2013 Brasil Tennis Cup
# 2013 Brasil Tennis Cup

The 2013 Brasil Tennis Cup is a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the Brasil Tennis Cup since 2002, and is on the International category of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Florianópolis, Brazil, from February 24 through March 3, 2013.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| USA | Venus Williams | 21 | 1 |
| KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 32 | 2 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 34 | 3 |
| RSA | Chanelle Scheepers | 58 | 4 |
| SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 59 | 5 |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 61 | 6 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 63 | 7 |
| GER | Annika Beck | 65 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Maria Fernanda Alves
* Paula Cristina Gonçalves
* Beatriz Haddad Maia

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Kristina Barrois
* Beatriz García Vidagany
* Hsu Chieh-yu
* María Irigoyen
* Tereza Mrdeža
* Adriana Pérez

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Petra Cetkovská
* Camila Giorgi (shoulder injury)
* Laura Robson
* Stefanie Vögele
* Galina Voskoboeva

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 50 | 1 |
| CRO | Petra Martić | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 124 | 2 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | JPN | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 149 | 3 |
| RUS | Nina Bratchikova | GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | 162 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

* Carla Forte / Beatriz Haddad Maia

## Champions

### Singles

* Monica Niculescu def. Olga Puchkova, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

### Doubles

* Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova def. Anne Keothavong / Valeria Savinykh, 6–0, 6–4
