2013 Brasil Tennis Cup

The 2013 Brasil Tennis Cup is a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.^[1] It was the 1st edition of the Brasil Tennis Cup since 2002, and is on the International category of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Florianópolis, Brazil, from February 24 through March 3, 2013.^[2]

2013 Brasil Tennis Cup
Date	February 25 – March 3
Category	WTA International tournaments
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$235,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Florianópolis, Brazil
Champions
Singles
Monica Niculescu
Doubles
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Venus Williams[3][4]	21	1
KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	32	2
BEL	Kirsten Flipkens	34	3
RSA	Chanelle Scheepers	58	4
SVK	Magdaléna Rybáriková	59	5
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	61	6
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	63	7
GER	Annika Beck	65	8

• Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

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Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Maria Fernanda Alves^[6]
• Paula Cristina Gonçalves^[7]
• Beatriz Haddad Maia^[8]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kristina Barrois
• Beatriz García Vidagany
• Hsu Chieh-yu
• María Irigoyen
• Tereza Mrdeža
• Adriana Pérez

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Petra Cetkovská
• Camila Giorgi (shoulder injury)
• Laura Robson
• Stefanie Vögele
• Galina Voskoboeva

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	50	1
CRO	Petra Martić	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	124	2
HUN	Tímea Babos	JPN	Kimiko Date-Krumm	149	3
RUS	Nina Bratchikova	GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	162	4

• Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Carla Forte / Beatriz Haddad Maia

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2013 Brasil Tennis Cup – Singles

• Monica Niculescu def. Olga Puchkova, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2013 Brasil Tennis Cup – Doubles

• Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova def. Anne Keothavong / Valeria Savinykh, 6–0, 6–4

References

1. "Quadras do Brasil Tennis Cup, em Florianópolis, passam por reformas". Diário Catarinense. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
2. "Brasil Tennis Cup reúne grandes tenistas em Florianópolis". RBS Eventos. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
3. "Venus Williams disputará en febrero el WTA de Florianópolis, en Brasil". lainformacion.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
4. "Ex-número 1 do mundo, Venus Williams está confirmada em evento da WTA em Florianópolis". Diário Catarinense. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
5. "CBT oficializa torneio da WTA no Brasil com Venus Williams". CidadeVerde.com. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
6. "Catarinense Nanda Alves ganha wild card para chave principal do Brasil Tennis Cup". diariocatarinense.clicrbs.com.br. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
7. "Catarinense Nanda Alves ganha wild card para chave principal do Brasil Tennis Cup". diariocatarinense.clicrbs.com.br. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
8. "Catarinense Nanda Alves ganha wild card para chave principal do Brasil Tennis Cup". diariocatarinense.clicrbs.com.br. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2013.

External links

• Official website