2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open
Date	April 8 – April 14
Edition	1st
Category	WTA International tournaments
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$235,000
Surface	Clay
Location	Katowice, Poland
Venue	Spodek
Champions
Singles
Roberta Vinci
Doubles
Lara Arruabarrena / Lourdes Domínguez Lino
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The 2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open, in the International category of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, from April 8 through April 14, 2013.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Petra Kvitová[1]	8	1
ITA	Roberta Vinci	13	2
CZE	Klára Zakopalová	21	3
GER	Julia Görges	30	4
FRA	Alizé Cornet	33	5
EST	Kaia Kanepi	38	6
GER	Sabine Lisicki	41	7
GBR	Laura Robson	42	8

• Rankings are as of April 1, 2013.^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Marta Domachowska
• Karolína Plíšková
• Sandra Zaniewska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alexandra Cadanțu
• Maria Elena Camerin
• Jill Craybas
• Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Shahar Pe'er

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Petra Cetkovská
• Polona Hercog
• Tamira Paszek
• Magdaléna Rybáriková (low back injury)

Retirements

During the tournament

• Julia Görges (dizziness)
• Andrea Hlaváčková (dizziness)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	SVK	Janette Husárová	60	1
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	BIH	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	136	2
USA	Jill Craybas	LUX	Mandy Minella	137	3
CZE	Renata Voráčová	CZE	Klára Zakopalová	150	4

• Rankings are as of April 1, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Magdalena Fręch / Katarzyna Pyka
• Paula Kania / Sandra Zaniewska

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Akgul Amanmuradova (right elbow injury)
• Magdalena Fręch (viral illness)

Retirements

During the tournament

• Irina-Camelia Begu (right shoulder injury)

Champions

Singles

• Roberta Vinci def. Petra Kvitová, 7–6^(7–2), 6–1

Doubles

• Lara Arruabarrena / Lourdes Domínguez Lino def. Raluca Olaru / Valeria Solovyeva, 6–4, 7–5