2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Kei Nishikori was the defending champion, but lost in the quarter-finals to Nicolás Almagro.
First-seeded Juan Martín del Potro won the title, defeating Milos Raonic in the final, 7–6^(7–5), 7–5.

Singles
2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion	Juan Martín del Potro
Runner-up	Milos Raonic
Score	7–6(7–5), 7–5
Draw	32 (4Q / 4WC)
Seeds	8

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Seeds

1. Juan Martín del Potro (champion)
2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (second round)
3. Milos Raonic (final)
4. Kei Nishikori (quarterfinals)
5. Gilles Simon (withdrew)
6. Nicolás Almagro (semifinals)
7. Kevin Anderson (first round)
8. Janko Tipsarević (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1/WC	Juan Martín del Potro	79	77
	6	Nicolás Almagro	67	61
								1/WC	Juan Martín del Potro	77	7
								3	Milos Raonic	65	5
	3	Milos Raonic	77	6
		Ivan Dodig	64	1

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1/WC	JM del Potro	4	6	6
		M Baghdatis	6	4	3			1/WC	JM del Potro	6	6
		C Berlocq	77	6					C Berlocq	2	2
	PR	P Cuevas	64	2											1/WC	JM del Potro	4	6	6
		A Dolgopolov	6	6												A Dolgopolov	6	4	2
		D Brands	3	1					A Dolgopolov	6	77
		V Hănescu	78	1	4			8	J Tipsarević	3	62
	8	J Tipsarević	66	6	6																	1/WC	JM del Potro	79	77
	4	K Nishikori	64	7	6																	6	N Almagro	67	61
		J Melzer	77	5	2			4	K Nishikori	77	6
		F López	4	7	6				F López	64	0
	WC	T Ito	6	5	3										4	K Nishikori	62	7	3
	Q	R Harrison	1	6	4										6	N Almagro	77	5	6
		H Zeballos	6	4	6				H Zeballos	4	2
	Q	B Becker	64	63				6	N Almagro	6	6
	6	N Almagro	77	77

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	K Anderson	4	62
	LL	L Lacko	6	77				LL	L Lacko	7	6
	Q	É Roger-Vasselin	6	3	6			Q	É Roger-Vasselin	5	4
		D Tursunov	4	6	3										LL	L Lacko	3	3
	Q	M Chiudinelli	62	6	66										3	M Raonic	6	6
		J Chardy	77	3	78				J Chardy	4	3
	WC	G Soeda	4	60				3	M Raonic	6	6
	3	M Raonic	6	77																		3	M Raonic	77	6
	LL	M Przysiężny	1	6	6																		I Dodig	64	1
		M Granollers	6	3	4			LL	M Przysiężny	77	4	2
		J Nieminen	77	6					J Nieminen	64	6	6
		J Mónaco	64	1												J Nieminen	2	63
	WC	Y Sugita	3	1												I Dodig	6	77
		I Dodig	6	6					I Dodig	6	77
		G Monfils	3	68				2	J-W Tsonga	4	65
	2	J-W Tsonga	6	710

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Federico Delbonis (first round)
2. Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualified)
3. Benjamin Becker (qualified)
4. Grega Žemlja (first round, retired)
5. Lukáš Lacko (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
6. Michał Przysiężny (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
7. Alejandro Falla (qualifying competition)
8. Michael Russell (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Marco Chiudinelli
2. Édouard Roger-Vasselin
3. Benjamin Becker
4. Ryan Harrison

Lucky losers

1. Lukáš Lacko
2. Michał Przysiężny

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Federico Delbonis	67	0
		Marco Chiudinelli	79	6
									Marco Chiudinelli	7	6
								8	Michael Russell	5	4
		Hiroki Moriya	3	64
	8	Michael Russell	6	77

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6	77
		Matteo Viola	2	63
								2	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7	2	6
								7	Alejandro Falla	5	6	3
	WC	Yasutaka Uchiyama	4	66
	7	Alejandro Falla	6	78

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Benjamin Becker	6	6
		Mischa Zverev	4	2
								3	Benjamin Becker	2	77	78
								6	Michał Przysiężny	6	65	66
	WC	Shuichi Sekiguchi	3	2
	6	Michał Przysiężny	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Grega Žemlja	6	66	0r
	WC	Ryan Harrison	3	78	0
								WC	Ryan Harrison	2	6	6
								5	Lukáš Lacko	6	4	2
		James Duckworth	65	6	4
	5	Lukáš Lacko	77	4	6

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw