# 2013 Qatar Open

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2013 Qatar Open Date 31 December 2012 – 5 January 2013 Edition 21st Category ATP World Tour 250 series Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $1,024,000 Surface Hard / outdoor Location Doha, Qatar Champions Singles Richard Gasquet Doubles Christopher Kas / Philipp Kohlschreiber ← 2012 · ATP Qatar Open · 2014 →

The **2013 Qatar Open** (also known as **2013 Qatar ExxonMobil Open** for sponsorship reasons) was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [hard courts](/source/Hard_court). It was the 21st edition of the [Qatar Open](/source/ATP_Qatar_Open), and part of the [ATP World Tour 250 series](/source/ATP_World_Tour_250_series) of the [2013 ATP World Tour](/source/2013_ATP_World_Tour). It took place at the [Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex](/source/Khalifa_International_Tennis_and_Squash_Complex) in [Doha](/source/Doha), [Qatar](/source/Qatar), from 31 December 2012, through 5 January 2013. Second-seeded [Richard Gasquet](/source/Richard_Gasquet) on the singles title.

## Finals

### Singles

Main article: [2013 Qatar Open – Singles](/source/2013_Qatar_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles)

- [Richard Gasquet](/source/Richard_Gasquet) defeated [Nikolay Davydenko](/source/Nikolay_Davydenko), 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3

- It was Gasquet's 1st singles title of the year and the 8th of his [career](/source/Richard_Gasquet_career_statistics).

### Doubles

Main article: [2013 Qatar Open – Doubles](/source/2013_Qatar_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles)

- [Christopher Kas](/source/Christopher_Kas) / [Philipp Kohlschreiber](/source/Philipp_Kohlschreiber) defeated [Julian Knowle](/source/Julian_Knowle) / [Filip Polášek](/source/Filip_Pol%C3%A1%C5%A1ek), 7–5, 6–4

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed ESP David Ferrer 5 1 FRA Richard Gasquet 10 2 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 20 3 RUS Mikhail Youzhny 25 4 FRA Jérémy Chardy 32 5 SRB Viktor Troicki 38 6 ESP Feliciano López 40 7 ESP Pablo Andújar 42 8

- 1 Rankings as of December 24, 2012.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

- [Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa](/source/Jabor_Mohammed_Ali_Mutawa)

- [Mohamed Safwat](/source/Mohamed_Safwat)

- [Mousa Shanan Zayed](/source/Mousa_Shanan_Zayed)

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

- [Daniel Brands](/source/Daniel_Brands)

- [Dustin Brown](/source/Dustin_Brown_(tennis))

- [Jan Hernych](/source/Jan_Hernych)

- [Tobias Kamke](/source/Tobias_Kamke)

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

- [Xavier Malisse](/source/Xavier_Malisse)

- [Rafael Nadal](/source/Rafael_Nadal)[1]

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed SWE Robert Lindstedt SRB Nenad Zimonjić 28 1 AUT Julian Knowle SVK Filip Polášek 69 2 ITA Daniele Bracciali AUT Oliver Marach 72 3 CZE František Čermák SVK Michal Mertiňák 72 4

- 1 Rankings as of December 24, 2012.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

- Abdulrahman Harib / [Mousa Shanan Zayed](/source/Mousa_Shanan_Zayed)

- [Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa](/source/Jabor_Mohammed_Ali_Mutawa) / [Mohamed Safwat](/source/Mohamed_Safwat)

## References

**General**

- ["atpworldtour.com Doha tournament profile"](http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Doha.aspx). *atpworldtour.com*. Retrieved 2011-11-29.

**Specific**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Nadal withdraws from Australian Open"](http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-12-29/201212281356705033061.html). Retrieved 28 December 2012.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.qatartennis.org/)

- [ATP tournament profile](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/doha/451/overview)

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