ATP SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 2013


01.02.2013 Davis Cup First Round Davis Cup
2013 World Group First Round Canada vs. Spain – Thunderbird Sports Centre, Vancouver, Canada;
Italy vs. Croatia – Palavela, Turin, Italy;
Belgium vs. Serbia – Spiroudome de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium;
United States of America vs. Brazil – Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, USA;
France vs. Israel – Kindarena, Rouen, France;
Argentina vs. Germany – Parque Roca, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Kazakhstan vs. Austria – National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan;
Switzerland vs. Czech Republic – Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland

04.02.2013 Open Sud de France Montpellier, France Indoor Hard
- Name: Open Sud de France
- Category: ATP World Tour 250
- Place: Montpellier, France
- Date: 04.02.2013-10.02.2013
- Draw Size: S-28 D-16
- Surface: Indoor Hard
- Prize Money: € 410,200
Montpellier Prospers In European February Indoor Season Montpellier,
one of the fastest-growing cities in France over the past 25 years, hosted its first ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament in late October of 2010.
The indoor hard court event, which had relocated from Lyon, was then played in 2012 in a multi-purpose venue called the ARENA, which has a total capacity of 14,000 and seating for 7,500 during the tournament.
04.02.2013 PBZ Zagreb Indoors Zagreb, Croatia Indoor Hard
- Name: PBZ Zagreb Indoors
- Category: ATP World Tour 250
- Place: Zagreb, Croatia
- Date: 04.02.2013-10.02.2013
- Draw Size: S-28 D-16
- Surface: Indoor Hard
- Prize Money: € 410,200
Croatian Excellence At PBZ Zagreb Indoors
The PBZ Zagreb Indoors is the first European stop on the ATP World Tour calendar. Croatians have enjoyed success in their capital city, beginning with Ivan Ljubicic’s triumph at the inaugural event in 2006. He went on to runner-up efforts the following two years. Marin Cilic maintained Croatia’s final streak as he won back-to-back titles in 2009-10, while Ivan Dodig lifted his first title in 2011. Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny ended the Croatian run when he defeated Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko in the 2012 final.

04.02.2013 VTR Open Viña del Mar, Chile Clay
- Name: VTR Open
- Category: ATP World Tour 250
- Place: Viña del Mar, Chile
- Date: 04.02.2013-10.02.2013
- Draw Size: S-28 D-16
- Surface: Clay
- Prize Money: $ 410,200
Tennis Returns Viña del Mar The VTR Open returned to Viña del Mar in 2012, after a brief stint in Santiago. It is the first clay-court tournament of the ATP World Tour season and also the opening leg of the four-tournament swing through Latin America, aptly coined the “Golden Swing” in honour of top Chileans and Olympic Gold medalists Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu. Gonzalez is a four-time champion.


11.02.2013 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Name: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
- Category: ATP World Tour 500
- Place: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Date: 11.02.2013-17.02.2013
- Draw Size: S-32 D-16
- Surface: Indoor Hard
- Prize Money: € 1,267,875
Dutch Titlist Due In Rotterdam
The first edition of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, held in 1974, was won by Dutch tennis ace Tom Okker. Tennis fans in The Netherlands had to wait until 1995 for another Dutchman – Richard Krajicek – to title at the indoor hard court event. Winners in the intervening years include illustrious players such as Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, Björn Borg, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg. Since then, stars such as Roger Federer, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Murray have all lifted the trophy.
11.02.2013 SAP Open San Jose, U.S.A. Indoor 11.02.2013
- Name: SAP Open
- Category: ATP World Tour 250
- Place: San Jose, U.S.A.
- Date: 11.02.2013-17.02.2013
- Draw Size: S-28 D-16
- Surface: Indoor Hard
- Prize Money: $ 546,930
SAP Open Boasts Long Line Of Great Champions
The SAP Open is the second oldest men’s professional tennis tournament in the United States, first held in 1889. In its 120-year history, the tournament has seen great champions such as Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe, Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Stefan Edberg, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras and more recently, Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick.
Brasil Open 2013 Sao Paulo, Brazil Indoor Clay
- Name: Brasil Open 2013
- Category: ATP World Tour 250
- Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Date: 11.02.2013-17.02.2013
- Draw Size: S-28 D-16
- Surface: Indoor Clay
- Prize Money: $ 455,775
Brasil Open Moves To Sao Paulo After 11 successful years in Costa do Sauipe, the Brasil Open moved in 2012 to Sao Paulo, where it was played at the Complexo Desportivo Constâncio Vaz Guimarães. The ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tournament also moved from outdoors to indoors due to regular wet weather in Sao Paulo in February.


18.02.2013 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships Memphis, U.S. Indoor Hard
- Name: Brasil Open 2013
- Category: ATP World Tour 250
- Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Date: 11.02.2013-17.02.2013
- Draw Size: S-28 D-16
- Surface: Indoor Clay
- Prize Money: $ 455,775
Borg Starts Tradition Of Champions In Memphis The U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships is played at the Racquet Club of Memphis, the only private club in the world to host a professional men’s and women’s combined indoor event. Beginning with Bjorn Borg’s triumph in 1977, Memphis has counted nine year-end ATP World Tour No. 1s among its winners – including Americans Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick.


18.02.2013 Open 13 Marseille, France Indoor Hard
Frenchmen Step Up At Open 13 In Marseille
The Open 13 is one of five French tournaments on the ATP World Tour calendar, held on the Mediterranean coast in the city of Marseille. Former ATP player Jean-Francois Caujolle was a driving force in bringing a tour-level event to his hometown, and since the inaugural event in 1993, six Frenchmen have lifted the Marseille trophy – Guy Forget-1996; Fabrice Santoro-1999; Arnaud Clement-2006; Gilles Simon-2007; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga-2009 and Michael Llodra-2011.
- Name: Open 13
- Category: ATP World Tour 250
- Place: Marseille, France
- Date: 18.02.2013-24.02.2013
- Draw Size: S-28 D-16
- Surface: Indoor Hard
- Prize Money: € 528,135

18.02.2013 Copa Claro Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay
- Name: Copa Claro
- Category: ATP World Tour 250
- Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Date: 18.02.2013-24.02.2013
- Draw Size: S-32 D-16
- Surface: Clay
- Prize Money: $ 493,670
- Argentines At Home In Buenos Aires “Cathedral”
The Copa Claro is the third stop of the four-tournament Latin American swing, and is contested on clay at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, known as the “Cathedral of Argentinean tennis”. An Argentine has reached the final in nine of the 11 editions of the ATP World Tour 250 tournament, with champions including Guillermo Coria, Gaston Gaudio, Juan Monaco and David Nalbandian.


25.02.2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai, U.A.E Hard
- Name: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
- Category: ATP World Tour 500
- Place: Dubai, U.A.E
- Date: 25.02.2013-02.03.2013
- Draw Size: S-32 D-16
- Surface: Hard
- Prize Money: $ 1,785,500
ATP World Tour Reaches Exhilirating Heights In Dubai
Since its inaugural tournament in 1993, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships has consistently showcased the world’s best players in competition and also in spectacular locations around Dubai. In 2005, two ATP World Tour Champions – Andre Agassi and Roger Federer – scaled the Burj Al Arab for a friendly practice session atop the helipad at the iconic hotel. The tournament has won the ATP World Tour 500 award eight times in nine years (2003-06, 2008-11).


25.02.2013 Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico Clay
- Name: Abierto Mexicano Telcel
- Category: ATP World Tour 500
- Place: Acapulco, Mexico
- Date: 25.02.2013-02.03.2013
- Draw Size: S-32 D-16
- Surface: Clay
- Prize Money: $ 1,212,750
The Crowning Jewel Of The Golden Swing
The Abierto Mexicano Telcel, one of 11 ATP World Tour 500 events, concludes the four-tournament “Golden Swing” through Latin America. The event, held at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess, is a favourite destination amongst players – particularly clay court specialists. In 2007, Acapulco won the ATP World Tour award for best tournament of the year in its category.


- Name: Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
- Category: ATP World Tour 250
- Place: Delray Beach, U.S.A.
- Date: 25.02.2013-03.03.2013
- Draw Size: S-32 D-16
- Surface: Hard
- Prize Money: $ 455,775
The Delray Beach ITC turns 21!
Delray Beach will welcome back top-ranked American John Isner, previous ITC Champions Mardy Fish, the Bryan Brothers, Tommy Haas, Xavier Malisse, Kevin Anderson and Kei Nishikori and first-time “Beachers” Gael Monfils, Alexandr Dolgopolov and Feliciano Lopez. Delray Beach hosts the world’s only combined ATP World Tour/ATP Champions Tour event. The 2013 Champions Tour event will host returning champions Carlos Moya and Mark Philippoussis plus John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Pat Cash and Aaron Krickstein. The ITC is notorious for their fan experience.
25.02.2013 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Delray Beach, U.S.A.
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