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2013 Italian Open
Date	13–19 May
Edition	70th
Category	Masters 1000 Premier 5
Draw	56S / 24D 56S / 28D
Prize money	€3,204,745 $2,369,000
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Rome, Italy
Venue	Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
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The 2013 Italian Open (also known as the 2013 Rome Masters and sponsored title 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 70th edition of the Italian Open and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2013 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place from 13 to 19 May 2013.

Finals

Men's singles

• Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer, 6–1, 6–3.

Women's singles

• Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6–1, 6–3

Men's doubles

• Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna, 6–2, 6–3

Women's doubles

• Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai defeated Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, 4–6, 6–3,

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

ATP main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
SUI	Roger Federer	2	2
GBR	Andy Murray	3	3
ESP	David Ferrer	4	4
ESP	Rafael Nadal	5	5
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	6	6
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	7	7
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	8	8
FRA	Richard Gasquet	9	9
SRB	Janko Tipsarević	10	10
CRO	Marin Čilić	11	11
ESP	Nicolás Almagro	12	12
GER	Tommy Haas	13	13
CAN	Milos Raonic	14	14
SUI	Stanislas Wawrinka	15	15
JPN	Kei Nishikori	16	16

• Rankings are as of May 6, 2013.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Paolo Lorenzi
• Potito Starace
• Matteo Viola
• Filippo Volandri

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Carlos Berlocq
• Santiago Giraldo
• Andrey Golubev
• Ernests Gulbis
• Jan Hájek
• Andrey Kuznetsov
• Albert Montañés

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Lukáš Rosol

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Thomaz Bellucci
• Mardy Fish
• Florian Mayer
• Janko Tipsarević (bronchitis)
• Bernard Tomic (personal reasons)

During the tournament

• Philipp Kohlschreiber
• Stanislas Wawrinka (thigh injury)

Retirements

• Xavier Malisse (right wrist injury)
• Andy Murray (hip injury)

Doubles

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	2	1
ESP	Marcel Granollers	ESP	Marc López	7	2
SWE	Robert Lindstedt	CAN	Daniel Nestor	13	3
PAK	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	16	4
BLR	Max Mirnyi	ROU	Horia Tecău	18	5
IND	Mahesh Bhupathi	IND	Rohan Bopanna	21	6
AUT	Alexander Peya	BRA	Bruno Soares	32	7
AUT	Jürgen Melzer	IND	Leander Paes	43	8

• Rankings are as of May 6, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Flavio Cipolla / Filippo Volandri
• Paolo Lorenzi / Potito Starace

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Xavier Malisse (right wrist injury)

WTA main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
USA	Serena Williams	1	1
RUS	Maria Sharapova	2	2
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	3	3
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	4	4
CHN	Li Na	5	5
GER	Angelique Kerber	6	6
ITA	Sara Errani	7	7
CZE	Petra Kvitová	8	8
AUS	Samantha Stosur	9	9
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	10	10
RUS	Nadia Petrova	11	11
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	12	12
ITA	Roberta Vinci	13	13
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	15	14
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	16	15
USA	Sloane Stephens	17	16

• Rankings are as of May 6, 2013.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Nastassja Burnett
• Karin Knapp
• Flavia Pennetta

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Mallory Burdette
• Simona Halep
• Andrea Hlaváčková
• Mathilde Johansson
• Anabel Medina Garrigues
• Garbiñe Muguruza
• Melanie Oudin
• Lesia Tsurenko

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Lourdes Domínguez Lino

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Mona Barthel
• Marion Bartoli (foot injury)
• Angelique Kerber (abdominal injury)
• Tamira Paszek (respiratory infection)
• Yaroslava Shvedova (right arm injury)
• Heather Watson (mononucleosis)

During the tournament

• Maria Sharapova (illness)

Retirements

• Maria Kirilenko
• Ekaterina Makarova (left Achilles tendon injury)
• Ayumi Morita

Doubles

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
ITA	Sara Errani	ITA	Roberta Vinci	2	1
RUS	Nadia Petrova	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	11	2
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	13	3
USA	Liezel Huber	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	25	4
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	29	5
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	IND	Sania Mirza	35	6
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	CZE	Květa Peschke	40	7
CHN	Zhang Shuai	CHN	Zheng Jie	48	8

• Rankings are as of May 6, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Nastassja Burnett / Christina McHale
• Maria Elena Camerin / Karin Knapp
• Jelena Janković / Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
• Flavia Pennetta / Svetlana Kuznetsova

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Catalina Castaño / Mariana Duque Mariño

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ekaterina Makarova (left achillis injury)

References

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External links

• Official website
• WTA tournament draws
• ATP tournament profile
• WTA tournament profile

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