2013 Aircel Chennai Open

The 2013 Aircel Chennai Open was a men's tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It was the 18th edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and was played at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai. It was held from 31 December 2012 until 6 January 2013. Second-seeded Janko Tipsarević won the singles title. ^[3]

2013 Aircel Chennai Open
Date	31 December – 6 January
Edition	18th
Category	World Tour 250
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$385,150
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Chennai, India
Venue	SDAT Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Janko Tipsarević[1]
Doubles
Benoît Paire / Stanislas Wawrinka[2]

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2013 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles

Janko Tipsarević defeated Roberto Bautista Agut, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3

• It was Tipsarevic's only singles title of the year and the 4th and last of his career.

Doubles

Main article: 2013 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles

Benoît Paire / Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Andre Begemann / Martin Emmrich, 6–2, 6–1

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
CZE	Tomáš Berdych[4]	6	1
SRB	Janko Tipsarević	9	2
CRO	Marin Čilić	15	3
SUI	Stanislas Wawrinka[5]	17	4
FRA	Benoît Paire	47	5
NED	Robin Haase	56	6
TPE	Lu Yen-hsun	59	7
JPN	Go Soeda	60	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 24 December 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Tomáš Berdych
• Yuki Bhambri
• Somdev Devvarman

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Prakash Amritraj
• Ruben Bemelmans
• Rajeev Ram
• Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
IND	Mahesh Bhupathi	CAN	Daniel Nestor	16	1
IND	Leander Paes	FRA	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	46	2
IND	Rohan Bopanna	USA	Rajeev Ram	56	3
GBR	Jamie Delgado	GBR	Ken Skupski	112	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 24 December 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Sriram Balaji / Jeevan Nedunchezhian
• Sanam Singh / Vishnu Vardhan

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Somdev Devvarman / Sergiy Stakhovsky

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Philipp Petzschner (knee injury)

References

1. "2013 Chennai – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. "2013 Chennai – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. "Cilic, Wawrinka to play in Aircel Chennai Open". Rediff. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
4. "Berdych, Tipsarevic to play in Aircel Chennai Open". Zeenews. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
5. "Stanislas Wawrinka commits for the Aircel Chennai Open 2013 – Tennis News". Bettor, Inc. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

External links

• Official website