Visitors Guide
XXIe edition of Open 13
Date and location : 18th to 24th of February 2013 at the “Palais des Sports de Marseille”.
Circuit affiliation : The Open 13 is part of the ATP circuit. The latter is broken down into three categories the ATP Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500 and ATP World Tour 250. The number in the three different categories of tournaments represents the points that each tournament gives out to the winner.
Category : The Marseille event is one of the more important « ATP World Tour 250 »
Points and Prize Money : The total tournament prize money is 591 385 €. A sum which will be divided by the players according to the round in which they lost.
Surface : Matches are played on Indoor hard court.
Matches : The matches are played best of three sets with a tie breaker in all three sets.
Balls : The balls used are Tecnifibre.
Officials : During the week 42 officials are present as wel as 92 ball boys.
How to get to the“Palais des Sports”
Address
Palais des Sports
81, rue Rue Teisseire
13009 Marseille
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By train
- Gare Saint Charles, take metro line 2 and get off at the "Sainte Marguerite Dromel" station (direct line)
By car
- Arriving from the Aix-en-Provence (A7) (See the map)
- Arriving from Toulon (A50) (See the map)
By metro
- Line 2 (red) end of the line "Sainte Marguerite Dromel"
By bus
- Line 43, « Teisseire Palais des Sports » station (www.rtm.fr)
Parking Access
ATTENTION : suite aux travaux de la station d'épuration rue R. Teisseire, les places de parking seront réduites. Pensez à utiliser les transports en commun et à favoriser le co-voiturage.
