2013 Australian Open – Women's singles

April 2026 January 2017 June 2023 2013 Australian Open BLR Victoria Azarenka CHN Li Na 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 128 (12 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wild Cards) 32 2013 Australian Open Defending champion Victoria Azarenka defeated Li Na in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2013 Australian Open.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jan/26/victoria-azarenka-australian-open-2013 Victoria Azarenka retains Australian Open title with victory over Li Na The Guardian 17 July 2025 It was her second Australian Open title and second major title overall. Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams were in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking. Azarenka retained the top ranking by winning the title after Sharapova and Williams lost in the semifinals and quarterfinals, respectively. Seeds 30em 1 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka (champion) 2 8 RUS Maria Sharapova (semifinals) 3 3 USA Serena Williams (quarterfinals) 4 6 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals) 5 7 GER Angelique Kerber (fourth round) 6 5 CHN Li Na (final) 7 2 ITA Sara Errani (first round) 8 4 CZE Petra Kvitová (second round) 9 5 AUS Samantha Stosur (second round) 10 2 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (fourth round) 11 7 FRA Marion Bartoli (third round) 12 4 RUS Nadia Petrova (first round) 13 6 SRB Ana Ivanovic (fourth round) 14 3 RUS Maria Kirilenko (fourth round) 15 8 SVK Dominika Cibulková (second round) 16 1 ITA Roberta Vinci (third round) 17 4 CZE Lucie Šafářová (second round) 18 5 GER Julia Görges (fourth round) 19 7 RUS Ekaterina Makarova (quarterfinals) 20 3 BEL Yanina Wickmayer (third round) 21 1 USA Varvara Lepchenko (second round) 22 6 SRB Jelena Janković (third round) 23 8 CZE Klára Zakopalová (second round) 24 2 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (first round) 25 8 USA Venus Williams (third round) 26 2 TPE Hsieh Su-wei (second round) 27 5 ROU Sorana Cîrstea (third round) 28 3 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (first round) 29 4 USA Sloane Stephens (semifinals) 30 7 AUT Tamira Paszek (second round) 31 1 POL Urszula Radwańska (first round) 32 6 GER Mona Barthel (first round) Qualifying 2013 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying Wildcards 2013 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka 7 6   RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 5 1 3 USA Serena Williams 6 5 4 29 USA Sloane Stephens 3 7 6 6 CHN Li Na 7 6 4 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 5 3 19 RUS Ekaterina Makarova 2 2 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 6 6 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 6 29 USA Sloane Stephens 1 4 6 CHN Li Na 6 6 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 2 2 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka 4 6 6 6 CHN Li Na 6 4 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6     ROU M Niculescu 1 4     GRE E Daniilidou 7 5 6   CZE Ka Plíšková 5 7 4 Q THA L Kumkhum 77 6     SWE S Arvidsson 65 4     USA J Hampton 6 6   31 POL U Radwańska 2 4   21 USA V Lepchenko 6 6     SLO P Hercog 4 1   WC FRA C Garcia 6 3 1   RUS E Vesnina 3 6 6   FRA M Johansson 4 2   Q UZB A Amanmuradova 6 6     ESP S Soler