2013 Guangzhou International Women's Open

2013 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Date	September 16 – September 21
Edition	10th
Category	WTA International
Surface	Hard
Location	Guangzhou, China
Champions
Singles
Zhang Shuai
Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai

The 2013 Guangzhou International Women's Open (named as GRC Bank Guangzhou International Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 16 through September 21, 2013.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	22	1
FRA	Alizé Cornet	29	2
GBR	Laura Robson	35	3
CHN	Peng Shuai	37	4
POL	Urszula Radwańska	38	5
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	39	6
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	44	7
PUR	Mónica Puig	45	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 9, 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Shahar Pe'er
• Zhang Shuai
• Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Richèl Hogenkamp
• Jovana Jakšić
• Nadiya Kichenok
• Vania King
• Johanna Konta
• Luksika Kumkhum

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Karin Knapp
• Monica Niculescu

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CHN	Peng Shuai	TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	18	1
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	CHN	Zheng Saisai	79	2
USA	Vania King	KAZ	Galina Voskoboeva	94	3
HUN	Tímea Babos	BLR	Olga Govortsova	112	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 9, 2013

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Liu Chang / Tian Ran
• Tang Hao Chen / Yang Zhaoxuan

Champions

Singles

• Zhang Shuai def. Vania King, 7–6^(7–1), 6–1

This was Zhang Shuai's first WTA title.

Doubles

• Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai def. Vania King / Galina Voskoboeva, 6–3, 4–6, [12–10]

References

External links

• Official website