The defending champion in the singles was Novak Đoković , who started again this year and was able to successfully defend his title. The brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won the doubles title last year. However, you are playing at the parallel tournament in Tokyo this year and were top seeded there.
The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.
The qualification for the China Open 2013 took place on September 28th and 29th, 2013. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.
At the China 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 were not to be understood as cumulative. The amounts for the double competition were per player.