2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter
Fremantle won the coin toss and chose to kick towards the City End of the MCG in the first quarter. However, it was Hawthorn who got off to a good start, with Jack Gunston kicking the first goal before Lance Franklin kicked the Hawks' second after Luke McPharlin gave away a 50-metre penalty for stepping over the mark. Hawthorn then had a few chances to extend their margin, however a rushed behind and missed opportunities by Shaun Burgoyne and Isaac Smith, had little influence on the scoreboard. Meanwhile, Fremantle were held goalless in the opening quarter with Hayden Ballantyne and Nick Suban missing relatively easy shots on goal whilst Nathan Fyfe missed two shots completely with both going out on the full. At quarter time, the Hawks had a 12-point lead.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
Hawthorn started off the quarter strongly, taking a stranglehold of the game against the Dockers. Jack Gunston kicked his second goal on the run from just inside 50 before Cyril Rioli through his manic forward pressure, got himself on the board after catching Lee Spurr for holding the ball, taking the Hawks to a massive 24-point lead. Finally at the 12-minute mark, Tendai Mzungu kicked the Dockers' first goal, before Ryan Crowley kicked yet another behind for Fremantle. This was quickly followed by Jack Gunston slotting his third goal after outpositioning Fremantle's Zac Dawson. The two teams then exchanged behinds with Rioli and Brad Sewell for Hawthorn and Matthew Pavlich and Nat Fyfe for Fremantle all registering minor scores as Hawthorn enjoyed a 23-point lead at half time. Fremantle's first half score of 1.6 (12) was the lowest in a grand final since 1960.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
After failing to capitalise on their chances in the first half, Fremantle began a comeback in the third quarter. Within a minute, Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich kicked his first goal, however this was later cancelled out by a goal to Jarryd Roughead. This was followed by 3 goals in succession to Femantle with goals to Pavlich, Michael Walters, a massive 55-metre set shot bomb from Chris Mayne and a behind from David Mundy to take the Dockers within 3 points of the Hawks.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
The Hawks tried to respond with a flurry of their own, however missed opportunities to Roughead and Cyril Rioli only made little difference to the margin. Roughead later managed to kick his second goal after he was pushed in the back, but Fremantle replied as behinds to Stephen Hill and Michael Barlow and Walters kicking his second goal once again allowed them to close within 3 points. Moments later, Hawthorn replied again as Jack Gunston kicked his fourth goal. Gunston then has another opportunity through a set shot but misses it to the right as the Hawks entered the three-quarter-time break ten points ahead.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Final quarter
As much as the majority of the 3rd quarter was dominated by Fremantle, the first half of the fourth quarter was dominated by the Hawks as they booted 3 unanswered goals to take themselves to a match winning 31-point lead. Jarryd Roughead missed a shot with his snap going wide before Isaac Smith slotted a massive goal from a set shot 55 metres out in similar fashion to Chris Mayne's goal in the third quarter.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Final quarter
Additional goals to Luke Breust and Bradley Hill and behinds from Roughead and Lance Franklin put the result beyond doubt, stretching their lead to 31 points. During Hawthorn's period of dominance, Brian Lake, a recently recruited defender from the Western Bulldogs, was instrumental in shutting down Fremantle's attacks, taking two critical contested marks from opposing kicks to help his team to victory. Fremantle tried to make a final comeback with two late goals to Danyle Pearce and Matthew Pavlich to give the Dockers some hope.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Final quarter
However, the Dockers' inability on the day to convert their opportunities was summed up as Hayden Ballantyne and Pavlich missed two crucial shots on goal, whereas another opportunity was rushed through for a behind. Fremantle then had one last opportunity to get themselves back into the game. With 90 seconds remaining, Ryan Crowley had a running shot on goal in an open paddock which would’ve bought the Dockers to within 2 kicks of the Hawks, however, he was run down and tackled by Ben Stratton, with the ensuing kick missing to the right. Hawthorn were then able to hold on to win the grand final by 15 points, avenging their grand final loss the previous year.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Overall report
Hawthorn led the match from start to finish, but were outplayed for significant periods. It is the only grand final which Champion Data have assessed as having been won by the poorer side on the day, as Fremantle were left to rue their opportunities they were unable to convert.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Overall report
2013 remains the only time the Fremantle Dockers have appeared in an AFL Grand Final since joining the league in 1995 (and hence the closest they have come to an AFL Premiership). Two years later in 2015, Fremantle won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the AFL ladder at the end of the home & away season, but they failed to convert that achievement into another grand final appearance, losing to Hawthorn in the Preliminary Final.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Norm Smith Medal
Brian Lake took ten marks of which seven were intercept marks to repel the Dockers attack. He took two crucial marks in the final quarter which sealed his Norm Smith Medal win. Lake finished with 12 votes, just edging out teammate Jack Gunston with 11 votes who was also crucial on the day with his straight kicking, booting 4 goals. David Mundy polled 4 votes, while Luke Hodge and Nat Fyfe polled 2 and 1 votes respectively. Lake subsequently accepted a four match suspension for deliberately elbowing opponent Michael Walters in the jaw during the third quarter, making him the first Norm Smith Medalist to have committed a reportable offence during a grand final.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Norm Smith Medal
Chaired by Brendan McCartney, the voters and their choices were as follows:


2013 AFL Grand Final, Teams
The umpiring panel for the grand final comprised nine match day umpires and three emergencies. Among the umpires were four grand final debutants: field umpire Mathew Nicholls, boundary umpires Michael Marantelli and Michael Saunders, and goal umpire Adam Wojcik.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Teams
Numbers in brackets represent the number of grand finals umpired; this number includes 2013 and does not include times selected as an emergency umpire.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Tribunal
The following Monday, the Match Review Panel adjudicated on two offences incurred by Hawthorn's Brian Lake and Cyril Rioli, both of which carried the double points loading of due to being incurred during a grand final. The third offence of misconduct against Fremantle's Nick Suban was referred directly to the Tribunal for assessment, which determined the incident was improper but not grievous. Suban pleaded guilty to the incident and apologized for what he felt to be an accident.


2013 AFL Mark of the Year
The Australian Football League celebrates the best mark of the season through the annual Mark of the Year competition. In 2013, this is officially known as the Lifebroker AFL Mark of the Year. Each round three marks are nominated and fans are able to vote online for their favourite here .


2013 AFL Rising Star
The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League. The winner for 2013 was Jaeger O'Meara.


2013 AFL Rising Star, Eligibility
Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played 10 or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award. At the end of the year, one of the 23 nominees is the winner of award.


2013 AFL Under 18 Championships
The 2013 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships was the 18th edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships. Eight teams competed in the championships: Vic Metro, Vic Country, South Australia and Western Australia in Division 1, and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT), Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania in Division 2. The competition was played over five rounds, in seven states and territories, across two divisions. In the first two rounds of the competition, the second-division teams crossed over and played the division one sides, while the final three rounds of matches were played between the teams in each the division.


2013 AFL Under 18 Championships
South Australia and Tasmania were the Division 1 and Division 2 champions, respectively. The Larke Medal (for the best player in Division 1) was awarded to Western Australia's Dom Sheed, and the Hunter Harrison Medal (for the best player in Division 2) was shared between three players—Queensland's Liam Dawson and Tasmania's Kade Kolodjashnij and Toby Nankervis.


2013 AFL Under 18 Championships, All-Australian team
The 2013 Under 18 All-Australian team was named on 9 July 2013:


2013 AFL draft
The 2013 AFL draft consisted of six opportunities for player acquisitions throughout the 2013–14 Australian Football League (AFL) off-season. This included the 2013 free agency period (4–18 October), 2013 trade period (7–25 October), three separate delisted player free agency periods (1–25 November), the 2013 national draft held at the Gold Coast Convention Centre (21 November), as well as the 2014 pre-season and rookie drafts (27 November).


2013 AFL draft, Player movements, Free agency
The following compensation draft picks were dispensed to four clubs by the AFL based on all restricted and unrestricted free agency transfers during the initial transfer window:


2013 AFL draft, Player movements, Trades
Note: The numbering of the draft picks in this trades table is based on the original order at the time of the trade. The number of the pick may have changed due to the allocation of Free Agency compensation picks or clubs not using later picks.


2013 AFL draft, 2013 national draft
Following the completion of the free agency and trade periods, as well as the distribution of compensation picks to qualifying clubs, the final selection order for the 2013 National Draft was confirmed by the AFL on 18 November 2013.


2013 AFL finals series
The 2013 Australian Football League finals series determined the winner of the 2013 AFL season. The series ran from the 6th to 28 September and culminated in the 117th AFL/VFL Grand Final, held between Fremantle and Hawthorn, which Hawthorn won.


