The 2013 Nanjing Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was part of the 2013 WTA 125K series. It took place in Nanjing, China, on 28 October–3 November 2013.
Singles draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedKimiko Date-Krumm551Yanina Wickmayer602Zhang Shuai613Ayumi Morita624Caroline Garcia725Misaki Doi786Ajla Tomljanović797Anna Karolina Schmiedlova818 1 Rankings as of 21 October 2013
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Wang Qiang Zhang Yuxuan Wang Yafan Sun Ziyue
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Tereza Mrdeža Jarmila Gajdošová Xu Yifan Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser: Peangtarn Plipuech
Doubles draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country PlayerRankSeedYaroslava ShvedovaZhang Shuai1221Petra MartićZheng Saisai1302Irina BuryachokKatarzyna Piter1493Irina-Camelia BeguYanina Wickmayer1904
Champions Singles
Zhang Shuai def. Ayumi Morita 6–4, retired
Doubles
Misaki Doi / Xu Yifan def. Yaroslava Shvedova / Zhang Shuai 6–1, 6–4
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