Espinosa 3 5   16 ITA R Vinci 6 7   1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6     GRE E Daniilidou 1 0   Q THA L Kumkhum 1 2     USA J Hampton 6 6   21 USA V Lepchenko 4 2     RUS E Vesnina 6 6   Q UZB A Amanmuradova 3 2   16 ITA R Vinci 6 6   1 BLR V Azarenka 6 4 6   USA J Hampton 4 6 2   RUS E Vesnina 4 77 6 16 ITA R Vinci 6 64 4 1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6     RUS E Vesnina 1 1   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 DEN C Wozniacki 2 6 6   GER S Lisicki 6 3 3   CZE A Hlaváčková 1 2   CRO D Vekić 6 6 Q RUS D Gavrilova 6 62 6   USA L Davis 3 77 4 Q UKR L Tsurenko 7 3 7 24 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 5 6 5 26 TPE S-w Hsieh 77 6     ESP L Arruabarrena 65 2   RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6     ESP L Domínguez Lino 2 1     KAZ Y Putintseva 6 60 6   USA C McHale 1 77 2   ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6   7 ITA S Errani 4 4   10 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6     CRO D Vekić 1 4   Q RUS D Gavrilova 5 3   Q UKR L Tsurenko 7 6   26 TPE S-w Hsieh 2 1     RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6     KAZ Y Putintseva 6 65 2   ESP C Suárez Navarro 1 77 6 10 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6   Q UKR L Tsurenko 4 3     RUS S Kuznetsova 6 4 6   ESP C Suárez Navarro 2 6 3 10 DEN C Wozniacki 2 6 5   RUS S Kuznetsova 6 2 7 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA S Williams 6 6     ROU E Gallovits-Hall 0 0     SVK M Rybáriková 6 1 12   ESP G Muguruza 4 6 14   JPN A Morita 6 6     GEO A Tatishvili 3 3     GER A Beck 6 67 6 28 KAZ Y Shvedova 2 79 3 20 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 7   WC AUS J Gajdošová 1 5   Q HUN G Arn 2 2     SVK J Čepelová 6 6   PR CAN R Marino 3 0     CHN S Peng 6 6     USA V King 4 2   14 RUS M Kirilenko 6 6   3 USA S Williams 6 6     ESP G Muguruza 2 0     JPN A Morita 6 6     GER A Beck 2 0   20 BEL Y Wickmayer 710 7     SVK J Čepelová 68 5     CHN S Peng 5 2   14 RUS M Kirilenko 7 6   3 USA S Williams 6 6     JPN A Morita 1 3   20 BEL Y Wickmayer 64 3   14 RUS M Kirilenko 77 6   3 USA S Williams 6 6   14 RUS M Kirilenko 2 0   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 12 RUS N Petrova 2 0   JPN K Date-Krumm 6 6   ISR S Pe'er 6 1 6   RUS A Panova 4 6 3   ESP MT Torró Flor 6 4 3   SRB B Jovanovski 2 6 6   CRO M Lučić-Baroni 64 4 17 CZE L Šafářová 77 6 29 USA S Stephens 6 6   ROU S Halep 1 1   FRA K Mladenovic 6 4 11   HUN T Babos 3 6 9   USA M Oudin 2 3   GBR L Robson 6 6   ITA F Schiavone 4 6 2 8 CZE P Kvitová 6 2 6   JPN K Date-Krumm 6 7   ISR S Pe'er 2 5   SRB B Jovanovski 7 7 17 CZE L Šafářová 5 5 29 USA S Stephens 6 6   FRA K Mladenovic 4 3   GBR L Robson 2 6 11 8 CZE P Kvitová 6 3 9   JPN K Date-Krumm 2 63     SRB B Jovanovski 6 77   29 USA S Stephens 7 6     GBR L Robson 5 3     SRB B Jovanovski 1 6 5 29 USA S Stephens 6 3 7 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 CHN N Li 6 6     KAZ S Karatantcheva 1 3     FRA P Parmentier 6 3 2   BLR O Govortsova 2 6 6   CZE Kr Plíšková 6 6   WC AUS S Jones 3 2     USA C Vandeweghe 4 2   27 ROU S Cîrstea 6 6   18 GER J Görges 7 2 6 Q RUS V Dushevina 5 6 4   SUI R Oprandi 4 7 6   BUL T Pironkova 6 5 2 WC CHN Y Zhang 1 6 4   CHN J Zheng 6 3 6   TPE K-c Chang 63 3   9 AUS S Stosur 77 6   6 CHN N Li 6 7     BLR O