2013 Brisbane International
# 2013 Brisbane International

The 2013 Brisbane International was a joint 2013 ATP World Tour and 2013 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. It was the 5th edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 30 December 2012 to 6 January 2013. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 470 | 320 | 200 | 120 | 60 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 470 | 320 | 200 | 120 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | $78,800 | $41,540 | $22,500 | $12,810 | $7,550 | $4,470 | $720 | $345 | — |
| Men's doubles * | $23,950 | $12,590 | $6,820 | $3,900 | $2,290 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $162,987 | $87,021 | $46,487 | $24,944 | $13,393 | $7,299 | $3,812 | $2,027 | $1,134 |
| Women's doubles * | $51,022 | $27,212 | $14,881 | $7,582 | $4,110 | — | — | — | — |

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## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 3 | 1 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 13 | 2 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 16 | 3 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 18 | 4 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 19 | 5 |
| GER | Florian Mayer | 28 | 6 |
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 29 | 7 |
| SVK | Martin Kližan | 30 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of December 24, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Matthew Ebden
* Lleyton Hewitt
* Ben Mitchell

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Ryan Harrison
* Denis Kudla
* Jesse Levine
* John Millman

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

* Igor Kunitsyn

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Paul-Henri Mathieu (personal reasons)
* Radek Štěpánek (eye infection)

### Retirements

* Jarkko Nieminen (migraine)
* Kei Nishikori (left knee injury)

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | Eric Butorac | AUS | Paul Hanley | 77 | 1 |
| GBR | Colin Fleming | GBR | Jamie Murray | 102 | 2 |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 110 | 3 |
| RUS | Mikhail Elgin | UZB | Denis Istomin | 116 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of December 24, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Chris Guccione / Lleyton Hewitt
* Matthew Ebden / Marinko Matosevic

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* John Peers / John-Patrick Smith

### Withdrawals

* Radek Štěpánek (eye infection)

### Retirements

* Kei Nishikori (left knee injury)

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 1 |
| RUS | Maria Sharapova | 2 | 2 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 3 | 3 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 5 | 4 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 6 | 5 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 8 | 6 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 9 | 7 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 10 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of December 24, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Jarmila Gajdošová
* Olivia Rogowska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Bojana Bobusic
* Ksenia Pervak
* Olga Puchkova
* Monica Puig

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

* Lesia Tsurenko

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Maria Sharapova (right collarbone injury)

**During the tournament**

* Victoria Azarenka (toe injury)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 3 | 1 |
| USA | Liezel Huber | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 23 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 27 | 3 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | CZE | Květa Peschke | 35 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of December 24, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: −

* Jarmila Gajdošová / Olivia Rogowska

## Champions

### Men's singles

* Andy Murray def. Grigor Dimitrov $7–6^{(7–0)},$ 6–4
* It was Murray's 25th career title.

### Women's singles

* Serena Williams def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 6–1
* It was Serena's 47th career title, 4th Premier-level title, and 8th overall Premier title. She has now won her past 16 matches.

### Men's doubles

* Marcelo Melo / Tommy Robredo def. Eric Butorac / Paul Hanley, 4–6, 6–1, [10–5]

### Women's doubles

* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza def. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
