2013 Italian Open – Women's singles

2013 Italian Open USA Serena Williams BLR Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–3 56 16 2013 Italian Open (tennis) Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2013 Italian Open. It was her second Internazionali BNL d'Italia title, and she won it without dropping a set, without dropping more than three games per set, and without dropping more than four games per match. Serena dropped just 14 games in her 5 matches, averaging under 3 games lost per match. Maria Sharapova was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew in the quarterfinals against Sara Errani due to illness. Seeds The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round. 30em USA Serena Williams (champion) RUS Maria Sharapova (quarterfinals, withdrew because of illness) BLR Victoria Azarenka (final) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (second round) CHN Li Na (third round) GER Angelique Kerber (withdrew because of an abdominal injury) ITA Sara Errani (semifinals) CZE Petra Kvitová (third round) AUS Samantha Stosur (quarterfinals) DEN Caroline Wozniacki (first round) RUS Nadia Petrova (first round) RUS Maria Kirilenko (third round, retired) ITA Roberta Vinci (third round) SVK Dominika Cibulková (third round) SRB Ana Ivanovic (first round) USA Sloane Stephens (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 2 0 Q ROU Simona Halep 4 6 7 SRB Jelena Janković 6 0 5 9 AUS Samantha Stosur 4 6 3 3 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 1 6 7 ITA Sara Errani w/o 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 Q ROU Simona Halep 3 0 3 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 7 7 ITA Sara Errani 0 5 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 3 BLR Victoria Azarenka 1 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals USA V Williams 3 2 GBR L Robson 6 6 RUS E Makarova 6 5 2r Q USA M Oudin 2 7 4 FRA K Mladenovic 6 2 2 14 SVK D Cibulková 1 6 6 11 RUS N Petrova 6 2 61 ESP C Suárez Navarro 3 6 77 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 2 0 SUI R Oprandi 6 6 BEL K Flipkens 4 0 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 GBR L Robson 2 2 Q USA M Oudin 7 1 3 14 SVK D Cibulková 5 6 6 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6 SUI R Oprandi 4 2 BEL Y Wickmayer 4 4 LL ESP L Domínguez Lino 6 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 14 SVK D Cibulková 0 1 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6 LL ESP L Domínguez Lino 2 3 1 USA S Williams 6 6 ESP C Suárez Navarro 2 0 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals RUS S Kuznetsova 1 1 Q ROU S Halep 6 6 WC ITA N Burnett 6 6 FRA A Cornet 2 2 RUS E Vesnina 77 5 4 13 ITA R Vinci 62 7 6 10 DEN C Wozniacki 6 4 65 SRB B Jovanovski 2 6 77 SRB J Janković 6 6 BUL T Pironkova 3 0 CHN J Zheng 77 6 SVK M Rybáriková 60 3 4 POL A Radwańska 77 1 2 Q ROU S Halep 62 6 6 WC ITA N Burnett 1 4 13 ITA R Vinci 6 6 SRB B Jovanovski 2 0 SRB J Janković 6 6 CHN J Zheng 3 1 5 CHN N Li 6 6 Q ROU S Halep 6 6 13 ITA R Vinci 4 2 SRB J Janković 77 7 5 CHN N Li 62 5 Q ROU S Halep 4 6 7 SRB J Janković 6 0 5 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GER S Lisicki 6 6 Q USA M Burdette 1 2 ROU M Niculescu 6 3 2 CHN S Peng 4 6 6 TPE S-w Hsieh 2 3 9 AUS S Stosur 6 6 15 SRB A Ivanovic 3 6 2 POL U Radwańska 6 2 6 ROU S Cîrstea 1 3 JPN A Morita 6 6 GER J Görges 2 6 6 Q CZE A Hlaváčková 6 4 4 8 CZE P Kvitová 6 0 7 GER S Lisicki 4 6 5 CHN S Peng 65 0 9 AUS S Stosur 77 6 POL U Radwańska 3 1 JPN A Morita 6 6 GER J Görges 2 0 3 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 8 CZE P Kvitová 5 6 1 9 AUS S Stosur 7 2 6 JPN A Morita 1 0r 3 BLR V Azarenka 6 2 9 AUS S Stosur 4 6 3 3 BLR V Azarenka 6 1 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals WC ITA K Knapp 5 2 USA C McHale 7 6 Q UKR L Tsurenko 4 2 USA