2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open
# 2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open

The 2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open, in the International category of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, from April 8 through April 14, 2013.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 8 | 1 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 13 | 2 |
| CZE | Klára Zakopalová | 21 | 3 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 30 | 4 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 33 | 5 |
| EST | Kaia Kanepi | 38 | 6 |
| GER | Sabine Lisicki | 41 | 7 |
| GBR | Laura Robson | 42 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of April 1, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Marta Domachowska
* Karolína Plíšková
* Sandra Zaniewska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Alexandra Cadanțu
* Maria Elena Camerin
* Jill Craybas
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Shahar Pe'er

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Petra Cetkovská
* Polona Hercog
* Tamira Paszek
* Magdaléna Rybáriková (low back injury)

### Retirements

**During the tournament**

* Julia Görges (dizziness)
* Andrea Hlaváčková (dizziness)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | SVK | Janette Husárová | 60 | 1 |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | BIH | Mervana Jugić-Salkić | 136 | 2 |
| USA | Jill Craybas | LUX | Mandy Minella | 137 | 3 |
| CZE | Renata Voráčová | CZE | Klára Zakopalová | 150 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of April 1, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Magdalena Fręch / Katarzyna Pyka
* Paula Kania / Sandra Zaniewska

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Akgul Amanmuradova (right elbow injury)
* Magdalena Fręch (viral illness)

### Retirements

**During the tournament**

* Irina-Camelia Begu (right shoulder injury)

## Champions

### Singles

* Roberta Vinci def. Petra Kvitová, $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 6–1

### Doubles

* Lara Arruabarrena / Lourdes Domínguez Lino def. Raluca Olaru / Valeria Solovyeva, 6–4, 7–5
