhy / Hamad Abbas Janahi
  • Novak Djokovic / Marko Djokovic

    • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of February 11, 2013.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Marion Bartoli
  • Yulia Putintseva
  • Laura Robson

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Daniela Hantuchová
  • Svetlana Kuznetsova
  • Urszula Radwańska
  • Zheng Jie

    • The following player received entry as lucky loser:

  • Carla Suárez Navarro

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Victoria Azarenka (right foot injury)
  • Maria Kirilenko (shoulder injury)
  • Li Na (left ankle injury)
  • Serena Williams (lower back injury)

    • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of February 11, 2013.

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Fatma Al Nabhani / Alicja Rosolska
  • Julia Görges / Angelique Kerber
  • Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur

    • The following pair received entry as alternates:

  • Vera Dushevina / Klára Zakopalová

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Elena Vesnina (viral illness)

    • Retirements

  • Květa Peschke (left thigh strain)

    • Men's Singles

  • Novak Djokovic defeated Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–3

    • Women's Singles

  • Petra Kvitová defeated Sara Errani, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1

    • Men's Doubles

  • Mahesh Bhupathi / Michaël Llodra defeated Robert Lindstedt / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6)

    • Women's Doubles

  • Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza defeated Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]

    • References

    2013 Dubai Tennis Championships Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA