2013 Brasil Open
# 2013 Brasil Open

The 2013 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place from February 11 through February 17, 2013, in São Paulo, Brazil.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Ranking^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 5 | 1 |
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 11 | 2 |
| ARG | Juan Mónaco | 15 | 3 |
| FRA | Jérémy Chardy | 26 | 4 |
| BRA | Thomaz Bellucci | 35 | 5 |
| ITA | Fabio Fognini | 42 | 6 |
| ESP | Pablo Andújar | 45 | 7 |
| ESP | Albert Ramos | 50 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of February 4, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Ricardo Mello
* Rafael Nadal
* Tommy Robredo

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Jorge Aguilar
* Paul Capdeville
* Guilherme Clezar
* João Souza

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

* Martín Alund

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Aljaž Bedene
* Leonardo Mayer (back injury)
* Stanislas Wawrinka

### Retirements

* Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (right ankle sprain)
* Horacio Zeballos (general fatigue)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITA | Daniele Bracciali | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 40 | 1 |
| AUT | Alexander Peya | BRA | Bruno Soares | 42 | 2 |
| CZE | František Čermák | SVK | Michal Mertiňák | 79 | 3 |
| CZE | Lukáš Dlouhý | BRA | André Sá | 118 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of February 4, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

* Guilherme Clezar / Gastão Elias
* Marcelo Demoliner / Pedro Zerbini

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Fabio Fognini (left leg injury)
* Rafael Nadal (knee overuse)

## Champions

### Singles

* Rafael Nadal def. David Nalbandian, 6–2, 6–3

### Doubles

* Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares def. František Čermák / Michal Mertiňák, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–2, [10–7]
