2013 Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions
The Garanti Koza Tournament of Champions 2013 ( also known as the International Tournament of Champions ) was a women's tennis invitational tournament, which was played as an individual competition on Hard Court from October 29 to November 3, 2013 in Sofia ( Bulgaria). That the WTA Tour in 2013 scoring tournament was the fifth edition of the tournament, which has appeared for the second time in Sofia and by the year 2011 in Bali ( Indonesia) was played. Defending champion was the Russian Nadia Petrova. Main sponsor of the tournament in 2013 was the international construction company Garanti Koza.
- 2.1 Competition mode
- 2.2 Nominal and seedings
- 2.3 semifinals and finals
- 2.4 Group Serdica
- 2.5 Group Sredets
- 2.6 prize money and world ranking points
Qualification
Qualification mode
At the tournament, eight ladies were invited, had to meet the following requirements:
- For the six top-ranked players in the WTA World Ranking (as of October 21, 2013 ), the 2013, at least one of 30 tournaments in the category International ( prize money: $ 235,000 ) were able to win the WTA tour and not at the WTA Championships 2013 in Istanbul assume that attendance is mandatory.
- The tournament director of Sofia may 2013 two wildcards to players awarded until October 10, the at least one tournament of the WTA Tour in the category International participated in 2013 and did not play in Istanbul. If one of the two players do not accept the wildcard, contrary to expectations, the start right to the two placed on the next best players in the world ranking list goes on. On September 19, 2013, the Turnierleitug in Sofia announced that the two wildcards for the tournament in 2013 at the Serb Ana Ivanović - were awarded as well as the Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova - two -time winner in 2010 and 2011.
- When, have qualified for Sofia, the two players who were nominated as reservists in Istanbul, then they are free to compete there, even if they already were used in Istanbul.
Qualification ranking
Final 30 tournaments
1 Serena Williams, Agnieszka Radwańska, Li Na, Sara Errani, Jelena Janković and Angelique Kerber are for the WTA Championships in Istanbul qualified in 2013 and is therefore not eligible to play in Sofia. 2 Caroline Wozniacki was qualified in 2013 both as a replacement player for Istanbul, as well as a participant in Sofia. However, they decided not to participate in Sofia. 3 Roberta Vinci was qualified in 2013, but opted not to participate in Sofia. 4 Elina Switolina replaced from the second group match Maria Kirilenko, who was forced to retire due to injury in the first game and can incur no additional games more.
The different background colors mean:
- The players whose names are highlighted in gray are exempt for the tournament or take part in the WTA Championships 2013 part.
- The six players whose name is highlighted in green, are - according to the current level of qualification - qualified for Sofia.
- The two players, whose name is highlighted in yellow, have the organizer for a wildcard.
Tournament
Competition mode
In the round robin phase (English Round Robin ) play four players in two groups, each to each. The top two in each group qualify for the semifinals, which will take place after the knock-out system. The winner of a group plays against the second in the other group, the winners of the two games to the final.