# 2013 Melbourne Challenger – Singles

This is the first edition of the event and was won by Australian Matthew Ebden defeating Tatsuma Ito in the final.

## Seeds

* Matthew Ebden (champions)
* Stéphane Robert (first round)
* Bradley Klahn (quarterfinals)
* Yūichi Sugita (first round)
* James Duckworth (semifinals)
* Tatsuma Ito (final)
* Nick Kyrgios (first round)
* James Ward (semifinals)

## 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
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Matthew Ebden | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| 8 | James Ward | 0 | 7 | 0 | | | | | |
| 8 | James Ward | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | Matthew Ebden | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | 6 | Tatsuma Ito | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | Tatsuma Ito | 4 | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | Tatsuma Ito | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | James Duckworth | 6 | 3 | 6$^8$ | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Ebden | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Uchiyama | 7$^7$ | 3 | 3 | 1 | M Ebden | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Kokkinakis | 6 | 6 | | WC | T Kokkinakis | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Takeuchi | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | M Ebden | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Jordan Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | B Mott | 4 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | D Propoggia | 3 | 2 | | WC | J Thompson | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Mott | 6 | 7 | | Q | B Mott | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | N Kyrgios | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Ebden | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Y Sugita | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J Ward | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | Shuichi Sekiguchi | 6 | 6 | | | S Sekiguchi | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Venus | 6 | 6 | | | M Venus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Klein | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Venus | 6 | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Feeney | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 8 | J Ward | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | A Whittington | 1 | 6 | 6 | WC | A Whittington | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Jones | 4 | 0 | | 8 | J Ward | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Ward | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Udomchoke | 3 | 4 | | 6 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-k Lim | 6 | 6 | | | Y-k Lim | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Reid | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | H Moriya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | B Klahn | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | L Saville | 4 | 1 | | | H Moriya | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Mitchell | 6$^3$ | 4 | | 3 | B Klahn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Klahn | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | T Ito | 4 | 6 | 7$^{10}$ |
| 5 | J Duckworth | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Duckworth | 6 | 3 | 6$^8$ |
| | A Bolt | 6$^2$ | 3 | | 5 | J Duckworth | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Dasnières de Veigy | 4 | 4 | | | J Statham | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Statham | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | J Duckworth | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Y Bhambri | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Y Bhambri | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | J Lemke | 4 | 0 | | | Y Bhambri | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Banes | 7$^8$ | 1 | 6 | Q | M Banes | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Robert | 6$^6$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |