2013 Brisbane International

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2013 Brisbane International
Date30 December 2012 – 6 January 2013
Edition5th
Location Tennyson, Brisbane, Queensland
Venue Queensland Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo / Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza
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The 2013 Brisbane International was a joint 2013 ATP World Tour and 2013 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. It was the 5th edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 30 December 2012 to 6 January 2013. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles250150904520012600
Men's doubles0N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Women's singles470320200120601201281
Women's doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Men's singles$78,800$41,540$22,500$12,810$7,550$4,470$720$345N/A
Men's doubles *$23,950$12,590$6,820$3,900$2,290N/AN/AN/AN/A
Women's singles$162,987$87,021$46,487$24,944$13,393$7,299$3,812$2,027$1,134
Women's doubles *$51,022$27,212$14,881$7,582$4,110N/AN/AN/AN/A

* per team

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray [1] 31
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Milos Raonic 132
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 163
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 184
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Nishikori 195
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Florian Mayer 286
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Jürgen Melzer 297
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Martin Kližan 308

Other entrants

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 lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Eric Butorac Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Paul Hanley 771
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Colin Fleming Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Jamie Murray 1022
Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Juan Sebastián Cabal Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Robert Farah 1103
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Mikhail Elgin Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  UZB Denis Istomin 1164

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Retirements

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 11
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Sharapova 22
Flag of the United States.svg USA Serena Williams 33
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 54
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 65
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 86
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 97
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 108

Other entrants

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 lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 31
Flag of the United States.svg USA Liezel Huber Flag of Spain.svg  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 232
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 273
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke 354

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: −

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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References

  1. "Andy Murray set for Brisbane return". Brisbane International. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

Coordinates: 27°31′30″S153°0′26″E / 27.52500°S 153.00722°E / -27.52500; 153.00722 (Queensland Tennis Centre)