Malaysian Open 2013

ATP World Tour
Malaysian Open 2013

date	09/21/2013 - 09/29/2013
Edition	9
navigation	2012 ◄ 2013 ► 2014
venue	Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Malaysia
Tournament number	6003
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	28E / 28Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 984,300
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Argentina Juan Mónaco
Last year's winner (double)	Austria Alexander Peya Bruno Soares Brazil

Winner (singles)	Portugal João Sousa
Winner (doubles)	United States Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen South Africa

Tournament director	Nick Freyer
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes
Last direct assumption	Russia Alex Bogomolov jun. (70)

As of September 23, 2013

The Malaysian Open 2013 was a tennis tournament that took place from September 21 to 29, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2013 and was played indoors on a hard court. In the same week, the Thailand Open was played in Bangkok , which, like the Malaysian Open, belonged to the ATP World Tour 250 category .

Defending champion in singles was the Argentine Juan Mónaco , in doubles Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares . The final of the individual competition was won by Portuguese João Sousa , who won the first ATP title in his career. He defeated Julien Benneteau , who could not convert his ninth finals participation in the first career title in individual. The doubles competition won Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen .

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 28 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The four top seeded players in the singles each got a bye into the second round.

qualification

The qualification for the Malaysian Open 2013 took place from September 21 to 23, 2013. Four qualifying places were played that entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

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

Qualifiers
India Somdev Devvarman
United States Rajeev Ram
Italy Matteo Viola
Germany Mischa Zverev

Prize money and world ranking points

At the Malaysian Open 2013, the following prize money and world ranking points will be paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who enter the main field from qualification receive 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 apply per player.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 158,000
final	150	$ 83,240
Semifinals	90	$ 45,100
Quarter finals	45	$ 25,700
Round of 16	20th	$ 15,135
First round	0	$ 8,970

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	6th	$ 1,445
2nd round	0	$ 690
1 round	0	$ 0

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 48,000
final	150	$ 25,200
Semifinals	90	$ 13,670
Quarter finals	45	$ 7,830
First round	0	$ 4,590

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain David Ferrer	Quarter finals
02.	Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka	Semifinals
03.	Spain Nicolás Almagro	Round of 16
04th	Austria Jürgen Melzer	Semifinals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	France Julien Benneteau	final
06th	Russia Dmitri Tursunov	Quarter finals
07th	Canada Vasek Pospisil	Round of 16
08th.	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	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

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

Q

S. Devvarman

3

Q

M. Viola

3

2

Q

Italy M. Viola

6th

1

D. Ferrer

2

6 ⁶

WC

R. Harrison

3

2

SE

Portugal J. Sousa

6th

7th

SE

J. Sousa

6th

SE

Portugal J. Sousa

4th

7th

6th

PR

Uruguay P. Cuevas

6th

PR

P. Cuevas

6th

5

0

8th

N. Dawydenko

3

4th

SE

Portugal J. Sousa

6th

3

6th

4th

J. Melzer

4th

6th

4th

Austria J. Melzer

7th

6th

Q

Germany M. Zverev

7th

6th

Q

M. Zverev

5

4th

H. Zeballos

6 ⁵

2

4th

Austria J. Melzer

6th

WC

H. Chung

4th

2

OLD

F. Delbonis

3

2

OLD

Argentina F. Delbonis

6th

OLD

Argentina F. Delbonis

7th

V. Hănescu

6th

1

3

7th

V. Pospisil

6 ²

6 ¹

7th

Canada V. Pospisil

1

6th

SE

Portugal J. Sousa

2

7th

6th

5

France J. Benneteau

7th

6th

5

J. Benneteau

6th

5

4th

SE

M. Przysiężny

6 ⁶

4th

5

France J. Benneteau

7th

6th

OLD

G. Žemlja

6th

5

r

P. Andújar

6 ⁸

2

Spain P. Andújar

3

7th

5

France J. Benneteau

6th

D. Brands

3

4th

OLD

A. Mannarino

3

OLD

France A. Mannarino

6th

OLD

France A. Mannarino

6th

3

N. Almagro

4th

3

5

France J. Benneteau

6th

6th

Russia D. Tursunov

7th

6th

2

S. Wawrinka

4th

3

Q

R. Ram

5

0

6th

Russia D. Tursunov

6th

OLD

A. Bogomolov junior

6 ⁵

0

WC

Father Carreño Busta

2

4th

WC

Spain Father Carreño Busta

7th

6th

6th

D. Tursunov

6th

3

6 ³

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

7th

6th

2

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

2

6th

7th

C. Berlocq

6 ³

3

M. Baghdatis

1

5

2

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer Netherlands	1 round
02.	France Julien Benneteau Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	Quarter finals
03.	Mexico Santiago González Scott Lipsky United States	1 round
04th	Philippines Treat Huey Dominic Inglot United Kingdom	Quarter finals