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2013 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana – Singles

2013 tennis event results

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 27, 2024
Entity authorityQ15310875 ↗
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Tim Smyczek was the defending champion but lost to Erik Crepaldi in the first round.

Unseeded American Tennys Sandgren won the title defeating Australian 7th seed Samuel Groth 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5).

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The public source identifies “2013 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana – Singles” as 2013 tennis event results. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Challenger, Champaign and Urbana.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current 31-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Challenger, Champaign and Urbana providing the first useful test.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 27, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q15310875. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “2013 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana – Singles” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.