Govortsova 2 5     CZE Kr Plíšková 6 3 2 27 ROU S Cîrstea 1 6 6 18 GER J Görges 6 6     SUI R Oprandi 3 2     CHN J Zheng 6 1 7 9 AUS S Stosur 4 6 5 6 CHN N Li 6 6   27 ROU S Cîrstea 4 1   18 GER J Görges 6 1 7   CHN J Zheng 3 6 5 6 CHN N Li 78 6   18 GER J Görges 66 1   Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6   HUN M Czink 2 1 Q TPE Y-j Chan 6 1 6   SVK D Hantuchová 1 6 1 Q POR MJ Koehler 3 6 6 Q ITA K Knapp 6 3 3   SWE J Larsson 2 2 22 SRB J Janković 6 6 32 GER M Barthel 5 6 4   KAZ K Pervak 7 2 6   GBR H Watson 2 6 6   ROU A Cadanțu 6 3 2   ROU I-C Begu 6 6   NED A Rus 4 2 WC AUS B Bobusic 5 0 4 POL A Radwańska 7 6 13 SRB A Ivanovic 7 1 6 Q TPE Y-j Chan 5 6 4 Q POR MJ Koehler 6 65 2 22 SRB J Janković 2 77 6   KAZ K Pervak 6 67 2   GBR H Watson 4 79 6   ROU I-C Begu 3 3   4 POL A Radwańska 6 6   13 SRB A Ivanovic 7 6   22 SRB J Janković 5 3     GBR H Watson 3 1   4 POL A Radwańska 6 6   13 SRB A Ivanovic 2 4 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 GER A Kerber 6 6   UKR E Svitolina 2 4   CZE L Hradecká 6 710     NED K Bertens 2 68     AUS C Dellacqua 4 60   WC USA M Keys 6 77     SUI S Vögele 6 4 5 30 AUT T Paszek 4 6 7 19 RUS E Makarova 6 7   Q POR M Larcher de Brito 2 5     ITA C Giorgi 2 3     FRA S Foretz Gacon 6 6   Q SRB V Dolonc 5 7 8 WC AUS O Rogowska 7 5 6   ESP A Medina Garrigues 2 4   11 FRA M Bartoli 6 6   5 GER A Kerber 6 6     CZE L Hradecká 3 1   WC USA M Keys 6 6   30 AUT T Paszek 2 1   19 RUS E Makarova 6 6     FRA S Foretz Gacon 3 3   Q SRB V Dolonc 5 0   11 FRA M Bartoli 7 6   5 GER A Kerber 6 7 WC USA M Keys 2 5 19 RUS E Makarova 64 6 6 11 FRA M Bartoli 77 3 4 5 GER A Kerber 5 4   19 RUS E Makarova 7 6   Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 15 SVK D Cibulková 3 6 6 WC AUS A Barty 6 0 1   LUX M Minella 64 1 Q RUS V Savinykh 77 6   BEL K Flipkens 6 6     RUS N Bratchikova 4 3     RSA C Scheepers 1 2   23 CZE K Zakopalová 6 6   25 USA V Williams 6 6     KAZ G Voskoboeva 1 0     FRA A Cornet 7 63 10   NZL M Erakovic 5 77 8   CRO P Martić 3 4     JPN M Doi 6 6     RUS O Puchkova 0 0 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 15 SVK D Cibulková 66 4   Q RUS V Savinykh 78 6     BEL K Flipkens 6 6   23 CZE K Zakopalová 1 0   25 USA V Williams 6 6     FRA A Cornet 3 3     JPN M Doi 0 0   2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6   Q RUS V Savinykh 2 6 3   BEL K Flipkens 6 4 6 25 USA V Williams 1 3   2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6     BEL K Flipkens 1 0   2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6   Championship match statistics Category BLR Azarenka CHN Li 1st serve % 76/97 (78%) 62/95 (65%) 1st serve points won 41 of 76 = 54% 30 of 62 = 48% 2nd serve points won 8 of 21 = 38% 14 of 33 = 42% Total service points won 49 of 97 = 50.52% 44 of 95 = 46.32% Aces 1 4 Double faults 4 5 Winners 18 36 Unforced errors28 57 Net points won 8 of 14 = 57% 7 of 11 = 64% Break points converted 9 of 12 = 75% 7 of 18 = 39% Return points won 51 of 95 = 54% 48 of 97 = 49% Total points won 100 92Source References General Specific External links 2013 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2012 US Open – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 2013 French Open – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's singles Category:2013 in Australian women's sport Category:2013 WTA Tour