2013 AFL finals series
The top eight teams from the home and away season qualified for the finals series. The top four teams (Hawthorn, Geelong, Fremantle and Sydney) all made the preliminary finals. Both Carlton and Port Adelaide made the semi-finals, while Collingwood and Richmond lost their respective elimination finals.


2013 AFL finals series
AFL final series have been played under the current format since 2000. The higher a team finishes on the ladder, the more advantages they get. First and second get a "double chance" and a home final. Third and fourth also get a "double chance" but have to play away. Fifth to eighth play elimination finals where the loser's season is over. Fifth and sixth play their elimination finals at home.


2013 AFL finals series
Essendon originally finished seventh but were disqualified due to an Australian Sports Anti- Doping Authority (ASADA) investigation into their possible use of un-approved supplements during the 2012 season. This promoted Carlton to eighth and Port Adelaide to seventh.


2013 AFL finals series
2013 saw the first time Kardinia Park had hosted a final and only the second time a final had been hosted in Geelong, the previous occurrence being in 1897 at Corio Oval.


2013 AFL finals series, The finals system
Since 2000, AFL finals series have been round under the current format. The top eight teams from the home and away season qualify for the four-round finals series. The higher a team finishes, the more advantages they receive. The advantages are: "Double chances", home games, longer recovery time between games and easier lower-ranked opposition.


2013 AFL finals series, The finals system, Qualifying finals
The top four teams in the eight receive what is popularly known as the "double chance" when they play in round-one qualifying finals. The team that finishes first on the ladder, play the fourth placed team at the first placed team's home ground. This is referred to as the first qualifying final but it is sometimes played after the second qualifying final which is between second and third on the ladder at the second placed team's home ground. Both qualifying finals are played before the elimination finals.


2013 AFL finals series, The finals system, Qualifying finals
Winners of qualifying finals go straight through to the preliminary finals and get a week off. The losers of the qualifying finals play the winners of the elimination finals the next round in semi-finals. All teams in the qualifying finals play their next game at home.


2013 AFL finals series, The finals system, Elimination finals
Teams fifth to eighth on the ladder play elimination finals in the first round. Fifth plays eighth in the first elimination final at the fifth placed team's home ground and sixth and seventh play in the second elimination final at the sixth placed team's home ground. The winners of elimination play in the semi-finals in round two. The winner of the first elimination final play the loser of the first qualifying final (first or fourth) and the winner of the second elimination final play the winner of the second qualifying final (second or third). Both elimination final winners are the away teams in the semi-final. The losers of both elimination finals are eliminated and that is the end of their season.


2013 AFL finals series, The finals system, Semi-finals
Semi-finals are the only finals played in the second round of the finals. The first semi-final is between the loser of the first qualifying final and the winner of the first qualifying final. The game is held at the loser of the first qualifying final's home ground. The second semi-final is between the loser of the second qualifying final and the winner of the second elimination final at the second qualifying final loser's home ground. The winners of the semi-finals play the winners of the qualifying finals. The winners of the first and second qualifying finals play the winners of the first and second preliminary finals respective. The winners of both Semi-finals play as the away team. The losers of semi-finals are eliminated.


2013 AFL finals series, The finals system, Preliminary finals
Preliminary finals are held to see which teams make the Grand Final. They are held between the winners of qualifying finals and semi-finals. The winners of the second semi-final and first preliminary final play each other as do the winners of the first semi-final and second preliminary final. The winners of the qualifying finals play at home.


2013 AFL finals series, The finals system, Grand Final
The Grand Final is typically played at 2:30 PM on the last Saturday of September at the MCG in Melbourne, Victoria. Normally there is pre-match entertainment where notable Australian performers perform for the crowd of up to 100,000. After the game the winning team is presented with the premiership cup and the winning players are presented with medallions. Winning the AFL Grand Final is the pinnacle of Australian rules football.


2013 AFL season
The 2013 Australian Football League season was the 117th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 24th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.


2013 AFL season
The season opened on 22 March, with Adelaide hosting Essendon, and concluded on 28 September with Hawthorn defeating Fremantle in the AFL Grand Final. It was Hawthorn's eleventh VFL/AFL premiership, and Fremantle's first grand final appearance.


2013 AFL season
The season was marred by a series of off-field controversies, with three clubs penalised in 2013 for separate infractions which had taken place over previous years: Essendon, following an investigation into irregularities in the club's supplements program; Adelaide, after illegal payments and draft tampering charges relating to Kurt Tippett's 2009 contract extension; and Melbourne, after an investigation into allegations that the club had intentionally lost matches towards the end of the 2009 season.


2013 AFL season, Pre-season, All Stars game
The biennial All Star game played in the Northern Territory, featuring an AFL team and the Indigenous All Stars team, made up of some of the best Indigenous players in the game, returned for the 2013 pre-season. Richmond were selected as the AFL team to partake in the game, which was played at Traeger Park in Alice Springs.


2013 AFL season, Pre-season, NAB Cup
The 2013 NAB Cup was won by the Brisbane Lions, their first ever win preseason competition win, when they defeated Carlton by 40 points.


2013 AFL season, Premiership season
The full fixture was released on Wednesday 31 October 2012.


2013 AFL season, Win/loss table
Bold – Home gameX – ByeOpponent for round listed above margin


2013 AFL season, Post-season, International Rules Series
The International Rules Series was played between Australia and Ireland for the first time since 2011. For the first time, the Australian team was represented by the Indigenous All Stars. As in previous years, two test matches were played, and the series was decided on aggregate. The series was held in Ireland, and was won by Ireland 2-0 and on an aggregate margin of 173-72 points.


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Adelaide Crows–Kurt Tippett contract scandal
During the trade period leading up to the 2013 season, Adelaide Crows forward Kurt Tippett sought to be traded. During trade negotiations, information was uncovered which brought into question the legality under AFL rules of Tippett's 2009 contract extension with Adelaide. The AFL investigated Tippett's contract during October and November, and charged Tippett and Adelaide with a total of eleven charges relating to draft tampering and breaching the total player payments, including:


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Adelaide Crows–Kurt Tippett contract scandal
Adelaide was considered likely to incur a loss of draft picks, among other penalties, if found guilty, but the AFL Commission was yet to complete its hearing into the matter when the National Draft was held on 22 November 2012, so the club was permitted to participate in the draft as normal. However, on the day before the draft, the club voluntarily relinquished its highest two remaining selections (No. 20 and 54) as a "gesture of goodwill" ahead of the hearing.


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Adelaide Crows–Kurt Tippett contract scandal
The final hearing took place on 30 November, and Adelaide and Tippett pleaded guilty to all charges. Adelaide was stripped of its first and second round draft picks, and banned from taking any father-son selections, in the 2013 National Draft, and received a $300,000 fine. Tippett was suspended for the 2013 NAB Cup and 11 premiership matches, with a further suspended sentence of 11 matches, and received a $50,000 fine.


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Adelaide Crows–Kurt Tippett contract scandal
Several senior Adelaide personnel were also punished by the league: chief executive Steven Trigg and former football manager John Reid were each fined $50,000 and banned from AFL functions for six months (with a further suspended sentence of six months), and current football manager Phil Harper was banned from AFL functions for two months with a four-month suspended sentence. In a separate hearing in January 2013, the AFL Players' Association revoked the accreditation of Tippett's manager, Peter Blucher, for at least one year.


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Melbourne Football Club tanking scandal
Throughout the 2012/13 offseason, the league investigated the Melbourne Football Club over allegations that it had tanked during the latter part of the 2009 season – that is, that it had intentionally lost matches near the end of the season so that it would finish with no more than four wins, and therefore receive a priority draft pick. The league released its findings in February 2013, and found the club not guilty of tanking.


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Melbourne Football Club tanking scandal
However, it did find two of Melbourne's then-senior staff members – senior coach Dean Bailey and general manager of football operations Chris Connolly – guilty of "acting in a manner prejudicial to the interests of the competition". This related most specifically to a meeting in July 2009, which became known colloquially as "the vault", in which Connolly allegedly openly discussed the potential benefits to the club of tanking. The guilty parties received the following penalties:


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Essendon Football Club supplements controversy
On 5 February the Essendon Football Club asked the Australian Sports Anti- Doping Authority (ASADA) to investigate the concerns over the clubs possible use of un-approved supplements during the 2012 season.


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Essendon Football Club supplements controversy
An internal independent review conducted by Dr. Ziggy Switkowski regarding the Essendon Football Club governance processes was released to the public on 6 May.


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Essendon Football Club supplements controversy
While ASADA investigated the legality of the supplements, the AFL separately investigated the administration of the club's supplements program, and charged the club and senior staff with bringing the game into disrepute. The charges focussed on the poor business practices within the program, including allowing "a culture of frequent, uninformed and unregulated use of the injection of supplements" at the club, incomplete record keeping which had made it impossible to determine with certainty whether or not players had been administered banned supplements, and for failing to guarantee the health and safety of its players in its program. On 27 August, five days before round 23 and after two days of discussions between the club and the league, the following penalties were imposed relating to these charges:


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Essendon Football Club supplements controversy
The scandal was investigated over the following years, and ended with 34 players who were on the 2012 Essendon list being suspended for the entire 2016 AFL season as part of a partially offset two-year suspensions for using thymosin beta-4 during the scandal.


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Adam Goodes–Eddie McGuire racism controversy
Late in the final quarter of the round 9 match between Collingwood and Sydney, Adam Goodes became the target of racial abuse in which a 13-year-old Collingwood supporter called him an "ape". Goodes pointed the supporter out to security following the incident, who subsequently evicted her from the ground; after the match, Collingwood president Eddie McGuire visited the Swans' rooms to apologise "on behalf of football", and stamped out that racism would not be tolerated by the Collingwood Football Club.


2013 AFL season, Notable events and controversies, Adam Goodes–Eddie McGuire racism controversy
Five days later, McGuire was involved in another controversy involving Goodes on his Triple M Melbourne breakfast show, when he joked that Goodes could be used to promote the King Kong musical that was to be held in Melbourne, quickly apologising on air after making the reference. McGuire initially defended his comments by saying that the remark was simply "a slip of the tongue", but admitted to vilifying Goodes in an interview later in the day, albeit unintentionally.


2013 AFL women's draft
The 2013 AFL women's draft was the inaugural national women's draft organised by the Australian Football League, held to select Melbourne and Western Bulldogs players for the Hampson-Hardeman Cup, an exhibition match. It was conducted on 15 May and consisted of 50 picks, with the odd-numbered picks selected by Melbourne, and the even-numbered picks selected by the Bulldogs. The order was decided by a coin toss on the night. Darebin Falcons player Daisy Pearce was selected by Melbourne with the first pick. Darebin provided the most players in the draft, with 10 selected.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships
The 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held at the Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 14 to 26 October 2013.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Bantamweight
The Bantamweight competition at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 17–26 October 2013. Boxers were limited to a maximum of 56 kilograms in body mass.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Flyweight
The Flyweight competition at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 14–26 October 2013. Boxers are limited to a maximum of 52 kilograms in body mass.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Heavyweight
The Heavyweight competition at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 14–26 October 2013. Boxers were limited to a weight of 91 kilograms.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Light flyweight
The Light flyweight competition at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 16–26 October 2013. Boxers were limited to a maximum of 49 kilograms in body mass.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Light heavyweight
The Light heavyweight competition at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 16–26 October 2013. Boxers were limited to a weight of 81 kilograms.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Light welterweight
The Light welterweight competition at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 15–26 October 2013. Boxers were limited to a weight of 64 kilograms.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Lightweight
The Lightweight competition at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 15–26 October 2013. Boxers were limited to a weight of 60 kilograms.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Middleweight
The Middleweight competition at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 17 to 26 October 2013. Boxers were limited to a weight of 75 kilograms.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Super heavyweight
The Super Heavyweight competition at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 19–26 October 2013. Boxers were not limited to a maximum weight.


2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Welterweight
The Welterweight competition at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 16–26 October 2013. Boxers were limited to a weight of 69 kilograms.


2013 AIHL season
The 2013 AIHL season was the 14th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 20 April 2013 until 1 September 2013, with the Goodall Cup finals following on the 7 and 8 September. The Sydney Ice Dogs won both the H Newman Ried Trophy for finishing first in the regular season, and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final.


2013 AIHL season, Teams
In 2013 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league.


2013 AIHL season, League business
In October 2012 it was announced that the 2013 season would be played with eight teams as the Gold Coast Blue Tongues' licence was suspended due to the team being unable to secure a home venue for 2013. The Blue Tongues were forced out of their arena during the 2012 season when the AIHL deemed it to not be up to specifications for the league forcing the team to temporarily relocate to Brisbane for the remainder of the season.


2013 AIHL season, League business
It was also announced that the suspension on the Sydney Ice Dogs had been lifted allowing the team to ice four imports again. The Ice Dogs were restricted to three for the 2012 season by the league due to breaches of the league's code of conduct. Following the Annual General Meeting (AGM) it was announced that the third period of play has been increased from 15 minutes to 20 minutes, while the first two remain 15 minutes in length.


2013 AIHL season, League business
The change was in response to fans calling for the league to align itself with international hockey which plays three 20 minute periods. The Melbourne Mustangs revealed their new logo and jerseys for the start of the season featuring a redesigned mustang horse, holding an ice hockey stick. The new jerseys include a white home jersey, a black away jersey and an orange third jersey which is being released as off-ice apparel only. The Sydney Ice Dogs also revealed their new jerseys with an aqua green away jersey and a white home jersey.


2013 AIHL season, League business
The change in colours was made as part of a deal with corporate naming sponsor Reach Crane Trucks and will be in place for three years, the duration of their deal with Reach Crane Trucks. Their previous colours of maroon, yellow, blue, black and white will remain as the team's corporate colours.


2013 AIHL season, League business
On 17 February the AIHL announced that it had entered into a partnership with Fox Sports in which a game of the week will be aired on the network as part of a 60-minute program which also includes league and state federation news and AIHL highlights. The Canberra Knights held an exhibition game on 23 March 2013 with the team competing against a team of former Knights' players for the Soldier On charity. The Knights won the game 6–5.


2013 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
Following the AGM the AIHL announced that Tyler Lovering had been re-elected to the commission as Assistant Commissioner until 2014. Ben Kiely and Alexandra Lata had both received a one-year extension to their terms on the commission, with Lata being appointed Deputy Commissioner. The AIHL have also elected Robert Bannerman and Joshua Chye to the commission to serve as Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner respectively. In December 2012 the Melbourne Mustangs announced that they had appointed Brad Vigon as head coach, replacing Steve Laforet who had been fired at the end of the 2012 season.


2013 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
Following the end of the 2012 season the Melbourne Ice announced that both president Andy Lamrock and head coach Paul Watson had stepped down from their positions. In November 2012 the Ice announced that former Ice Hockey Victoria president Emma Poynton as successor to Lamrock as the club's president. In February 2013 the Ice appointed assistant coach Sandy Gardner to the head coach position.


2013 AIHL season, Regular season
The regular season started on 20 April 2013 and ran through to 1 September 2013 before the top four teams compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.


2013 AIHL season, Regular season
The Sydney Ice Dogs won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points, 61. Newcastle North Stars' Jeff Martens won the Most Valuable Player award, after finishing as the league's top scorer with 67 points. Anthony Kimlin of the Sydney Ice Dogs was named the Australian Player of the Year and Best Goaltender, finishing with a save percentage 0.919. The Sydney Bears' Cameron Todd won the award for Best Rookie and John Gordon of the Melbourne Ice was named Best Defenceman.


2013 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2013 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the teams ice time.


2013 AIHL season, Goodall Cup playoffs
The 2013 playoffs started on 7 September 2013, with the Goodall Cup final held on 8 September. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series. All three games were held at the Medibank Icehouse in Docklands, Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The Sydney Ice Dogs won the Goodall Cup (2nd title) with a 6-2 victory over the Newcastle North Stars. Anthony Kimlin’s defensive efforts for the Ice Dogs earned him the award of Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the finals series.


2013 AIK Fotboll season
The 2013 season is AIK's 122nd in existence, their 85th season in Allsvenskan and their 8th consecutive season in the league. The team will be competing in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen.


2013 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, 2013 Squad
As of 5 August 2013Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, Players in/out, Out
For season transfers, see transfers winter 2012–13 and transfers summer 2013.


2013 AIK Fotboll season, Death of Ivan Turina
On 2 May 2013, AIK's Croatian goalkeeper Ivan Turina died while sleeping in his apartment. His wife did not realize that he was dead until she woke up. He left one-year-old twins and his pregnant wife.


2013 AIK Fotboll season, Death of Ivan Turina
All matches in Allsvenskan and Superettan will honour Turina with one minute of silence, and in most of the matches, the game will be stopped in the 27th minute for one minute's applause.


2013 AIK Fotboll season, Death of Ivan Turina
Turina's first professional club, Dinamo Zagreb, played a charity game against AIK at Friends Arena outside Stockholm. All money received during this game was given to Turina's family. The game was played in 2x27 minutes to honor Turina who wore number 27 while he played for AIK.


2013 AIM Malaysian-Indian Awards
The 2013 AIM Malaysian Indian were held on 12 October 2013 at the Setia City Convention Centre, Shah Alam, Selangor. Marking the debut and first instalment of the award show. The inaugural AIM Malaysian-Indian music awards show, sponsored by the Ministry of Information, Communications & Culture (MICC). The award is to recognise and honouring Malaysian based Indian artist talents.


2013 AIM Malaysian-Indian Awards
The awards nominations are open to albums, singles and music videos released in Malaysia during the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012 except for the category of Best New Artiste which is only for first album/single released during the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012. The award show were telecast on Astro Vaanavil.


2013 AMA National Speedway Championship
The 2013 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at Ventura (June 19), Victorville (September 22) and Auburn (September 27). Billy Janniro took the title, his fourth in total, winning two of the rounds in the process.


2013 AMA National Speedway Championship, Event format
Over the course of 20 heats, each rider raced against every other rider once. The top eight scorers then reached the semi-finals, with first and second in those semi-finals reaching the final. Points were scored for every ride taken, including the semi-finals and final.


2013 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship
The 2013 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship was the 38th running of the AMA Superbike Championship. The championship covered 8 rounds beginning at Daytona International Speedway on March 16 and concluding at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on September 29. The champion was Josh Herrin riding a Yamaha.


2013 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup
The 2013 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup was the 2nd edition of the AMF Futsal Women's World Cup. The tournament was held in Colombia from 7 to 16 November in Barrancabermeja. Sixteen national teams from all confederations participated in the tournament. Colombia won the tournament by defeating Venezuela 3–2 in the final, achieving its first title.


2013 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup, Group stage
The group winners and runners up advanced to the quarter-finals.


2013 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic
The 2013 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was held from September 19 to 22 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Ontario as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. Both the men's and women's events was held in a round robin format. The purse for the men's event was CAD$45,400, while the purse for the women's event was CAD$18,000.


2013 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic
In the men's final, Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario defeated Jeff Stoughton of Manitoba with a score of 7–5 after stealing a point in the last end of an otherwise tight game. In the women's final, Mirjam Ott of Switzerland defeated Ontario's Rachel Homan with a score of 8–5 in seven ends.


2013 ANO 2011 leadership election
A leadership election for ANO 2011 was held on 2 March 2013. Andrej Babiš was reelected as party's leader. Babiš was nominated by the most of regional organisations. He received 169 wotes of 172. He was the only candidate.


2013 ANZ Championship season
The 2013 ANZ Championship season  was the sixth season of the ANZ Championship. The 2013 season began on 24 March and concluded on 14 July. With a team  captained by Natalie von Bertouch and featuring Erin Bell, Carla Borrego, Renae Hallinan, Rebecca Bulley and Sharni Layton, Adelaide Thunderbirds won both the minor premiership and the overall championship. Having previously won the 2010 ANZ Championship, Thunderbirds became the first team to win a second championship. Thunderbirds secured the minor premiership with a 64–48 win over Northern Mystics in Round 13. They subsequently defeated Melbourne Vixens 49–39 in the major semi-final and	Queensland Firebirds 50–48 in the grand final to win the championship.


2013 ANZ Championship season, Salary cap
In October 2012, Netball New Zealand, the five New Zealand ANZ Championship franchises and the New Zealand Netball Players’ Association agreed  a new collective agreement to take effect for the 2013 ANZ Championship season. This saw introduction of a $380,000 salary cap. Teams were permitted to contract between 12 and 14 players in their squad.


2013 ANZ Championship season, Melbourne Vixens Summer Challenge
The main pre-season event was the Summer Challenge, hosted by Melbourne Vixens at the State Netball Hockey Centre on 23 and 24 February.


2013 ANZ Championship season, Media coverage
Netball Australia signed a new TV rights agreement with	Fox Sports and SBS. All 69 games, including the play offs were broadcast live by Fox Sports. SBS 2, replacing Network 10, broadcast a live Sunday match as well as providing coverage of the play offs on its free-to-air television network. Sky Sport continued to broadcast live games in New Zealand.


2013 AON Open Challenger
The 2013 AON Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Genoa, Italy between 2 and 8 September 2013.


2013 AON Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 AON Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2013 AON Open Challenger – Doubles
Daniele Bracciali and Oliver Marach won the title, beating Marin Draganja and Mate Pavić 6–3, 2–6, [11–9]


2013 AON Open Challenger – Singles
Albert Montañés is the defending champion but lost in the first round to Gianluca Naso. Dustin Brown defeated Filippo Volandri 7–6(7–5), 6–3


2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
The 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Tuesday 15 October 2013 at Vector Arena in Auckland, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. This is the first year the ceremony was held at Vector Arena, moving from its previous location of the Auckland Town Hall in order to accommodate more of APRA's 8000 New Zealand members.


2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
The Silver Scroll award was presented to Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little for "Royals" by Lorde, and singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The award for The Most Performed Work Overseas went to Brooke Fraser and Scott Ligertwood for “Something in the Water”, ending the 13-year run of Neil Finn's Crowded House song "Don't Dream It's Over". Brenda Makamoeafi and Hassanah Iroegbu of 1990s hip hop duo Sisters Underground reunited to perform their 1994 hit "In the Neighbourhood".


2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll award
The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The evening's music performances were produced by musician Godfrey De Grut. Each of the nominated songs were covered in a new style by another artist. The Silver Scroll award was presented by 1996 winner Bic Runga.


2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll award, Longlist
In July 2013, a top-20 longlist was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the year's shortlist. The voting period ran from 25 July to 18 August.


2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, New Zealand Music Hall of Fame
Musician, singer-songwriter and producer Dave Dobbyn was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. He is a three-time recipient of the Silver Scroll award. He was inducted by musician Warren Maxwell, along with performances of three Dobbyn songs: "Language" by Tami Nielson, "It Dawned On Me" by Mark Vanilau and Scribe, and "Be Mine Tonight" by Shihad.


2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Other awards
Four other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music),  SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition) and two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas.


2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Other awards
The APRA Maioha Award-winning song "Ruaimoko" was performed by Tama Waipara with the University of Auckland percussion ensemble, and the SOUNZ Contemporary Award-winning composition "Lightbox" was performed by the MPC Trio (Jeremy Toy, Lewis McCallum, and Johnnie Fleury).


2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, APRA song awards
Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented four genre awards in 2013. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards and the APRA Children's Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year were presented at StarFest.


2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, APRA Professional Development Awards
Awarded biennially, the Professional Developments Awards is a cash prize given three artists to help build their musical career. Grants are awarded in three categories: pop/contemporary, film and television, and classical. In 2013, $12,000 and professional services were awarded to each recipient.


2013 ARCA Racing Series
The 2013 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 61st season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 16 with the Lucas Oil 200 presented by MAVTV American Real and ended on October 4 with the Kansas ARCA 150. James Hylton retired from driving at the end of the season at the age of 79.


2013 ARCA Racing Series, Teams and drivers
THIS TABLE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION / A WORK IN PROGRESS


2013 ASB Classic
The 2013 ASB Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 31 December 2012 to 6 January 2013.


2013 ASB Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 ASB Classic – Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.


2013 ASB Classic – Doubles
Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova won the title, defeating Julia Görges and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 2–6, 6–2, [10–5].


2013 ASB Classic – Singles
Zheng Jie was the defending champion, but she lost in the first round to Jamie Hampton.


2013 ASB Classic – Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska won the title, defeating Yanina Wickmayer in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2013 ASP World Tour
The ASP World Tour is a professional competitive surfing league run by the Association of Surfing Professionals. Men and women compete in separate tours with events taking place from late February to mid-December, at various surfing locations around the world.


2013 ASP World Tour
Surfers receive points for their best events. The surfer with the most points at the end of the tour is announced the ASP World Tour Champion.


2013 ASP World Tour
For the 2013 season, the champions were Mick Fanning (men) and Carissa Moore (women).


2013 ASP World Tour, ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, Event Schedule
[ 1] Roxy Pro was originally scheduled for July 10-14 in Biarritz, but due to poor surf it was cancelled. The event was rescheduled for September in Hossegor in conjunction with the Men's event


2013 AT183
2013 AT183 is a large trans-Neptunian object from the outermost region of the Solar System, currently 62.87 AUs from the sun, with a 61.7 AU semimajor axis.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2013 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 149 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $35,000 up to $220,000.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2013 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals
The 2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the Sociedade Harmonia de Tênis in São Paulo, Brazil, between 13 and 17 November 2013. It will be the third edition of the event.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals
It is run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and is part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. The tournament serves as the season ending championships for players on the ATP Challenger Tour.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals
The venue went from Ginásio do Ibirapuera to Sociedade Harmonia de Tênis, because of the change of venue, the tournament will be played in outdoor clay courts for the first time. In the previous editions, it was played in indoor hard courts.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Format
The seven best players of the season and a wild card awardee qualify for the event and are split into two groups of four. During this stage, players compete in a round robin format (meaning players play against all the other players in their group).


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Format
The two players with the best results in each group progress to the semifinals where the winners of a group face the runners-up of the other group. The winners of the semifinals reach the tournament final.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Points and prize money
The total prize money for the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals was US$220,000.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualification
The top seven players with the most points accumulated in ATP Challenger tournaments during the year plus one wild card entrant from the host country qualified for the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals. Countable points include points earned in 2013 until 21 October, plus points earned at late-season 2012 Challenger tournaments. However, players were only eligible to qualify for the tournament if they played a minimum of eight ATP Challenger Tour tournaments during the season. Moreover, the accumulated year-to-date points were only countable to a maximum of ten best results.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
The tournament line-up was initially announced on 23 October 2013 at the tournament's website, based on the 2013 ATP Year-To-Date Challenger Rankings up to that date. On 28 October 2013, the ATP announced the same line-up at its website.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
Alejandro González, Jesse Huta Galung, Filippo Volandri, and Teymuraz Gabashvili qualified directly in the event. Dudi Sela, Jiri Vesely, Pablo Carreño Busta, and Mikhail Kukushkin chose not to compete that gave spots to Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Adrian Ungur, and Andrej Martin. Brazilian Guilherme Clezar was given the eight spot as a wildcard.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
Teymuraz GabashviliGabashvili  also a former fourth rounder of a slam, also at French Open, but this time in 2010, where he upset Andy Roddick in the third round as a qualifier. The Russian won two Challenger titles in the year both coming in Uzbekistan, at the Karshi Challenger and Samarkand Challenger defeating Radu Albot and Aleksandr Nedovyesov, respectively in straight sets. He also reached the final of the Morocco Tennis Tour – Kenitra retiring a game away from losing to Dominic Thiem. In his third Challenger final in Uzbekistan at the Tashkent Challenger, he lost this time to Israeli Dudi Sela. At the ATP World Tour, the Russian reached the quarterfinals of his home tournament of Kremlin Cup losing to world no. 10 Richard Gasquet


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
Filippo VolandriVolandri is the elder statesman in the draw, at age 32. A two-time champion on the ATP World Tour and has formerly reached the fourth round of the 2007 French Open defeating a then world no. 7 Ivan Ljubičić em route. In the ATP Challenger Tour, the Italian reached five finals all finished in straight sets. He won two titles both in his home country of Italy in the Aspria Tennis Cup defeating Andrej Martin and the Trofeo Stefano Bellaveglia defeating Pere Riba.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
The other three finals, he was a runner-up to Aljaž Bedene at the Roma Open, to Marco Cecchinato at the San Marino CEPU Open and to Dustin Brown at the AON Open Challenger. The 32 year-old also reached the quarterfinals of the Brasil Open in ATP World Tour losing to Martín Alund.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
Aleksandr NedovyesovThe 2009 National Player of the Year at Oklahoma State University, has a huge climb in the ranking starting outside the top 200 to entering the top 100. He reached his first Challenger singles final at the Samarkand Challenger losing to Teymuraz Gabashvili. However, he won his next three Challenger finals at the Prague Open over Spaniard Javier Martí, at the Pekao Szczecin Open over another Spaniard Pere Riba, and at the Kazan Kremlin Cup over Andrey Golubev all in straight sets.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
Jesse Huta GalungAt the age of 28, the Dutchman has discovered the best form of his career in 2013, after being below 300 at a point to breaking into the top 100 for the first time in his career in August. Huta Galung had a 4-1 record in the finals of the ATP Challenger Tour.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
Three of his titles came against French players, against Vincent Millot at the Challenger La Manche in straight sets, at the Open Harmonie mutuelle against Kenny de Schepper in a tight three setter winning it in a tie-break, and at the Tampere Open against Maxime Teixeira in straight sets. He won another title, in his home country in Netherlands at the Sport 1 Open against compatriot Robin Haase in three sets. He also reached another final at the Maserati Challenger losing to Czech Jan Hájek.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
He also earned a top 30 win in a dead rubber at the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs against Austria defeating Jürgen Melzer in three sets. He also reached the doubles final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in the ATP World Tour, pairing with Thiemo de Bakker but lost to Robert Lindstedt and Nenad Zimonjić but lost in a Match Tie Break.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
Alejandro GonzálezThe 24-year-old Colombian is enjoying a career year on the ATP Challenger Tour, qualifying for the year-end championships after reaching five finals and ascending to a career-high Emirates ATP Ranking of 106 in late September. In the five finals he reached, he won three, his first coming in the Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso defeating Renzo Olivo in a third set tie-break. He followed it up with wins against another two Argentinian in Guido Andreozzi and Eduardo Schwank in straight sets at the Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín and São Paulo Challenger de Tênis respectively. He then lost the other two finals at the Visit Panama Cup barely losing to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in a third set tie-break and at the Aberto Rio Preto to João Souza.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
Adrian UngurThe defending ATP Challenger Tour Finals runner-up is back in São Paulo. The only former contestant in the field, the Romanian fell in a third-set tie-break to Guido Pella in last year's title bout. Ungur claimed two titles in the Challenger Circuit at the Tunis Open defeating Diego Sebastián Schwartzman in three sets dropping only 2 games in the final 2 sets at his home crowd at the BRD Arad Challenger over compatriot Marius Copil in two tight sets. He then fell into the final of the Arimex Challenger Trophy losing to Julian Reister.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
Andrej MartinThree years removed from his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title, Martin clinched his second in late April, defeating Adrian Mannarino at the Copa Internacional de Tenis Total Digest in three sets. He also lifted another trophy at the Banca dell’Adriatico Tennis Cup defeating João Sousa. He also reached two other finals, losing to Mannarino at the Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie and to Filippo Volandri at the Aspria Tennis Cup.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
Guilherme ClezarThe youngest player in the field, Clezar was awarded the tournament's wild card. The 20-year-old Brazilian is also the lowest ranked, at World No. 177. He won his second title at the Challenger level Tetra Pak Tennis Cup defeating Facundo Bagnis in the final, and did not drop a set all tournament.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Player head-to-heads
These were the head-to-head records between the qualified players, immediately before the tournament. Head to head includes challengers.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals – Singles
Guido Pella was the champion in 2013, but did not qualify for the event in 2013, since he played mostly ATP World Tour tournaments in that season. Filippo Volandri has won the tournament by defeating Alejandro González 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the final. For the third consecutive year since the tournament's inception, the finalists played a rematch of their previous round-robin stage encounter, in which the champion was defeated by the runner-up.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals – Singles, Draw, Green Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2013 ATP Challenger Tour Finals – Singles, Draw, Yellow Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2013 ATP China International Tennis Challenge – Anning
The 2013 ATP China International Tennis Challenge – Anning was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Anning, China between 29 April and 5 May 2013.


2013 ATP China International Tennis Challenge – Anning, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 ATP China International Tennis Challenge – Anning, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 ATP China International Tennis Challenge – Anning – Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions, but they lost to Victor Baluda and Dino Marcan in the first round. Baluda and Marcan defeated Samuel Groth and John-Patrick Smith 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–7] in the final to win the title.


2013 ATP China International Tennis Challenge – Anning – Singles
Grega Žemlja was the defending champion but chose not to compete. Márton Fucsovics won the title by defeating James Ward 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 in the final.


2013 ATP Roller Open
The 2013 ATP Roller Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Pétange, Luxembourg between 9 and 15 September 2013.


2013 ATP Roller Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 ATP Roller Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players got into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2013 ATP Roller Open – Doubles
Christopher Kas and Dick Norman were the defending champion, but Norman chose to compete. Kas chose to compete with Paul Hanley, but they lost in the first round to Niels Desein and Tim Pütz.


2013 ATP Roller Open – Doubles
Ken and Neal Skupski won the title, defeating Benjamin Becker and Tobias Kamke in the final, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7].


2013 ATP Roller Open – Singles
Tobias Kamke was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 7–5.


2013 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag
The 2013 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 24th edition of the ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Center in Umag, Croatia, from 18 July until 28 July 2013. Fifth-seeded Tommy Robredo won the singles title.


2013 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag – Doubles
David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco were the defending champions, but Verdasco decided not to participate. Marrero successfully defended the title alongside Martin Kližan, defeating Nicholas Monroe and Simon Stadler in the final, 6–1, 5–7, [10–7].


2013 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag – Singles
Marin Čilić was the defending champion, but withdrew with a knee injury before the tournament began. Tommy Robredo won the title, defeating Fabio Fognini in the final, 6–0, 6–3.


2013 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2013 ATP World Tour
The 2013 ATP World Tour was the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2013 tennis season. The 2013 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF) and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2013 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.


2013 ATP World Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2013 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2013 ATP World Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2013 ATP World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, and the ATP World Tour 250 series. The players/nations are sorted by:


2013 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2013 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2013 ATP World Tour, ATP rankings
These are the ATP rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the ATP Tour, at the current date of the 2013 season. Players on a gold background have qualified for the Year-End Championships.


2013 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
1 Wild cards who lose at their first round matches at Grand Slam and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events are not awarded ranking points.


2013 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
2 Only applicable to the Wimbledon Championships, which is the only tournament in the entire ATP World Tour to feature a qualifying stage for doubles.


2013 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
3 Any player who reaches the second round of a tournament by drawing a bye and then loses is given first round loser's points.


2013 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
The Davis Cup World Group and World Group Play-Off matches awarded ATP Ranking points from 2009 to 2015.


2013 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
Only live matches earn points; dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in the singles of one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing singles at the next tie. This last rule also applies for playing in doubles matches.


2013 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
1 A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.


2013 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.


2013 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
3 Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.


2013 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.


2013 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
5 Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.


2013 ATP World Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2013 season:


2013 ATP World Tour, Comebacks
Following are notable players who will comeback after retirements during the 2013 ATP Tour season:


2013 ATP World Tour Finals
The 2013 ATP World Tour Finals, also known as the 2013 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons, was a men's tennis tournament that was played on indoor hard courts at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, between 4 and 11 November 2013. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players and doubles teams of the 2013 ATP World Tour.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Tournament
The 2013 ATP World Tour Finals took place from 4 to 11 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Tournament
It was the 44th edition of the tournament (39th in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2013 ATP World Tour. The event took place on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four. During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage. The doubles competition used the same format.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Tournament, Format
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds were determined by the ATP Rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches were the best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Tournament, Draw
The top seeded players/teams were placed in Group A and the second seeded player/team were placed in Group B. Players/teams seeded 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, were then drawn in pairs with the first drawn placed in Group A. Each player/team played the three other players/teams in his group. The winner of each group (best overall record) was placed in separate semi-final brackets, with the top player/team in Group A playing the runner-up in Group B, and vice versa. Ties were broken by the Tie-Break Procedure.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
The top eight players (or teams) with the most countable points accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, and Davis Cup tournaments during the year qualify for the 2013 ATP World Tour Finals. Countable points include points earned in 2013, plus points earned at the 2012 Davis Cup final and the late-season 2012 Challengers played after the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals. To qualify, a player who finished in the 2012 year-end top 30 must compete in four Grand Slam tournaments and eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments during 2013.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
They can count their best six results from ATP World Tour 500, ATP World Tour 250 and other events (Challengers, Futures, Davis Cup, Olympics) toward their ranking. To count their best six, players must have fulfilled their commitment to 500 events – 4 total per year (at least 1 after the US Open). Additionally, commitment players will no longer need to enter the 500 events 12 weeks in advance but instead go back the normal 6-week entry deadline.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
If eligible to play in one of the Grand Slam or ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, a player must count the points from these tournaments, even if it is 'a zero pointer' because he missed the event. Just as in Formula One and numerous other sports, if a competitor misses a race or an event, he loses his chance to earn points.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
Players with direct acceptance who do not play an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament will be suspended from a subsequent ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, which will be the next highest points earned ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event within the next 12 months. If an injured player is on site within the first three days of a tournament to conduct promotional activities over a two-day period, a suspension will not be enforced but a 0-pointer will be counted on a player's ranking.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
If a player does not play enough ATP 500 events and does not have an ATP 250 or Challenger appearance with a better result, the Davis Cup is counted in the 500s table (if the player entered or achieved better results). If a player does not play enough ATP 250 or Challenger events, the World Team Championship is counted in the 250s table (if the player entered or achieved better results). If a player could not be present in all required tournament classes (i.e. because of an injury), all uncounted ATP 250 or Challenger results are eligible to be included in his 18 valid tournaments. In teams rankings, Challenger points are excluded.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
A player who is out of competition for 30 or more days, due to a verified injury, is not penalized. The 2013 ATP World Tour Finals counts as an additional 19th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end, while the Davis Cup Final points count towards the next year's race.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 10 June, following his record-breaking eighth title at the French Open, Rafael Nadal became the first to qualify.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Rafael Nadal had one of his strongest starts to an ATP World Tour season, reaching nine finals in as many tournaments after having been sidelined for seven months with a knee injury that forced him to miss the majority of the 2012 season. He began his year at the VTR Open after missing the Australian Open due to illness. He reached the final before being defeated by Horacio Zeballos.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
This was followed up by winning three consecutive tournaments, at the Brazil Open defeating David Nalbandian., the Abierto Mexicano Telcel defeating world No. 4 David Ferrer, losing just two games in the match, and at BNP Paribas Open defeating Juan Martín del Potro. At Monte-Carlo Masters, Nadal made it to his ninth consecutive final at the event, and fifth of the year, where he met world no. 1 Novak Djokovic, Nadal lost in straight sets, recording his first defeat at the event since 2004.


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Nadal then went on to defend his titles at the Barcelona Open defeating Nicolas Almagro, Internazionali BNL d'Italia defeating Roger Federer, and the French Open defeating David Ferrer for Nadal's record 8th Roland Garros title, as well as winning the title at the Mutua Madrid Open defeating Stanislas Wawrinka. However at Wimbledon, Nadal suffered his earliest ever defeat at a Grand Slam tournament, losing to Belgian Steve Darcis in the first round. He then returned to form, winning for the third time at the Rogers Cup defeating Canadian Milos Raonic.


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He then became only the fourth player to win Canada & Cincinnati in the same year, beating American John Isner in the final of Western & Southern Open. Nadal then defeated Djokovic in the final of the US Open for his second title at the event. Nadal lost his first hardcourt match of the season at the final of the China Open to Djokovic, but still claimed the number 1 ranking from Djokovic. This is the ninth time Nadal has qualified for the ATP finals.


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On 19 August, defending champion Novak Djokovic was announced as the second to qualify.


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Novak Djokovic began the year by reaching the final of the Hopman Cup with Ana Ivanovic but lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Fernando Verdasco. He then won his third consecutive title at the Australian Open defeating Andy Murray in four sets, becoming the first man in the open era to win three consecutive times in Melbourne. Djokovic won his fourth title at the Dubai Tennis Championships defeating Tomáš Berdych in straight sets.


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Djokovic won his first ATP Masters 1000 event of the year, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters, ending the Spaniards 8-year unbeaten run at the event, and becoming the first man in history to win 8 of the 9 Masters series events. At the French Open, Djokovic made it to the semifinals for the 3rd straight year, however lost to Nadal in a 5 set epic 9–7 in the fifth.


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At Wimbledon, Djokovic made it to his second final at the event, but lost to Andy Murray in straight sets, the first time since 2010 that he had failed to win a set in a Grand Slam match. Djokovic then reached his fourth straight US Open final but for the third time he ended up losing, this time to Nadal in four sets. Djokovic then remained undefeated at the China Open defeating Nadal in straight sets, claiming his fourth title in five years and his first title in over 6 months.


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Djokovic then defended his Shanghai Rolex Masters title by defeating del Potro in a third set tiebreak, thus having a 20 match winning streak in China. He won his third consecutive title at the BNP Paribas Masters defeating world no. 3 David Ferrer in the final, his sixth title of the year and extends his winning streak to 17. Djokovic represented the Serbia Davis Cup team in 2013 and was instrumental in their push to the final against Czech Republic. This is Djokovic's seventh straight appearance at the year-end finals.


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On 10 September, following the conclusion of the US Open, Andy Murray became the third player to qualify.


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Andy Murray started his year strongly, defending his title at the Brisbane International defeating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, and reaching the final of the Australian Open, losing to defending champion Novak Djokovic in 4 sets. He won his second title of the year at the Sony Open Tennis, defeating David Ferrer in the final, saving match point in the process. He then pulled out of the French Open after a difficult clay court season, citing a back injury. This was the first time he'd missed a Grand Slam event since 2007, when he had to miss both Roland Garros and Wimbledon.


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Following his return from injury, Murray came back strong, and had his best ever grass court season, winning the AEGON Championships defeating defending champion Marin Čilić, and then going on to end a 77-year wait for a British male singles champion at Wimbledon, defeating Djokovic in straight sets to clinch his second major trophy, and maintain his 18-match winning streak on grass. The recurrence of his back injury meant that Murray struggled during the North American hard court season, exiting the Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Open in the third round and quarterfinals respectively.


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Murray entered the US Open as defending champion, however fell at the quarterfinal stage to Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets, after having struggled against his previous three opponents. This is Murray's sixth consecutive time to qualify for the season finale, however following surgery on a long-standing back problem, Murray withdrew in order to recover.


