# 2013 Nanjing Ladies Open – Singles

This was a new event of the WTA 125K series.
Zhang Shuai won the tournament after Ayumi Morita had to retire with an injured left hamstring having lost the first set 6–4.

## Seeds

* Kimiko Date-Krumm (first round)
* Yanina Wickmayer (semifinals)
* Zhang Shuai (champion)
* Ayumi Morita (final; retired with hamstring injury)
* Caroline Garcia (first round)
* Misaki Doi (second round)
* Ajla Tomljanović (second round)
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| Q | Jarmila Gajdošová | 6$^6$ | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Ayumi Morita | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Ayumi Morita | 7$^8$ | 6 | | 4 | Ayumi Morita | 4 | 0$^r$ |
| | | | | | 3 | Zhang Shuai | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Zhang Shuai | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Zhang Shuai | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Yanina Wickmayer | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | K Date-Krumm | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Duan | 6 | 6 | | | Y Duan | 6 | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Dubois | 4 | 4 | | WC | Q Wang | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Q Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | Q Wang | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| LL | Pe Plipuech | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | J Gajdošová | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | J Gajdošová | 6 | 6 | | Q | J Gajdošová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Xu | 2 | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | M Doi | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Doi | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | J Gajdošová | 6$^6$ | 2 |
| 4 | A Morita | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Morita | 7$^8$ | 6 |
| | O Savchuk | 2 | 4 | | 4 | A Morita | 6$^7$ | 7$^{12}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martić | 6 | 6 | | | P Martić | 7$^9$ | 6$^{10}$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 4 | A Morita | 6$^8$ | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| | I-C Begu | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | AK Schmiedlová | 7$^{10}$ | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | |
| | D Gavrilova | 6 | 4 | 2 | | I-C Begu | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ozaki | 5 | 4 | | 8 | AK Schmiedlova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | AK Schmiedlová | 7 | 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 |
| 5 | C Garcia | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Mrdeža | 4 | 0 | | | A Kudryavtseva | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Zheng | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Y Zhang | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 3 | S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Glushko | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Glushko | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Lertpitaksinchai | 3 | 0 | | 3 | S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Zhang | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | A Tomljanović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Y Wickmayer | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| | O Puchkova | 4 | 4 | | 7 | A Tomljanović | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-L Friedsam | 6$^4$ | 6 | 7$^7$ | | A-L Friedsam | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Piter | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | A-L Friedsam | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | Y Wang | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 2 | Y Wickmayer | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Z Sun | 6 | 3 | 2 | WC | Y Wang | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Shvedova | 5 | 2 | | 2 | Y Wickmayer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Wickmayer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |