2013 WTA Shenzhen Open

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2013 WTA Shenzhen Open
Date31 December 2012 – 6 January 2013
Edition1st
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$500,000
Surface Hard
Location Shenzhen, China
Venue Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan
WTA Shenzhen Open ·  2014  

The 2013 Shenzhen Open (known as 2013 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the Shenzhen Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 31 December 2012 to 6 January 2013. First-seeded Li Na won the singles title.

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Finals

Singles

Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Li Na 71
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 112
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 223
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 254
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Klára Zakopalová 285
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Peng Shuai 406
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Laura Robson 537
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Bojana Jovanovski 568

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

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan 1221
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nina Bratchikova Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Janette Husárová 1232
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alla Kudryavtseva Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Klára Zakopalová 1453
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Mandy Minella 1614

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

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