2013 WTA Shenzhen Open
# 2013 WTA Shenzhen Open

The 2013 Shenzhen Open (known as 2013 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the Shenzhen Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 31 December 2012 to 6 January 2013.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| CHN | Li Na | 7 | 1 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 11 | 2 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 22 | 3 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | 25 | 4 |
| CZE | Klára Zakopalová | 28 | 5 |
| CHN | Peng Shuai | 40 | 6 |
| GBR | Laura Robson | 53 | 7 |
| SRB | Bojana Jovanovski | 56 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of December 24, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Chan Wing-yau
* Duan Yingying
* Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Kimiko Date-Krumm
* Anne Keothavong
* Jessica Pegula
* Stefanie Vögele

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

* Zhou Yimiao

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Iveta Benešová
* Jelena Janković (viral illness)
* Mirjana Lučić
* Petra Martić
* Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (doping)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 122 | 1 |
| RUS | Nina Bratchikova | SVK | Janette Husárová | 123 | 2 |
| RUS | Alla Kudryavtseva | CZE | Klára Zakopalová | 145 | 3 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | LUX | Mandy Minella | 161 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of December 24, 2012.

### Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Han Xinyun / Zhou Yimiao
* Wang Qiang / Varatchaya Wongteanchai

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Hsieh Su-wei (right forearm injury)

## Finals

### Singles

* Li Na defeated Klára Zakopalová 6–3, 1–6, 7–5
* It was Li's first title of the year and 7th of her career and her first in China since 2004.

### Doubles

* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan defeated Irina Buryachok / Valeria Solovieva, 6–0, 7–5
