Brasil Open 2013

Brasil Open 2013
date	11.2.2013 - 17.2.2013
Edition	13
navigation	2012  ◄  2013  ►  2014
ATP World Tour
venue	São Paulo Brazil
Tournament number	533
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	28E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 455,775
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Nicolás Almagro
Last year's winner (double)	Eric Butorac Bruno Soares
Winner (singles)	Rafael Nadal
Winner (doubles)	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares
Tournament director	Luis Felipe Tavares
Tournament supervisor	Damian Steiner
Last direct assumption	Guido Pella
As of February 17, 2013

The Brasil Open 2013 was a tennis tournament that took place from February 11th to 17th, 2013 in São Paulo . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2013 and was played indoors on clay. In the same week, the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was played in Rotterdam and the SAP Open in San José . The latter, like the Brasil Open, belonged to the ATP World Tour 250 category , while the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament belonged to the ATP World Tour 500 category .

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 28 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.

In the singles Nicolás Almagro was the defending champion, but he was eliminated in the quarterfinals against the later finalist David Nalbandian in three sets. He lost in the final against Rafael Nadal 2: 6 and 3: 6. In the doubles competition, last year's winner Bruno Soares - at that time with Eric Butorac - with Alexander Peya won against the duo František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák with 6: 7, ⁵ , 6: 2 and [10: 7].

qualification

The qualification for the Brasil Open 2013 took place from February 9th to 11th, 2013. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

→ Main article : Brasil Open 2013 / Qualification

The following players survived the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Guilherme Clézar	Martin Alund
Jorge Aguilar
João Souza
Paul Capdeville

Prize money and world ranking points

At the Brasil Open 2013 the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The amounts for the double competition were per player.

singles round Points Prize money victory 250 $ 82,300 final 150 $ 43,310 Semifinals 90 $ 23,475 Quarter finals 45 $ 13,375 Round of 16 20th $ 7,880 First round 0 $ 4,670

Qualification individual round Points Prize money Qualifier 12 Qualifying round 6th $ 750 2nd round 0 $ 360 1 round 0 $ 0

Double round Points Prize money victory 250 $ 25,000 final 150 $ 13,140 Semifinals 90 $ 7,120 Quarter finals 45 $ 4,070 First round 0 $ 2,390

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Rafael Nadal victory 02.  Nicolás Almagro Quarter finals 03.  Juan Mónaco Round of 16 04th  Jérémy Chardy Round of 16

No. player Round reached 05.  Thomaz Bellucci Round of 16 06th  Fabio Fognini 1 round 07th  Pablo Andújar Round of 16 08th.  Albert Ramos Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1  toilet

R. Nadal

6th

6th

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

6 6

r

Q

J. Souza

3

4th

Q

J. Souza

7th

1  toilet

R. Nadal

3

6th

6th

A. Kuznetsov

3

4th

C. Berlocq

6th

4th

4th

C. Berlocq

6th

6th

C. Berlocq

7th

6th

G. García-López

3

5

8th

A. Ramos

6 7

4th

8th

A. Ramos

6th

7th

1  toilet

R. Nadal

6th

6 2

6th

LL

M. Alund

3

7th

1

4th

J. Chardy

4th

6th

6th

WC

R. Mello

4th

4th

LL

M. Alund

6th

4th

7th

LL

M. Alund

6th

6th

LL

M. Alund

7th

7th

D. Gimeno Traver

3

6th

6 6

F. Volandri

5

6 5

F. Volandri

6th

3

7th

F. Volandri

6th

6th

Q

G. Clézar

6 4

7th

6 1

5

T. Bellucci

3

2

5

T. Bellucci

7th

5

7th

1  toilet

R. Nadal

6th

6th

7th

P. Andújar

6th

7th

D. Nalbandian

2

3

S. Giraldo

4th

6 5

7th

P. Andújar

5

2

P. Lorenzi

4th

4th

A. Montañés

7th

7th

A. Montañés

6th

6th

A. Montañés

4th

4th

WC

T. Robredo

2

4th

S. Bolelli

6th

6th

S. Bolelli

6th

6th

S. Bolelli

7th

6th

3

J. Mónaco

5

2

S. Bolelli

3

5

6th

F. Fognini

6 6

6th

1

D. Nalbandian

6th

7th

G. Pella

7th

1

6th

G. Pella

4th

2

D. Nalbandian

7th

5

6th

D. Nalbandian

6th

6th

Q

J. Aguilar

5

7th

3

D. Nalbandian

7th

3

7th

H. Zeballos

7th

0

0r

2

N. Almagro

6 5

6th

6 3

Q

P. Capdeville

6 5

6th

3

Q

P. Capdeville

4th

7th

2

N. Almagro

6th

6 3

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Daniele Bracciali Marcelo Melo   1 round 02.  Alexander Peya Bruno Soares   victory 03.  František Čermák Michal Mertiňák   final 04th  Lukáš Dlouhý André Sá   1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

D. Bracciali, M. Melo

4th

7th

[7]

T. Bellucci J. Souza

6th

5

[10]

T. Bellucci J. Souza

4th

6 4

S. Bolelli F. Fognini

7th

6th

S. Bolelli F. Fognini

6th

7th

D. Brown C. Kas

5

2

S. Bolelli F. Fognini

3

F. Čermák M. Mertiňák

7th

6 3

[16]

3

F. Čermák M. Mertiňák

w.

O.

PR

L. Arnold Ker J. Monaco

5

7th

[14]

3

F. Čermák M. Mertiňák

6th

7th

WC

M. Demoliner P. Zerbini

6th

7th

WC

M. Demoliner P. Zerbini

4th

6 5

D. Gimeno Traver A. Ramos

4th

5

3

F. Čermák M. Mertiňák

7th

2

[7]

R. Nadal D. Nalbandian

6th

3

[11]

2

A. Peya B. Soares

6 5

6th

[10]

P. Andújar G. García-López

3

6th

[9]

R. Nadal D. Nalbandian

O. Marach H. Zeballos

7th

6th

O. Marach H. Zeballos

w.

O.

4th

L. Dlouhý A. Sá

5

0

O. Marach H. Zeballos

6th

6 8

[10]

JS Cabal S. Giraldo

3

6th

[10]

2

A. Peya B. Soares

3

7th

[12]

WC

G. Clézar G. Elias

6th

3

[8th]

JS Cabal S. Giraldo

4th

2

PR

R. Ramírez Hidalgo T. Robredo

4th

2

2

A. Peya B. Soares

6th

6th

2

A. Peya B. Soares

6th

6th

Web links and sources

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 49 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 50 kB)
• Tournament schedule individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 41 kB)