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
Final score	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Draw	32 (4Q / 4WC)
Seeds	8

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

Finals

Semifinals

Final

1/WC

Juan Martín del Potro

7^9

7^7

6

Nicolas Almagro

6^7

6^1

1/WC

Juan Martín del Potro

7^7

7

3

Milos Raonic

6^5

5

3

Milos Raonic

7^7

6

Ivan Dodig

6^4

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	7^7	6					C Berlocq	2	2
	PR	P Cuevas	6^4	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	7^7
		V Hănescu	7^8	1	4			8	J Tipsarević	3	6^2
	8	J Tipsarević	6^6	6	6																	1/WC	JM del Potro	7^9	7^7
	4	K Nishikori	6^4	7	6																	6	N Almagro	6^7	6^1
		J Melzer	7^7	5	2			4	K Nishikori	7^7	6
		F López	4	7	6				F López	6^4	0
	WC	T Ito	6	5	3										4	K Nishikori	6^2	7	3
	Q	R Harrison	1	6	4										6	N Almagro	7^7	5	6
		H Zeballos	6	4	6				H Zeballos	4	2
	Q	B Becker	6^4	6^3				6	N Almagro	6	6
	6	N Almagro	7^7	7^7

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	K Anderson	4	6^2
	LL	L Lacko	6	7^7				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	6^2	6	6^6										3	M Raonic	6	6
		J Chardy	7^7	3	7^8				J Chardy	4	3
	WC	G Soeda	4	6^0				3	M Raonic	6	6
	3	M Raonic	6	7^7																		3	M Raonic	7^7	6
	LL	M Przysiężny	1	6	6																		I Dodig	6^4	1
		M Granollers	6	3	4			LL	M Przysiężny	7^7	4	2
		J Nieminen	7^7	6					J Nieminen	6^4	6	6
		J Mónaco	6^4	1												J Nieminen	2	6^3
	WC	Y Sugita	3	1												I Dodig	6	7^7
		I Dodig	6	6					I Dodig	6	7^7
		G Monfils	3	6^8				2	J-W Tsonga	4	6^5
	2	J-W Tsonga	6	7^10

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

First qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Federico Delbonis	6^7	0
		Marco Chiudinelli	7^9	6
									Marco Chiudinelli	7	6
								8	Michael Russell	5	4
		Hiroki Moriya	3	6^4
	8	Michael Russell	6	7^7

Second qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6	7^7
		Matteo Viola	2	6^3
								2	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7	2	6
								7	Alejandro Falla	5	6	3
	WC	Yasutaka Uchiyama	4	6^6
	7	Alejandro Falla	6	7^8

Third qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Benjamin Becker	6	6
		Mischa Zverev	4	2
								3	Benjamin Becker	2	7^7	7^8
								6	Michał Przysiężny	6	6^5	6^6
	WC	Shuichi Sekiguchi	3	2
	6	Michał Przysiężny	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Grega Žemlja	6	6^6	0^r
	WC	Ryan Harrison	3	7^8	0
								WC	Ryan Harrison	2	6	6
								5	Lukáš Lacko	6	4	2
		James Duckworth	6^5	6	4
	5	Lukáš Lacko	7^7	4	6

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw