The 2013 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2013 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from February 25 to March 3 at the new venue Royal Selangor Golf Club. This was the last time that Malaysia hosted the event, as in 2014 it will move to Hong Kong, China.

Finals

Singles

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defeated

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, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

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defeated

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, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), 4–12

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Aslina Chua *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Zarina Diyas Zarina Diyas (; ; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as No. 31 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Diyas has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2017 Japan Women' ...

Luksika Kumkhum Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum (; ; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she peaked at No. 86 in the WTA doubles ran ...

* Nudnida Luangnam *

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* Wang Qiang

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

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Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Aslina An Ping Chua / Yang Zi * Yus Syazlin Nabila / Theiviya Selvarajoo

References

External links

Official website
{{2013 WTA Tour Malaysian Open Malaysian Open (tennis) 2013 in Malaysian tennis