V Lepchenko 6 6 Q ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 3 12 RUS M Kirilenko 6 6 16 USA S Stephens 6 6 WC ITA F Pennetta 3 3 ITA F Schiavone 65 1 NED K Bertens 77 6 Q ESP G Muguruza 1 6 6 Q FRA M Johansson 6 0 2 7 ITA S Errani 7 5 6 USA C McHale 5 7 2 USA V Lepchenko 3 1 12 RUS M Kirilenko 6 6 16 USA S Stephens 4 6 6 NED K Bertens 6 3 2 Q ESP G Muguruza 2 2 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 7 ITA S Errani 6 2 12 RUS M Kirilenko 3 0r 16 USA S Stephens 2 1 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 7 ITA S Errani w/o 2 RUS M Sharapova Qualifying Seeds 30em ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino (qualifying competition, lucky loser) SUI Stefanie Vögele (first round) RSA Chanelle Scheepers (first round) BLR Olga Govortsova (first round) USA Madison Keys (qualifying competition) ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (qualified) ROU Simona Halep (qualified) ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa (qualifying competition) USA Lauren Davis (qualifying competition) USA Jamie Hampton (qualifying competition) SVK Daniela Hantuchová (qualifying competition) UKR Lesia Tsurenko (qualified) CZE Andrea Hlaváčková (qualified) GEO Anna Tatishvili (first round) USA Mallory Burdette (qualified) ESP Garbiñe Muguruza (qualified) Qualifiers 30em CZE Andrea Hlaváčková UKR Lesia Tsurenko USA Melanie Oudin FRA Mathilde Johansson USA Mallory Burdette ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues ROU Simona Halep ESP Garbiñe Muguruza Lucky losers ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino Draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6 64 6   CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 4 77 2   AUS Anastasia Rodionova 3 6 1 13 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 6 3 6 1 ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino 4 6 5 13 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 6 3 7 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 SUI Stefanie Vögele 64 2     ESP María Teresa Torró Flor 77 6     COL Mariana Duque 3 3   12 UKR Lesia Tsurenko 6 6     ESP María Teresa Torró Flor 6 64 2 12 UKR Lesia Tsurenko 4 77 6 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 RSA Chanelle Scheepers 4 0     USA Melanie Oudin 6 6   WC ITA Federica di Sarra 60 4   10 USA Jamie Hampton 77 6     USA Melanie Oudin 4 6 6 10 USA Jamie Hampton 6 3 3 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 BLR Olga Govortsova 6 3 1   FRA Mathilde Johansson 3 6 6   CZE Eva Birnerová 4 1   9 USA Lauren Davis 6 6     FRA Mathilde Johansson 6 6   9 USA Lauren Davis 3 2   Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 USA Madison Keys 6 6     CHN Zhang Shuai 2 4     CRO Petra Martić 3 4   15 USA Mallory Burdette 6 6   5 USA Madison Keys 6 4 1 15 USA Mallory Burdette 3 6 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 4 6 6 WC ITA Alexia Virgili 6 2 2   KAZ Yulia Putintseva 6 6   14 GEO Anna Tatishvili 2 1   6 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 4 77 7   KAZ Yulia Putintseva 6 63 5 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 ROU Simona Halep 6 6   WC ITA Alice Balducci 1 0     KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 2 5   11 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 6 7   7 ROU Simona Halep 6 6   11 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 4 2   Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa 6 6     KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva 4 0   WC ITA Angelica Moratelli 1 1   16 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 6 6   8 ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa 2 3   16 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 6 6   External links WTA tournament draws Italian Open - Singles Women's Singles Category:2013 in Italian women's sport