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The 2013 MercedesCup was a men's
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tournament played on outdoor
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s. It was the 36th edition of the
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, and was part of the
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of the
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. It was held at the
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in
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, Germany, from 6 July until 14 July 2013.
Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. Fognini's most successful surface is Clay court#Red clay, ...
won the singles title.


Singles main draw entrants


Seeds

* 1 Rankings are as of June 24, 2013


Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *
Michael Berrer Michael Berrer (born 1 July 1980) is a German retired professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May 2010. Career 2010 He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to ...
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Robin Kern Robin Kern (; born 3 October 1993) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 350 in October 2013. Career Kern made his ATP World Tour debut in 2011, when he was given a wild card into the m ...
*
Florian Mayer Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP Tour title after four previous defeats in AT ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Andreas Beck *
Nils Langer Nils Langer (; born 25 January 1990, in Ludwigsburg) is a German retired tennis player. Langer reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 188, achieved in March 2016. Langer made his ATP main draw debut at the 2009 International ...
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Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (; born 29 January 1982 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish professional tennis player Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), si ...
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Alexander Ward Alexander Ward (born 30 April 1990) is a retired British tennis player. Early life Ward was born on 30 April 1990 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. He was educated at Northampton School for Boys. Tennis career Ward has a career high ...


Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *
Pablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...
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Grega Žemlja Grega Žemlja (born 29 September 1986) is a retired Slovenian tennis player. He has won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour. In 2012, he reached the third round of the US Open, the first Slovenian male player eve ...


Retirements

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Michael Berrer Michael Berrer (born 1 July 1980) is a German retired professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May 2010. Career 2010 He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to ...
(left elbow injury)


Doubles main draw entrants


Seeds

* Rankings are as of June 24, 2013


Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Andreas Beck /
Michael Berrer Michael Berrer (born 1 July 1980) is a German retired professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May 2010. Career 2010 He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to ...
*
Tommy Haas Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German–American former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017, and was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in May ...
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Robin Kern Robin Kern (; born 3 October 1993) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 350 in October 2013. Career Kern made his ATP World Tour debut in 2011, when he was given a wild card into the m ...


Withdrawals

;During the tournament *
Michael Berrer Michael Berrer (born 1 July 1980) is a German retired professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May 2010. Career 2010 He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to ...
(left elbow injury)


Finals


Singles

*
Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. Fognini's most successful surface is Clay court#Red clay, ...
defeated
Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Cha ...
, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4


Doubles

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Facundo Bagnis Facundo Bagnis (; born 27 February 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 55 reached in November 2016. Bagnis competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour where he has won 17 singles Chal ...
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Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê, São Paulo, Tietê) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challeng ...
defeated
Tomasz Bednarek Tomasz Bednarek (; born 12 November 1981) is a professional tennis player from Poland. Career He is a doubles' specialist. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of No. 44 on 14 April 2014. His current partner is Mateusz Kowalczyk, but Bed ...
/ Mateusz Kowalczyk, 2–6, 6–4, 1–9


References


External links


Official website

ATP tournament profile
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