# 2013 Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open – Singles

Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, having won the 2012 Ningbo Challenger – Women's singles, but decided not to participate.
Bojana Jovanovski won the title, defeating Zhang Shuai in the final, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 6–4, 6–1.

## Seeds

* Bojana Jovanovski (champion)
* Zheng Jie (second round)
* Lourdes Domínguez Lino (second round)
* Yvonne Meusburger (semifinals)
* Lesia Tsurenko (first round)
* Karolína Plíšková (first round)
* Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
* Lauren Davis (first round)

## Main 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 | Bojana Jovanovski | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Johanna Larsson | 6 | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | Johanna Larsson | 6 | 6$^2$ | 4 | 1 | Bojana Jovanovski | 6$^7$ | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Zhang Shuai | 7$^9$ | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Yvonne Meusburger | 3 | 0 | | | Zhang Shuai | 7$^9$ | 4 | 1 |
| | Zhang Shuai | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | B Jovanovski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Razzano | 3 | 2 | | 1 | B Jovanovski | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pe'er | 7 | 6 | | | S Pe'er | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Fichman | 5 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | B Jovanovski | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | O Govortsova | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | AK Schmiedlová | 1 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | V Dolonc | 6 | 6 | | | V Dolonc | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | AK Schmiedlová | 6 | 6 | | | AK Schmiedlová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Ka Plíšková | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Jovanovski | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 3 | L Domínguez Lino | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Larsson | 6 | 6$^2$ | 4 |
| | Y-j Chan | 2 | 2 | | 3 | L Domínguez Lino | 0 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Larsson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | J Larsson | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martić | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | J Larsson | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| Q | K Piter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | J Konta | 6 | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | |
| Q | Y Wang | 4 | 4 | | Q | K Piter | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Konta | 6 | 4 | 6 | | J Konta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | L Davis | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | Y Shvedova | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Babos | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | Y Shvedova | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu | 4 | 1 | | WC | S Zheng | 6 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | Y Shvedova | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | P Cetkovská | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | Y Meusburger | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Q Wang | 4 | 1 | | Q | P Cetkovská | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Hogenkamp | 0 | 1 | | 4 | Y Meusburger | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Y Meusburger | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Meusburger | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | L Tsurenko | 7$^7$ | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | S Zhang | 6 | 6 |
| | A Dulgheru | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | A Dulgheru | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Zhang | 3 | 2 | | | A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Medina Garrigues | 4 | 6$^{10}$ | | | | |
| | S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Zhang | 6 | 7$^{12}$ | | | | |
| WC | X Han | 2 | 1 | | | S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Puchkova | 1 | 3 | | 2 | J Zheng | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |