2013 Aegon Championships
# 2013 Aegon Championships

The 2013 Aegon Championships (also known traditionally as the Queen's Club Championships) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 111th edition of those championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, in the club's 127th year between 10 and 16 June.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 2 | 1 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 2 |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 7 | 3 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 8 | 4 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 11 | 5 |
| USA | Sam Querrey | 20 | 6 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 24 | 7 |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 25 | 8 |
| FRA | Benoît Paire | 26 | 9 |
| BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 28 | 10 |
| FRA | Julien Benneteau | 32 | 11 |
| CZE | Lukáš Rosol | 36 | 12 |
| FIN | Jarkko Nieminen | 38 | 13 |
| UZB | Denis Istomin | 42 | 14 |
| ESP | Pablo Andújar | 45 | 15 |
| SLO | Grega Žemlja | 50 | 16 |

* Rankings are as of May 27, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Edward Corrie
* Alexandr Dolgopolov
* Dan Evans
* Kyle Edmund
* James Ward

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Jamie Baker
* Ilija Bozoljac
* Samuel Groth
* Feliciano López

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Rohan Bopanna
* Frederik Nielsen

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Kevin Anderson (shoulder injury)
* Brian Baker
* Simone Bolelli
* Rogério Dutra da Silva
* Mardy Fish
* Robin Haase
* Lukáš Lacko
* Lu Yen-hsun
* Gilles Müller
* Dmitry Tursunov

**During the tournament**

* Michaël Llodra (harmstring injury)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 11 | 2 |
| IND | Mahesh Bhupathi | IND | Rohan Bopanna | 17 | 3 |
| AUT | Alexander Peya | BRA | Bruno Soares | 27 | 4 |
| GBR | Colin Fleming | GBR | Jonathan Marray | 46 | 5 |
| FRA | Julien Benneteau | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 51 | 6 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 52 | 7 |
| AUS | Paul Hanley | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 68 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of May 27, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Lleyton Hewitt / Bernard Tomic
* Jamie Murray / John Peers

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

* Thiemo de Bakker / Igor Sijsling
* Guillermo García-López / John-Patrick Smith
* Paul-Henri Mathieu / Marinko Matosevic

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Kevin Anderson (shoulder injury)
* Michaël Llodra (hamstring injury)
* Bernard Tomic (hamstring injury)

**During the tournament**

* Nicolas Mahut

## Finals

### Singles

* Andy Murray defeated Marin Čilić, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3

### Doubles

* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares, 4–6, 7–5, [10–3]

## Rally against cancer

Following the finals on the last day, Andy Murray took part in a charity event called "Rally against Cancer" alongside former British no. 1 Tim Henman, in which they faced off against Murray's coach, former world no. 1 and 8-time Grand Slam champion Ivan Lendl, and world number 6 Tomas Berdych. The event was organised in order to raise money for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, after British Davis Cup player Ross Hutchins was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma at the end of 2012. Following the one set affair, in which the Brits emerged victorious, Murray and Henman then teamed up with a number of British celebrities, including comedians Jimmy Carr, Michael McIntyre and Jonathan Ross, actor Eddie Redmayne, businessman Sir Richard Branson and mayor of London Boris Johnson. The initial target for the event was £100,000, however this was exceeded by over £50,000 during the event. Furthermore, Murray donated his entire prize money pot of around £73,000 towards the charity.

