Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2013

Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2013
date	September 30, 2013 - October 6, 2013
Edition	41
navigation	2012  ◄  2013  ►  2014
ATP World Tour
venue	Tokyo Japan
Tournament number	329
category	World Tour 500
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 1,437,800
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Kei Nishikori
Last year's winner (double)	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares
Winner (singles)	Juan Martín del Potro
Winner (doubles)	Rohan Bopanna Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Tournament director	Nao Kawatei
Tournament supervisor	Gerry Armstrong Tom Barnes
Last direct assumption	Pablo Cuevas (54)
As of September 28, 2013

The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2013 was a tennis tournament that took place from September 30th to October 6th, 2013 in Tokyo . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2013 and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week, the China Open was played in Beijing , which, like the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, belonged to the ATP World Tour 500 category .

The defending champion in the singles was local hero Kei Nishikori , who was placed fourth this year. Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares won the doubles title last year. They did not take part in the tournament this year.

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

qualification

Qualification for the 2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships took place on September 28 and 29, 2013. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

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

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Benjamin Becker	Lukáš Lacko
Marco Chiudinelli	Michał Przysiężny
Ryan Harrison
Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Prize money and world ranking points

At the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 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 apply per player.

singles round Points Prize money victory 500 $ 312,000 final 300 $ 140,700 Semifinals 180 $ 66,650 Quarter finals 90 $ 32,160 Round of 16 45 $ 16,400 First round 0 $ 9,020

Qualification individual round Points Prize money Qualifier 20th Qualifying round 10 $ 1,020 1 round 0 $ 565

Double round Points Prize money victory 500 $ 92,200 final 300 $ 41,600 Semifinals 180 $ 19,610 Quarter finals 90 $ 9,480 First round 0 $ 4,870

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Juan Martín del Potro victory 02.  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Round of 16 03.  Milos Raonic final 04th  Kei Nishikori Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05.  Gilles Simon retreat 06th  Nicolás Almagro Semifinals 07th  Kevin Anderson 1 round 08th.  Janko Tipsarevic 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

JM del Potro

4th

6th

6th

M. Baghdatis

6th

4th

3

1  toilet

JM del Potro

6th

6th

C. Berlocq

7th

6th

C. Berlocq

2

2

PR

P. Cuevas

6 4

2

1  toilet

JM del Potro

4th

6th

6th

O. Dolhopolov

6th

6th

O. Dolhopolov

6th

4th

2

D. Brands

3

1

O. Dolhopolov

6th

7th

V. Hănescu

7th

1

4th

8th

J. Tipsarevic

3

6 2

8th

J. Tipsarevic

6 6

6th

6th

1  toilet

JM del Potro

7th

7th

4th

K. Nishikori

6 4

7th

6th

6th

N. Almagro

6 7

6 1

J. Melzer

7th

5

2

4th

K. Nishikori

7th

6th

F. López

4th

7th

6th

F. López

6 4

0

WC

T. Itō

6th

5

3

4th

K. Nishikori

6 2

7th

3

Q

R. Harrison

1

6th

4th

6th

N. Almagro

7th

5

6th

H. Zeballos

6th

4th

6th

H. Zeballos

4th

2

Q

B. Becker

6 4

6 3

6th

N. Almagro

6th

6th

6th

N. Almagro

7th

7th

1  toilet

JM del Potro

7th

7th

7th

K. Anderson

4th

6 2

3

M. Raonic

6 5

5

LL

L. Lacko

6th

7th

LL

L. Lacko

7th

6th

Q

É. Roger Vasselin

6th

3

6th

Q

É. Roger Vasselin

5

4th

D. Tursunov

4th

6th

3

LL

L. Lacko

3

3

Q

M. Chiudinelli

6 2

6th

6 6

3

M. Raonic

6th

6th

J. Chardy

7th

3

7th

J. Chardy

4th

3

WC

G. Soeda

4th

6 0

3

M. Raonic

6th

6th

3

M. Raonic

6th

7th

3

M. Raonic

7th

6th

LL

M. Przysiężny

1

6th

6th

I. Dodig

6 4

1

M. Granollers

6th

3

4th

LL

M. Przysiężny

7th

4th

2

J. Nieminen

7th

6th

J. Nieminen

6 4

6th

6th

J. Mónaco

6 4

1

J. Nieminen

2

6 3

WC

Y. Sugita

3

1

I. Dodig

6th

7th

I. Dodig

6th

6th

I. Dodig

6th

7th

G. Monfils

3

6 8

2

J.-W. Tsonga

4th

6 5

2

J.-W. Tsonga

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   1 round 02.  Marcel Granollers Marc López   Quarter finals 03.  Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo   Quarter finals 04th  Rohan Bopanna Édouard Roger-Vasselin   victory

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

B. Bryan M. Bryan

5

6th

[6]

PR

N. Almagro P. Cuevas

7th

1

[10]

PR

N. Almagro P. Cuevas

5

1

J. Murray J. Peers

6th

6th

J. Murray J. Peers

7th

6th

WC

T. Itō G. Soeda

3

2

J. Murray J. Peers

6th

6th

3

I. Dodig M. Melo

6th

6th

J. Knowle J. Melzer

3

4th

WC

K. Nishikori Y. Uchiyama

4th

1

3

I. Dodig M. Melo

4th

6th

[8th]

J. Knowle J. Melzer

6th

7th

J. Knowle J. Melzer

6th

3

[10]

S. González S. Lipsky

4th

5

J. Murray J. Peers

6 5

4th

D. Bracciali J. Tipsarevic

3

3

4th

R. Bopanna É. Roger Vasselin

7th

6th

OLD

A. Begemann M. Emmrich

6th

6th

OLD

A. Begemann M. Emmrich

1

6th

[10]

J. Mónaco H. Zeballos

5

6th

[5]

4th

R. Bopanna É. Roger Vasselin

6th

3

[12]

4th

R. Bopanna É. Roger Vasselin

7th

4th

[10]

4th

R. Bopanna É. Roger Vasselin

6th

7th

T. Huey D. Inglot

2

7th

[10]

T. Huey D. Inglot

4th

6 6

K. Anderson P. Hanley

6th

5

[4]

T. Huey D. Inglot

6th

6th

J. Nieminen D. Tursunow

4th

4th

2

M. Granollers, M. López

3

3

2

M. Granollers, M. López

6th

6th

Web links and sources

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 50 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 53 kB)
• Tournament schedule individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 63 kB)