2013 Lale Cup
# 2013 Lale Cup

The 2013 Lale Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It takes place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 22–28 April 2013.

## WTA entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| CRO | Donna Vekić | 83 | 1 |
| CZE | Kristýna Plíšková | 106 | 2 |
| GRE | Eleni Daniilidou | 123 | 3 |
| RUS | Marta Sirotkina | 129 | 4 |
| CAN | Stéphanie Dubois | 148 | 5 |
| RUS | Alexandra Panova | 150 | 6 |
| TUR | Çağla Büyükakçay | 167 | 7 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Bychkova | 181 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 15 April 2013

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Hülya Esen
* Sultan Gönen
* Gülben Güldaş
* Melis Sezer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
* Justyna Jegiołka
* Mayya Katsitadze
* Elizaveta Kulichkova

## Champions

### Singles

* Donna Vekić def. Elizaveta Kulichkova, 6–4, $7–6^{(7–4)}$

### Doubles

* Ekaterina Bychkova / Nadiya Kichenok def. Başak Eraydın / Aleksandrina Naydenova, 3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
