2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup

2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup 10–15 June 2013 1st WTA International 32S / 16D Clay / outdoor $235,000 Nuremberg, Germany Tennis-Club 1. FC Nürnberg ROU Simona Halep ROU Raluca Olaru / RUS Valeria Solovyeva The 2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the WTA International tier of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tennis-Club 1. FC Nürnberg in Nuremberg, Germany from 10 June until 15 June 2013. Seventh-seeded Simona Halep won the singles title.Halep downs Petkovic to win first WTA title https://www.si.com/tennis/2013/06/15/simona-halep-andrea-petkovic-wta-title SI.com 15 June 2013Petkovic, Halep advance to WTA Nuremberg final https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2013/06/14/Petkovic-Halep-advance-to-WTA-Nuremberg-final/31251371228876/ UPI 14 June 2013 Finals Singles 2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Singles ROU Simona Halep defeated GER Andrea Petkovic, 6–3, 6–3 It was Halep's 1st singles title of her career. Doubles 2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Doubles ROU Raluca Olaru / RUS Valeria Solovyeva defeated GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld / CZE Květa Peschke, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9] It was Olaru's only doubles title of the year and the 3rd of her career. It was Solovyeva's only doubles title of the year and the 2nd and last of her career. Singles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedSRBJelena Janković181CZEKlára Zakopalová242FRAAlizé Cornet273GERJulia Görges284CZELucie Šafářová295ESPLourdes Domínguez Lino456ROUSimona Halep577GERAnnika Beck628 1 Rankings as of 27 May 2013 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: SRB Jelena Janković GER Andrea Petkovic GER Dinah Pfizenmaier The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: CZE Tereza Martincová USA Grace Min RUS Alexandra Panova CZE Tereza Smitková The following player received entry as a lucky loser: UKR Yuliya Beygelzimer Withdrawals Before the tournament ROU Irina-Camelia Begu CZE Lucie Hradecká USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues ROU Monica Niculescu ITA Flavia Pennetta (leg injury) RSA Chanelle Scheepers KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova ESP Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP Carla Suárez Navarro Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedGERAnna-Lena GrönefeldCZEKvěta Peschke371GERJulia GörgesLUXMandy Minella822RUSAlexandra PanovaFRALaura Thorpe1663CZEEva BirnerováUKRIrina Buryachok1674 1 Rankings as of 27 May 2013 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: GER Kristina Barrois / GER Anna-Lena Friedsam GER Laura Siegemund / GER Nina Zander References External links http://www.nuernberger-versicherungscup.de/ Singles draw Doubles draw ITF tournament draws Category:2013 WTA Tour 2013 Category:2013 in German tennis Category:2013 in German women's sport Category:2013 in Bavaria Category:June 2013 sports events in Germany