2013 Challenge Bell
# 2013 Challenge Bell

The 2013 Challenge Bell was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 21st edition of the Challenge Bell, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the PEPS de l'Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada, from September 9 through September 15, 2013.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 280 | 200 | 130 | 70 | 30 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 200 | 130 | 70 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $40,000 | $20,000 | $10,425 | $5,500 | $3,100 | $1,800 | $950 | $700 | $500 |
| Doubles | $11,500 | $6,000 | $3,200 | $1,700 | $900 | — | — | — | — |

^* Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money

^† Per team

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 14 | 1 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 36 | 2 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 41 | 3 |
| USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 53 | 4 |
| CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 59 | 5 |
| NZL | Marina Erakovic | 68 | 6 |
| USA | Lauren Davis | 70 | 7 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 75 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of August 26, 2013

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Stéphanie Dubois
* Lucie Šafářová
* Aleksandra Wozniak

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Julie Coin
* Sesil Karatantcheva
* Melanie Oudin
* Amra Sadiković

### Retirements

* Petra Martić (gastrointestinal illness)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands (right knee injury)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 19 | 1 |
| RUS | Alla Kudryavtseva | AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 93 | 2 |
| CRO | Darija Jurak | CRO | Petra Martić | 111 | 3 |
| COL | Catalina Castaño | CRO | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 132 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of August 26, 2013

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Françoise Abanda / Carol Zhao
* Sofia Arvidsson / Stéphanie Dubois

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Chieh-yu Hsu / Nicole Melichar

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Eugenie Bouchard (right thigh injury)

## Champions

### Singles

Lucie Šafářová def. Marina Erakovic, 6–4, 6–3

### Doubles

Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova def. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–3