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On 7 October, after the conclusion of the China Open, David Ferrer was announced as the fourth qualifier.


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David Ferrer had a breakthrough in 2013 reaching his first slam final and reaching a career high ranking of number 3. He began his year by winning the Heineken Open for the fourth time and third consecutive year defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets. At the Australian Open, he reached the semifinals but lost to world no. 1 Novak Djokovic in three easy sets. Ferrer then won his second title of the year at the Copa Claro defeating Stanislas Wawrinka in three sets.


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At the Abierto Mexicano Telcel as the defending champion, he fell in the final to Rafael Nadal winning just two games. He then reached the final of the Sony Open Tennis but fell to Andy Murray in a third set tie-break despite having a match point. Ferrer reached his fifth final of the year at the Portugal Open facing Wawrinka, but this time falling in straight sets to the Swiss. At the French Open, Ferrer reached his first slam final facing compatriot Nadal, in the first all-Spanish slam final since 2002, but lost in three straight sets.


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At Wimbledon, he fell to Argentinian Juan Martín del Potro in three sets. At the US Open, he lost for the first time to Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals in five sets despite taking the 3rd and 4th sets, in his first loss since 2008 to the Frenchman. He then reached another final, at the If Stockholm Open facing Grigor Dimitrov but lost in three sets, to hand the Bulgarian his first title.


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Ferrer then followed it up with another final appearance at the Valencia Open 500, where he is the defending champion, however he fell to Russian Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets. He reached his third final in as many weeks at the BNP Paribas Masters, where he is the defending champion after defeating world no. 1 Rafael Nadal, ending his 9 match losing streak to the Spaniard. However, he lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets, despite serving for each set in the tenth game. This is Ferrer's 7th consecutive loss in a final. This is fifth time Ferrer has qualified for the Tour Finals.


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On 12 October, Juan Martín del Potro qualified as a result of reaching the final of the Shanghai Masters.


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Juan Martín del Potro had a shaky start to the season, losing in the third round of the Australian Open in five sets to Jérémy Chardy. However he rebounded from this loss to win the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, defeating Frenchman Julien Benneteau in the final in straight sets. He then made it to his second Masters 1000 final at the BNP Paribas Open defeating Andy Murray and Djokovic, ultimately losing to Spaniard Rafael Nadal in three sets.


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A virus hampered the majority of his clay court season, leading to him pulling out of both the Madrid Masters and the French Open. He rebounded well, having his best run at Wimbledon Championships defeating David Ferrer en route to the semifinals, but lost Djokovic in five sets in what was the longest ever semifinal at Wimbledon, surpassing the record set by Boris Becker and Ivan Lendl in 1989. In the American hard court swing, del Potro began strongly by winning the Citi Open, defeating American John Isner in the final from a set down.


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At the US Open, del Potro lost in the second round to former no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt. He won his third title of the year in Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, defeating Canadian Milos Raonic in the final. At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he reached the final but lost again to Djokovic in a third set tie-break. In a repeat of previous year's final at the Swiss Indoors, del Potro faced Roger Federer in the final, and replicated the result winning in three sets. This is the fourth time del Potro has qualified for the year-end finals.


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On 23 October, Top ranked Czech Tomáš Berdych was announced as the fifth qualifier.


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Tomáš Berdych broke into the top 5 for the first time in his career. Berdych failed to win a title in the year, but reached three finals. He made back-to-back finals at the Open 13 and at the Dubai Tennis Championships losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets despite having match point and to Novak Djokovic in straight sets, respectively. He reached his third final at the PTT Thailand Open falling to Canadian Milos Raonic in two tight sets.


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At the slams, his best performance are at the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships losing to Djokovic in both occasions, in four and three sets respectively. At the US Open, he reached the fourth round losing to Stanislas Wawrinka in four sets. At the French Open, he was upset in the first round by Frenchman Gaël Monfils 5-7 in the fifth set. He also helped the Czech Davis Cup team to go through to the final, to have a shot at their second consecutive title. This is the fourth consecutive year Berdych has qualified for the year-end finals.


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On 30 October, following his second round victory in Paris, Roger Federer became the sixth player to qualify.


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Roger Federer began the year as the world number 2, and began his year strongly, making it to the semifinals at the Australian Open before losing to Andy Murray in a 5-set thriller, despite coming back twice from a set down. However, he didn't reach his first final of the season until the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, losing to Rafael Nadal in straight sets. At the French Open, Federer reached the quarterfinals but was upset by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.


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During the grass court season, Federer won his only title of the season, defeating Mikhail Youzhny in the final of the Gerry Weber Open in three sets. However at Wimbledon, where Federer was defending champion, the Swiss suffered his worst Grand Slam defeat in over a decade, falling to world number 116 Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round, bringing an end to his record streak of 36 consecutive quarterfinal appearances in slams. As a result of this loss, Federer fell outside of the top 4 for the first time since 2003.


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At the US Open, Federer reached the fourth round before losing to Tommy Robredo in straight sets, this is Federer's first loss to Robredo after 10 consecutive wins and the first year since 2002 that Federer did not reach a slam final. Federer reached his third final of the season at the Swiss Indoors, in a repeat of the previous years final against Juan Martín del Potro. Despite coming back form a set down, Federer ultimately fell to del Potro in the final set. This is the 12th straight year Federer has qualified for the year-end finals, tying with Ivan Lendl for the most consecutive appearances, and second most appearances in total at the event.


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On 31 October, following the defeats of Milos Raonic to Tomáš Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka and Richard Gasquet took the final two spots.


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Stanislas Wawrinka is having his best year on the ATP Tour to date, reaching a career high ranking of number 8 in the world. He began the year with a fourth round showing at the Australian Open, losing in a 5 set thriller against Novak Djokovic losing 12-10 in the fifth, in a match that lasted over five hours.


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He also reached his first slam semifinal at the US Open defeating defending champion Andy Murray in the quarterfinals in straight sets, before losing to world no. 1 Djokovic in a tightly contested 5 setter despite having a two sets to one lead. He also reached the quarterfinals of the French Open losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal, winning only 6 games. The Swiss won his lone title of the year at the Portugal Open, defeating Spaniard David Ferrer in the final.


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Wawrinka reached his first Masters 1000 final since 2008 at the clay courts of Mutua Madrid Open losing to Nadal. He also reached the finals of the Copa Claro and the Topshelf Open losing to Ferrer in three sets and Nicolas Mahut in straight sets, respectively. At Wimbledon, the Swiss drew former world no. 8 Jürgen Melzer in the first round and lost 8-6 in the final set. This is Wawrinka's first ever appearance at the season finale.


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Richard Gasquet is having a resurgence in 2013. He began the year by winning the Qatar Open defeating Russian Nikolay Davydenko from a set down. At the Australian Open but lost to compatriot Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets. However, he followed it up with another title at Open Sud de France over another Frenchman in Benoît Paire in straight sets. At the French Open, he reached another fourth round falling to Stanislas Wawrinka in a tough 5 setter, with the Swiss taking the fifth set 8-6, despite Gasquet taking the first two sets.


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His 6 consecutive fourth round appearance at a slam ended at Wimbledon, when he fell into the third round to Australian Bernard Tomic in four tight sets. At the US Open, the Frenchman reached his first slam semifinal since 2007 Wimbledon, when he defeated David Ferrer in five sets, in his first win over the Spaniard in five years.


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However, he lost in the final four to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets He won his third title of the year at the Kremlin Cup defeating Mikhail Kukushkin, this the most he has won since winning three as well in 2006. This is the Frenchman's second appearance at the Tour Finals, his first since 2007.


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The first of the alternate spots went to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Tsonga reached two finals in the year both in France at the Open 13 where he defeated Tomáš Berdych in three sets and at the Moselle Open where he lost to compatriot Gilles Simon in straight sets. Tsonga reached his first French Open semifinal defeating Roger Federer in straight sets, before losing to David Ferrer in straight sets. The second alternate spot was occupied by Canadian Milos Raonic, who broke through the top 10 for the first time.


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The Canadian won two titles in the year at the SAP Open defeating Tommy Haas for his third consecutive title at the event and at the PTT Thailand Open defeating Berdych, both wins were in straight sets. He reached his first Masters 100 final at the Rogers Cup losing to Rafael Nadal, winning just two games each set. He reached his fourth final at Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, but lost to Juan Martín del Potro in two tight sets.


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The first team that qualified was the team of Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan on 10 June.


