2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open

The 2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open, in the International category of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, from April 8 through April 14, 2013.

2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open
DateApril 8 – April 14
Edition1st
CategoryWTA International tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$235,000
SurfaceClay
LocationKatowice, Poland
VenueSpodek
Champions
Singles
Italy Roberta Vinci
Doubles
Spain Lara Arruabarrena /
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
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Singles main draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

Country Player Rank1 Seed
  CZE Petra Kvitová[1] 8 1
  ITA Roberta Vinci 13 2
  CZE Klára Zakopalová 21 3
  GER Julia Görges 30 4
  FRA Alizé Cornet 33 5
  EST Kaia Kanepi 38 6
  GER Sabine Lisicki 41 7
  GBR Laura Robson 42 8
  • Rankings are as of April 1, 2013.[2]

Other entrants edit

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals edit

Before the tournament

Retirements edit

During the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld   SVK Janette Husárová 60 1
  JPN Shuko Aoyama   BIH Mervana Jugić-Salkić 136 2
  USA Jill Craybas   LUX Mandy Minella 137 3
  CZE Renata Voráčová   CZE Klára Zakopalová 150 4
  • Rankings are as of April 1, 2013.

Other entrants edit

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals edit

Before the tournament

Retirements edit

During the tournament

Champions edit

Singles edit

Doubles edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Katowice: na starcie Kvitova, Vinci i Zakopalova". Wirtualna Polska. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Katowice: przyjazd Kvitovej potwierdzony – znamy więcej szczegółów!". Tenisklub.pl. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

External links edit