The 2013 Brisbane International was a joint 2013 ATP World Tour and 2013 WTA Tour

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. It was the 5th edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in

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. 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.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of December 24, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Matthew Ebden *

Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ...

* Ben Mitchell The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Ryan Harrison Ryan Harrison (born May 7, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Harrison has won one career ATP title in singles at the 2017 Memphis Open to go along with four in doubles, including the 2017 French Open. Before turning 16, Harriso ...

Denis Kudla Denis Kudla ( ; born August 17, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. A product of the Junior Tennis Champions Center, he has won eight Challenger singles titles and nine Challenger doubles titles in his career. His career-high ATP ...

* Jesse Levine *

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The following player received entry as lucky loser: *

Igor Kunitsyn Igor Konstantinovich Kunitsyn ( rus, И́горь Константи́нович Куни́цын, , ˈiɡərʲ kʊˈnʲitsɨn; born September 30, 1981) is a retired tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Paul-Henri Mathieu (personal reasons) * Radek Štěpánek (eye infection)

Retirements

* Jarkko Nieminen (migraine) *

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(left knee injury)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of December 24, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Chris Guccione /

* Matthew Ebden /

Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic ( hr, Marinko Matošević, ; born 8 August 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 39, which he achieved in February 2013. Matosevic defeated top players including ...

The following pair received entry as alternates: * John Peers /

John-Patrick Smith John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He attended the University of Tennessee from 2007 through 2011 where ...

Withdrawals

* Radek Štěpánek (eye infection)

Retirements

(left knee injury)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of December 24, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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* Olivia Rogowska The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Bojana Bobusic Bojana Bobusic ( sr-Cyrl, Бојана Бобушић, ''Bojana Bobušić''; born 2 October 1987) is a former professional Australian tennis player. On 20 February 2012, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 222. In her career, she won ...

Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak (russian: Ксения Юрьевна Первак; born 27 May 1991) is a retired tennis player from Russia. Pervak won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circ ...

* Olga Puchkova *

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The following player received entry as lucky loser: *

Lesia Tsurenko Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko ( uk, Леся Вікторівна Цуренко; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles and eight doubles tournaments on the IT ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2 ...

(right collarbone injury) ;During the tournament *

Victoria Azarenka Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former w ...

(toe injury)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of December 24, 2012

Other entrants

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

/ Olivia Rogowska

Champions

Men's singles

* Andy Murray def.

Grigor Dimitrov Grigor Dimitrov ( bg, Григор Димитров, ; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved o ...

7–6^(7–0), 6–4 *It was Murray's 25th career title.

Women's singles

* Serena Williams def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 6–1 *It was Serena's 47th career title, 4th Premier-level title, and 8th overall Premier title. She has now won her past 16 matches.

Men's doubles

* Marcelo Melo / Tommy Robredo def. Eric Butorac / Paul Hanley, 4–6, 6–1, 0–5

Women's doubles

* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza def. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke 4–6, 6–4, 0–7

References

External links

Official website
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