Melbourne Challenger 2013

Melbourne Challenger 2013
date	10/21/2013 - 10/27/2013
Edition	2
navigation	2009  ◄  2013
ATP Challenger Tour
venue	Melbourne Australia
Tournament number	6863
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 28Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 50,000
Last year's winner (individual)	Bernard Tomic
Last year's winner (double)	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
Winner (singles)	Matthew Ebden
Winner (doubles)	Thanasi Kokkinakis Benjamin Mitchell
Tournament director	Jason Simmons
Tournament supervisor	Ed Hardisty
Last direct assumption	Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy (386)
Status: October 19, 2013

The Melbourne Challenger 2013 was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne from October 21-27, 2013 . It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour 2013 and was played outdoors on hard courts.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 19-21, 2013. In this, a total of four qualifiers were determined in three rounds from 28 players. The following players had qualified for the main draw:

• Kento Takeuchi
• Blake Mott
• James Lemke
• Maverick Banes

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Matthew Ebden victory 02.  Stéphane Robert 1 round 03.  Bradley Klahn Quarter finals 04th  Yūichi Sugita 1 round

No. player Round reached 05.  James Duckworth Semifinals 06th  Tatsuma Ito final 07th  Nick Kyrgios 1 round 08th.  James Ward Semifinals

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

M. Ebden

6 3

6th

6th

Y. Uchiyama

7th

3

3

1

M. Ebden

1

7th

6th

WC

T. Kokkinakis

6th

6th

WC

T. Kokkinakis

6th

5

1

Q

K. Takeuchi

3

3

1

M. Ebden

6th

6th

WC

J. Thompson

6th

6th

Q

B. Mott

4th

1

D. Propoggia

3

2

WC

J. Thompson

6th

3

1

Q

B. Mott

6th

7th

Q

B. Mott

4th

6th

6th

7th

N. Kyrgios

3

5

1

M. Ebden

6th

5

6th

4th

Y. Sugita

2

4th

8th

J. Ward

0

7th

0

S. Sekiguchi

6th

6th

S. Sekiguchi

3

2

M. Venus

6th

6th

M. Venus

6th

6th

B. Small

3

4th

M. Venus

6th

6 2

4th

A. Feeney

6th

2

2

8th

J. Ward

3

7th

6th

WC

A. Whittington

1

6th

6th

WC

A. Whittington

7th

4th

3

G. Jones

4th

0

8th

J. Ward

5

6th

6th

8th

J. Ward

6th

6th

1

M. Ebden

6th

5

6th

6th

T. Itō

6th

6th

6th

T. Itō

3

7th

3

D. Udomchoke

3

4th

6th

T. Itō

6th

6th

Y.-k. Lim

6th

6th

Y.-k. Lim

3

3

M. Reid

3

4th

6th

T. Itō

6th

6th

H. Moriya

6th

6th

3

B. Klahn

3

3

WC

L. Saville

4th

1

H. Moriya

1

3

B. Mitchell

6 3

4th

3

B. Klahn

6th

6th

3

B. Klahn

7th

6th

6th

T. Itō

4th

6th

7th

5

J. Duckworth

7th

6th

5

J. Duckworth

6th

3

6 8

A. Bolt

6 2

3

5

J. Duckworth

6th

6th

J. Dasnières de Veigy

4th

4th

J. Statham

3

4th

J. Statham

6th

6th

5

J. Duckworth

6th

6th

Y. Bhambri

6th

6th

Y. Bhambri

3

4th

Q

J. Lemke

4th

0

Y. Bhambri

6th

7th

Q

M. Banes

7th

1

6th

Q

M. Banes

1

6 5

2

S. Robert

6 6

6th

3

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Chris Guccione Matt Reid   Semifinals 02.  Dane Propoggia Jose Statham   Quarter finals 03.  Bradley Klahn Michael Venus   Quarter finals 04th  Brydan Klein Danai Udomchoke   Quarter finals

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

C. Guccione M. Reid

6th

6th

WC

J. Lemke J. Maher

4th

1

1

C. Guccione M. Reid

6th

6th

Y.-k. Lim Y. Sugita

B. Satō S. Sekiguchi

3

2

B. Satō S. Sekiguchi

w.

O.

1

C. Guccione M. Reid

3

5

4th

B. Klein D. Udomchoke

6th

5

[12]

A. Bolt A. Whittington

6th

7th

R. Agar A. Feeney

3

7th

[10]

4th

B. Klein D. Udomchoke

5

3

J. Dasnières de Veigy S. Robert

3

2

A. Bolt A. Whittington

7th

6th

A. Bolt A. Whittington

6th

6th

A. Bolt A. Whittington

3

2

WC

T. Kokkinakis B. Mitchell

6th

2

[10]

WC

T. Kokkinakis B. Mitchell

6th

6th

L. Saville J. Thompson

4th

6th

[6]

WC

T. Kokkinakis B. Mitchell

6th

1

[11]

Y. Bhambri Y. Uchiyama

4th

6th

[5]

3

B. Klahn M. Venus

3

6th

[9]

3

B. Klahn M. Venus

6th

3

[10]

WC

T. Kokkinakis B. Mitchell

6th

6th

G. Jones J. Ward

T. Itō H. Moriya

2

3

T. Itō H. Moriya

w.

O.

T. Itō H. Moriya

6th

3

[10]

WC

M. Banes G. Van Peperzeel

2

2

2

D. Propoggia J. Statham

4th

6th

[6]

2

D. Propoggia J. Statham

6th

6th

Web links

• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 42 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 39 kB)
• Tournament schedule for individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 46 kB)