Defending champion in the singles was the Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , who defeated his compatriot Gaël Monfils in two sets in the final. This year, however, he no longer took part. His compatriot Richard Gasquet won against the Russian Nikolai Dawydenko in three sets. For Gasquet it was already the eighth title in his career. Filip Polášek and Lukáš Rosol won the tournament in doubles last year. While Rosol no longer took part in the tournament, Polášek played his way through to the final with his Austrian partner Julian Knowle . There they were ultimately defeated by the German duo Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber in two sets with 5: 7 and 4: 6. For the duo Kas / Kohlschreiber it was the third joint double title on the ATP Tour. They were already in the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open last year, but lost it significantly in two sets.
The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.
Qualification for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2013 took place from December 29th to December 31st, 2012. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.
At the Qatar ExxonMobil 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.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol
Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber
R. Ramírez Hidalgo
P. Lorenzi
M. Juschny
V. Hănescu
Ł. Kubot
M. Safwat
I. Dodig
V. Troicki
G. Žemlja
R. Lindstedt N. Zimonjić
TC Huey D. Inglot
J. Erlich M. Juschny