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Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan began the year winning back-to-back titles in the Apia International Sydney over Mirnyi/Tecău and the Australian Open over Dutch pairing of Haase/Sijsling, making a record of most slams by a doubles team. They then won consecutive titles at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships defeating compatriot Blake/Sock and BNP Paribas Open defeating Huey/Janowicz in a match tie-break. They then reached the final of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships and the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, losing to Murray/Peers and Benneteau/Zimonjić, respectively in three sets.


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They then went on to a 25 match winning streak, capturing five titles in the process. They won title at the Mutua Madrid Open beating Peya/Soares, Internazionali BNL d'Italia beating Indian pairing of Bhupathi/Bopanna, French Open beating Frenchmen Llodra/Mahut in a third set tie-break, AEGON Championships beating Peya/Soares, and Wimbledon beating Dodig/Melo in four sets, giving them the Golden Slam, being the holder of all four slams and the Olympic gold simultaneously. Their streak ended in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup losing to Nestor/Lindstedt.


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They then won their tenth title at the Western & Southern Open defeating the Spanish pair of Granollers/López Coming into the US Open, the Bryans were aiming to be the first team since Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman in 1951 to win the "calendar year grand slam", however they lost in the semifinals to Paes/Štepánek ending their 28 match winning streak in slams. They then reached their 12 final of the year at the Valencia Open 500 but lost to defending champions Peya/Soares in a Match tie-break despite having 4 match points. They won their 11th title of the year at the final Masters event at the BNP Paribas Masters defeating Peya/Soares in straight sets. This is the 10th time the Bryan Brothers have qualified for the year-end finals.


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On 10 September, US Open finalists Alexander Peya & Bruno Soares, and Leander Paes & Radek Štěpánek were announced as next two qualifiers.


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Alexander Peya & Bruno Soares produced a breakthrough year in 2013. They won their first title of the year at the Brasil Open defeating Čermák/Mertiňák They then won the Barcelona Open defeating Lindstedt/Nestor saving 1 match point. They then reached their 3rd and 4th final losing to Bryan/Bryan at the Mutua Madrid Open and the AEGON Championships respectively. They then claimed their third title of the year at AEGON International against the British team of Fleming/Marray.


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After losing in the third round of Wimbledon, the pair reached the final of the International German Open losing to Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski. Soares and Peya won their first Masters title, both individually and as a team, at the Rogers Cup over British pair of Colin Fleming and Andy Murray. At the US Open, the pair reached their first Grand Slam final, however fell to established doubles partnership Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek in straight sets.


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The Austrian-Brazilian team defended their title at the Valencia Open 500 defeating the world no. 1 Bryan/Bryan in three sets of tie-break and saving four match points in the match tie-break. They then reached the final of the BNP Paribas Masters once again facing the Bryan/Bryan, but this time lost in straight sets. Soares paired with Colin Fleming in February to win the Heineken Open, beating Brunström/Nielsen, and also reached the Mixed Doubles final of Wimbledon with Lisa Raymond, losing to Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic This is the first appearance at the event for both men.


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Leander Paes & Radek Štěpánek did not play a lot of events as a team in 2013. They won their only title of the year at the US Open, ending the Bryan Brothers' hope of winning a calendar year Grand Slam in the semifinals and defeating Peya/Soares in the final to capture their second Grand Slam as a team. They also reached the semifinals of Wimbledon. Paes teamed with Daniel Nestor to win the Winston-Salem Open, defeating Huey/Inglot. Štěpánek, on the other hand, reached the final of Citi Open with Mardy Fish, but lost to Benneteau/Zimonjić. It's the second year the pair have qualified together, Stepanek's second appearance, and Paes's 13th overall appearance.


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On 21 October, debutants Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo and defending doubles champions Marcel Granollers and Marc López were announced as qualifiers.


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Ivan Dodig & Marcelo Melo formed their partnership earlier in the year and had significant success. They won their biggest title of their careers at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, defeating the Spanish team of Marrero/Verdasco in three tie-breaks. They also reached their first Grand Slam final as a team and as individuals at Wimbledon, losing to the Bryans in four sets, after taking the first set. They followed that up with a semifinal showing at the US Open, losing to Peya/Soares in straight sets. Melo also won a title paired with Tommy Robredo at the Brisbane International, defeating Butorac/Hanley. Dodig reached the final of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors with Mate Pavić, but fell to Knowle/Polášek.


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Marcel Granollers & Marc López continued their partnership from 2012 after winning the World Tour Finals. The pair began the year by reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open, but were defeated by surprise finalists Haase/Sijsling. The pair reached their first final of the season at the Western & Southern Open; however, they fell to the number 1 team of Bob and Mike Bryan in the final. This is the second straight year Granollers and Lopez have qualified for the year-end finals.


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On 31 October, with the defeat of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, two of the three spots were filled by the teams of Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer, and David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco


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Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi & Jean-Julien Rojer in the second year of their team-up enjoyed relative success. They won their biggest title as a team in Miami, defeating the Polish team of Fyrstenberg/Matkowski. They won their second title of the year at the If Stockholm Open over the Swedish pairing of Björkman/Lindstedt. They also reached two other finals, but lost, at the Open 13 to the Indian-British pair of Bopanna/Fleming and at the Portugal Open to González/Lipsky.


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David Marrero & Fernando Verdasco made their doubles breakthrough in 2013, each reaching a career-high ranking this year. They reached their first doubles Masters final at the Shanghai Rolex Masters facing Dodig/Melo losing in three sets of tie-break, including a third set match tie-break. They won their lone title of the year at the St. Petersburg Open defeating the British-Uzbek team of Inglot/Istomin. Marrero also won two other titles with different partners at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel with Łukasz Kubot defeating Italians Bolelli/Fognini and at the ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag with Martin Kližan defeating Monroe/Stadler.


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On 2 November, after the defeat of Max Mirnyi and Horia Tecau, the Polish team Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski took the final spot.


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Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski continues there success as a team in 2013. They reach their first final of the year at the Sony Open Tennis losing to Qureshi/Rojer in straight sets. They won their lone title of the year at the International German Open defeating Peya/Soares in a match tie-break.


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Group A is composed of French Open finalists Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer. They are joined by Czech Tomáš Berdych and debutant Stanislas Wawrinka. Against the rest of their group Nadal is 47–8, Ferrer is 19–27, Berdych is 11–30, and Wawrinka is 11–23.


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Nadal leads every match–up he has on his group. He is 20–5 against his compatriot Ferrer, they met 5 times in 2013 with Nadal leading 4–1, however, Ferrer won their last meeting at the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Masters in straight sets. Nadal also leads Berdych 16–3, including the last 15 with four of them coming in 2013, their last match at the semifinals of China Open, where Nadal won when Berdych retired in the first set.


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Against Wawrinka, Nadal has a perfect 11–0 record, with the last win coming at the Shanghai Rolex Masters quarterfinals, 1 of 3 wins of Nadal in 2013. Against the remaining member of his Group, Ferrer has the advantage. Ferrer leads Berdych 7–3, including a win in their only match at quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Masters. Against Swiss Wawrinka, Ferrer lead 7–4, splitting their two matches in 2013 both in the final, with Ferrer winning at the Copa Claro and Wawrinka winning at the Portugal Open. At the final match–up, Wawrinka lead Berdych 7–5, winning 2 of their 3 matches in 2013, including their last encounter at the Round of 16 at the US Open.


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Group B is led by reigning Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. He is joined by 2009 US Open winner Juan Martín del Potro, 17 time grand slam champion Roger Federer, and Richard Gasquet. Against the rest of the group Djokovic is 33–20, del Potro is 13–25, Federer is 40–21 and Gasquet is 4–22.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Singles
Despite not being the top ranked in his group, Federer leads every head–to–head in the group. Federer against group B leader Djokovic has a 16–14 record; however, Djokovic won their last meeting and lone meeting in 2013 at the BNP Paribas Masters semifinals, coming back from a set down. Against the Argentine del Potro, the Swiss is 14–5; however, del Potro has won three of the last four. The pair splits their matches in 2013, with del Potro winning in the final of the Swiss Indoors and Federer winning in the quarterfinals of BNP Paribas Masters.


2013 ATP World Tour Finals, Groupings, Singles
Federer also leads Frenchman Gasquet 10–2, their last meeting coming in the third round of the 2012 Mutua Madrid Open, with Federer winning in straight sets. World no. 2 Djokovic has the lead against the other two member of his group. The Serb is 10–3 against del Potro, leading their 2013 match–up 3–1, winning their most recent match at the Shanghai Rolex Masters final in a third-set tie–break. Djokovic has an almost perfect record against Gasquet at 9–1, including winning the last seven matches and 15 straight sets. Djokovic won their two meeting in 2013, including their last meeting at the semifinals of the China Open. In the final head–to–head in group B, del Potro leads Gasquet 5–1, winning the last five, the last meeting being at the 2012 Swiss Indoors Basel semifinals.