2013 Proton Malaysian Open – Singles

Singles
Singles
2013 Proton Malaysian Open
Final
Champion	João Sousa
Runner-up	Julien Benneteau
Score	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

João Sousa won the title, defeating Julien Benneteau 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 in the final. He saved a championship point in the second set and became the first player from Portugal to win an ATP title.^[1]

Juan Mónaco was the defending champion, but withdrew before the event started.

Seeds

David Ferrer (quarterfinals)
Stanislas Wawrinka (semifinals)
Nicolás Almagro (second round)
Jürgen Melzer (semifinals)
Julien Benneteau (final)
Dmitry Tursunov (quarterfinals)
Vasek Pospisil (second round)
Nikolay Davydenko (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

SE	João Sousa	6	3	6

4	Jürgen Melzer	4	6	4
					SE	João Sousa	2	7	6

					5	Julien Benneteau	6	5	4
5	Julien Benneteau	6	6

2	Stanislas Wawrinka	4	3

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

					1	D Ferrer	6	6
Q	S Devvarman	3	3		Q	M Viola	2	3
Q	M Viola	6	6							1	D Ferrer	2	6⁶
WC	R Harrison	3	2							SE	J Sousa	6	7⁸
SE	J Sousa	6	6		SE	J Sousa	4	7	6
PR	P Cuevas	6	6		PR	P Cuevas	6	5	0
8	N Davydenko	3	4											SE	J Sousa	6	3	6
														4	J Melzer	4	6	4
					4	J Melzer	7	6
Q	M Zverev	7⁷	6		Q	M Zverev	5	4
	H Zeballos	6⁵	2							4	J Melzer	6	6
WC	H Chung	4	2								F Delbonis	3	2
	F Delbonis	6	6			F Delbonis	7⁷	7⁷
	V Hănescu	6	1	3	7	V Pospisil	6²	6¹
7	V Pospisil	1	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

5	J Benneteau	7⁸	6
SE	M Przysiężny	6⁶	4		5	J Benneteau	7¹⁰	6
	G Žemlja	6	5	0^r		P Andújar	6⁸	2
	P Andújar	3	7	0					5	J Benneteau	6	6
	D Brands	3	4							A Mannarino	3	3
	A Mannarino	6	6			A Mannarino	6	6
					3	N Almagro	4	3
														5	J Benneteau	6	6
6	D Tursunov	7	6											2	S Wawrinka	4	3
Q	R Ram	5	0		6	D Tursunov	6	6
	A Bogomolov Jr.	6⁵	0		WC	P Carreño-Busta	2	4
WC	P Carreño-Busta	7⁷	6						6	D Tursunov	6	3	6³
	M Baghdatis	7⁷	6						2	S Wawrinka	2	6	7⁷
	C Berlocq	6³	3			M Baghdatis	1	5
					2	S Wawrinka	6	7

Qualifying

Seeds

Michael Russell (qualifying competition, retired)
Somdev Devvarman (qualified)
Rajeev Ram (qualified)
Matteo Viola (qualified)
Mischa Zverev (qualified)
Tatsuma Ito (qualifying competition)
Rik de Voest (second round)
Zhang Ze (second round)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round				Second round					Qualifying competition

				1	Michael Russell	6	2	6
	Greg Jones	6	6		Greg Jones	3	6	4
	Kevin Kung	0	3						1	Michael Russell	3	0^r
	Toshihide Matsui	2^r							5	Mischa Zverev	6	3
	Treat Huey	4			Treat Huey	5	2
WC	Abdul Hazli Zainuddin	1	0	5	Mischa Zverev	7	6
5	Mischa Zverev	6	6

Second qualifier

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

					2	Somdev Devvarman	6	6
	Eric Butorac	6	2	6		Eric Butorac	1	3
WC	Mohd Assri Merzuki	4	6	2					2	Somdev Devvarman	7	7
	Jean-Julien Rojer	6	6							Jean-Julien Rojer	5	5
WC	Si Yew Ming	0	4			Jean-Julien Rojer	6	7⁷
	Bumpei Sato	2	2		8	Zhang Ze	4	6⁵
8	Zhang Ze	6	6

Third qualifier

First round				Second round					Qualifying competition

				3	Rajeev Ram	6	7⁷
	Nam Ji-sung	6	6		Nam Ji-sung	3	6⁵
	Santiago González	4	2						3	Rajeev Ram	7⁷	5	6
	Jose Statham	6	6						6	Tatsuma Ito	6²	7	3
	Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak	2	2		Jose Statham	6	4	3
WC	Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naguib	0	1	6	Tatsuma Ito	1	6	6
6	Tatsuma Ito	6	6

Fourth qualifier

First round				Second round					Qualifying competition

				4	Matteo Viola	6	6
WC	Ashaari Zainal	6	6	WC	Ashaari Zainal	0	1
	Enrico Becuzzi	0	2						4	Matteo Viola	6	7
	Yasutaka Uchiyama	6	7⁷							Yasutaka Uchiyama	1	5
	Nenad Zimonjić	1	6⁴		Yasutaka Uchiyama	6	3	6
	Christopher Rungkat	4	1	7	Rik de Voest	4	6	4
7	Rik de Voest	6	6

References

^ Tennis.com. "Sousa saves match point to beat Benneteau and win Kuala Lumpur". Tennis.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.

External links

[1] Tennis.com. "Sousa saves match point to beat Benneteau and win Kuala Lumpur". Tennis.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.

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2013 Proton Malaysian Open – Singles

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

References

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