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)