The 2013
Tunis Open
The Tunis Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Tennis Club de Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia, ...
was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on
clay court
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T ...
s. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the
2013 ATP Challenger Tour
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. It took place in
Tunis
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between 29 April and 5 May 2013.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
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1 Rankings are as of April 22, 2013.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Mohamed Haythem Abid
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Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 19 in July 2012, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers h ...
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Skander Mansouri
Skander Mansouri (born 23 July 1995) is a Tunisian tennis player.
Mansouri has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 238 achieved on 12 December 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 187 achieved on 17 July 2 ...
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Lamine Ouahab
Lamine Ouahab (Arabic: الأمين وهاب ''al-ʼAmīn Wahhāb'') (born 22 December 1984) is a Moroccan professional tennis player.
Career
Juniors
As a junior, Ouahab reached as high as No. 4 in singles in January 2002 (and No. 18 in doub ...
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
* Laurent Rochette
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Andrea Arnaboldi
Andrea Arnaboldi (; born 27 December 1987) is an Italian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He advanced to the main draw in the 2014 French Open, 2015 French Open, and 2019 Wimbledon
The 2019 Wimbledon Championships was a Gra ...
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Michael Linzer
Michael Linzer (; born 2 November 1989) is an Austrian professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international m ...
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Enrique López Pérez
Enrique López Pérez (; born 3 June 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 16 July 2018, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 154 and his highest doubles ranking of 135 was achieved on ...
* Florian Reynet
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
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Riccardo Ghedin
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At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships
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Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of April 22, 2013.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Mehdi Abid / Ameur Ben Hassen
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Skander Mansouri
Skander Mansouri (born 23 July 1995) is a Tunisian tennis player.
Mansouri has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 238 achieved on 12 December 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 187 achieved on 17 July 2 ...
/
Lamine Ouahab
Lamine Ouahab (Arabic: الأمين وهاب ''al-ʼAmīn Wahhāb'') (born 22 December 1984) is a Moroccan professional tennis player.
Career
Juniors
As a junior, Ouahab reached as high as No. 4 in singles in January 2002 (and No. 18 in doub ...
* Julien Obry / Florian Reynet
The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:
* Laurent Rochette /
Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his bes ...
The following pair received entry as an alternate:
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Arnau Brugués Davi
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He graduated from ...
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Enrique López Pérez
Enrique López Pérez (; born 3 June 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 16 July 2018, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 154 and his highest doubles ranking of 135 was achieved on ...
Champions
Singles
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Adrian Ungur
Adrian Ungur (born 22 January 1985) is a Romanian former tennis player who mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was a member of the Romania Davis Cup Team and was coached by Fabrizio Fanucci. In June 2012, Ungur reached his career-hig ...
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Diego Sebastián Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his bes ...
, 4–6, 6–0, 6–2
Doubles
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Dominik Meffert
Dominik Meffert (born 9 April 1981) is a German professional tennis player. He qualified for the 2007 US Open, his only Grand Slam singles competition, but lost in the first round. He recorded a first round victory over 2003 French Open Champio ...
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Philipp Oswald
Philipp Oswald (; born 23 January 1986) is an Austrian professional tennis player who primarily plays doubles events on the ATP Tour. On 7 December 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 206, and his highest doubles rankin ...
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Jamie Delgado
Jamie Delgado (born 21 March 1977) is a British tennis coach and former professional player. Delgado has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006.
Delgado holds the all-time male record for playing in consecutive Wim ...
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Andreas Siljeström
Andreas Siljeström (born 21 July 1981) is a Swedish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career doubles high-ranking of world No. 57 achieved in May 2012.
He is among the tallest male players on the tour; only Reill ...
, 3–6, 7–6
(7–0),
0–7
External links
Official Website
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Tunis Open
The Tunis Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Tennis Club de Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia, ...
Tunis Open