2013 Soweto Open

The 2013 Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 29 April – 5 May 2013 for the men's event and 6–12 May 2013 for the women's event.

2013 Soweto Open
Date29 April – 5 May
6 – 12 May
Edition4th
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$100,000+H
$50,000+H
SurfaceHard
LocationJohannesburg, South Africa
Champions
Men's Singles
Vasek Pospisil
Women's Singles
Tímea Babos
Men's Doubles
Prakash Amritraj / Rajeev Ram
Women's Doubles
Magda Linette / Chanel Simmonds

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SVK Lukáš Lacko 79 1
 USA Rajeev Ram 115 2
 CAN Vasek Pospisil 130 3
 POL Michał Przysiężny 152 4
 GER Dustin Brown 180 5
 BRA Thiago Alves 186 6
 RSA Rik de Voest 204 7
 BRA Fabiano de Paula 261 8
  • 1 Rankings as of 22 April 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using protected rankings:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

  • Phenyo Matong

ATP Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RSA Rik de Voest  BRA Marcelo Demoliner 223 1
 IND Purav Raja  IND Divij Sharan 225 2
 CRO Mate Pavić  MNE Goran Tošić 258 3
 GER Dustin Brown  IRL James Cluskey 288 4
  • 1 Rankings as of 22 April 2013

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 HUN Tímea Babos 114 1
 ISR Julia Glushko 161 2
 SLO Tadeja Majerič 165 3
 UKR Nadiya Kichenok 172 4
 RSA Chanel Simmonds 181 5
 SRB Jovana Jakšić 253 6
 GBR Samantha Murray 254 7
 POL Magda Linette 263 8
  • 1 Rankings as of 29 April 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 POL Magda Linette  RSA Chanel Simmonds 415 1
 TUR Başak Eraydın  ISR Julia Glushko 432 2
 SRB Teodora Mirčić  TUR Pemra Özgen 487 3
 UKR Nadiya Kichenok  RUS Margarita Lazareva 505 4

Champions

Men's Singles
Main article: 2013 Soweto Open – Men's Singles

Women's Singles
Main article: 2013 Soweto Open – Women's Singles

Men's Doubles
Main article: 2013 Soweto Open – Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2013 Soweto Open – Women's Doubles
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