2013 Qatar Total Open – Singles

2013 Qatar Total Open BLR Victoria Azarenka USA Serena Williams 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3 56 16 singles doubles Qatar Total Open – Singles Qatar Total Open – Singles 2013 Qatar Total Open Defending champion Victoria Azarenka defeated Serena Williams in the final, 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2013 WTA Qatar Open. All of the top three seeds (Azarenka, Williams and Maria Sharapova) were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Williams regained the World No. 1 ranking for the first time since October 2010, becoming the oldest No. 1 player in the history of the WTA, after she beat Petra Kvitová in the quarterfinals. She would remain the world No. 1 for a further 186 weeks until 12 September 2016, when she was replaced by Angelique Kerber, tying Steffi Graf's record for longest consecutive spell at No. 1.Associated Press 15 February 2013 4 May 2022 Serena Williams returns to No. 1 https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/8951062/serena-williams-returns-no-1-victory-qatar ESPN Seeds The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round. 30em BLR Victoria Azarenka (champion) USA Serena Williams (final) RUS Maria Sharapova (semifinals) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals) GER Angelique Kerber (second round) ITA Sara Errani (quarterfinals) CZE Petra Kvitová (quarterfinals) AUS Samantha Stosur (quarterfinals) FRA Marion Bartoli (second round) DEN Caroline Wozniacki (quarterfinals) RUS Nadia Petrova (third round) RUS Maria Kirilenko (first round, retired because of a shoulder injury) SRB Ana Ivanovic (third round) SVK Dominika Cibulková (withdrew) ITA Roberta Vinci (second round) USA Sloane Stephens (second round) CZE Lucie Šafářová (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 6 6 ITA Sara Errani 2 2 4 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6 7 10 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 2 5 8 AUS Samantha Stosur 2 4 3 RUS Maria Sharapova 6 6 7 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 3 5 2 USA Serena Williams 3 6 7 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 6 4 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 3 3 3 RUS Maria Sharapova 3 2 2 USA Serena Williams 6 6 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka 78 2 6 2 USA Serena Williams 66 6 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals BUL T Pironkova 62 5 SUI R Oprandi 77 7 USA C McHale 6 6 Q RUS V Dushevina 1 2 GRE E Daniilidou 2 3 17 CZE L Šafářová 6 6 12 RUS M Kirilenko 0r Q RUS E Bychkova 3 GBR L Robson 4 1 SVK D Hantuchová 6 6 WC CAN H El Tabakh 2 3 HUN T Babos 6 6 1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 SUI R Oprandi 2 3 USA C McHale 6 6 17 CZE L Šafářová 4 2 Q RUS E Bychkova 3 6 3 SVK D Hantuchová 6 1 6 HUN T Babos 4 0 6 ITA S Errani 6 6 1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 USA C McHale 0 0 SVK D Hantuchová 5 7 2 6 ITA S Errani 7 5 6 1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 6 ITA S Errani 2 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals CHN J Zheng 2 3 Q AUS A Rodionova 6 6 ROU S Halep 6 6 BLR O Govortsova 1 0 AUT T Paszek 1 2 13 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 10 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 LL BIH M Jugić-Salkić 1 2 ROU S Cîrstea 2 6 6 WC TUN O Jabeur 6 3 0 GER M Barthel 6 6 Q KAZ Y Putintseva 4 2 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 Q AUS A Rodionova 3 2 ROU S Halep 3 0r 13 SRB A Ivanovic 6 0 10 DEN C Wozniacki 79 6 ROU S Cîrstea 67 0 GER M Barthel 6 6 5 GER A Kerber 1 2 4 POL A Radwańska 6 78 13 SRB A Ivanovic 1 66 10 DEN C Wozniacki 78 6 GER M Barthel 66 3 4 POL A Radwańska 6 7 10 DEN C Wozniacki 2 5 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals ROU M Niculescu 6 6 SRB J Janković 4 1 RUS S Kuznetsova 77 6 Q USA B Mattek-Sands 61 4 ITA F Schiavone 65 3 9 FRA M Bartoli 77 6 16 USA S Stephens 6 6 GEO A Tatishvili 2 2 CZE K Zakopalová 710 3 USA V Lepchenko 68 0r Q FRA C Garcia 6 6 WC OMA F Al Nabhani 2 3 8 AUS S Stosur 6 1 6 ROU M Niculescu 4 6 3 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6 9 FRA M Bartoli 4 4 16 USA S Stephens 6 65 65 CZE K Zakopalová 4 77 77 Q FRA C Garcia 3 2 3 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 8 AUS S Stosur 6 7 RUS S Kuznetsova 4 5 CZE K Zakopalová 3 3 3 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 8 AUS S Stosur 2 4 3 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals ESP C Suárez Navarro 1 2 RUS E Makarova 6 6 Q SLO T Majerič 4 4 TPE S-w Hsieh 6 6 CZE A Hlaváčková 2 3 11 RUS N Petrova 6 6 15 ITA R Vinci 6 2 BEL Y Wickmayer 2 1r POL U Radwańska 6 6 Q UKR N Kichenok 1 0 ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 3 3 LL RUS D Gavrilova 4 6 6 7 CZE P Kvitová 6 0 RUS E Makarova 4 0r TPE S-w Hsieh 6 2 4 11 RUS N Petrova 3 6 6 15 ITA R Vinci 2 7 0 POL U Radwańska 6 5 6 LL RUS D Gavrilova 2 1 2 USA S Williams 6 6 7 CZE P Kvitová 4 6 6 11 RUS N Petrova 6 4 3 POL U Radwańska 0 3 2 USA S Williams 6 6 7 CZE P Kvitová 6 3 5 2 USA S Williams 3 6 7 Qualifying Seeds 30em KAZ Yulia Putintseva (qualified) AUS Anastasia Rodionova (qualified) CHN Zhang Shuai (first round) RUS Vera Dushevina (qualified) RUS Daria Gavrilova (qualifying completion, lucky loser) ITA Maria Elena Camerin (first round) RUS Valeria Solovyeva (first round) FRA Caroline Garcia (qualified) USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands (qualified) SLO Tadeja Majerič (qualified) GER Kathrin Wörle (first round) UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok (first round) BIH Mervana Jugić-Salkić (qualifying completion, lucky loser) RUS Ekaterina Bychkova (qualified) UKR Nadiia Kichenok (qualified) UKR Valentyna Ivakhnenko (qualifying completion) Qualifiers 30em KAZ Yulia Putintseva AUS Anastasia Rodionova USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands RUS Vera Dushevina SLO Tadeja Majerič UKR Nadiia Kichenok RUS Ekaterina Bychkova FRA Caroline Garcia Lucky losers 30em RUS Daria Gavrilova BIH Mervana Jugić-Salkić Draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 6 2 7 POL Marta Domachowska 0 6 5 UKR Irina Buryachok 6 6 12 UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok 3 0 1 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 3 6 6 UKR Irina Buryachok 6 1 4 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 AUS Anastasia Rodionova 6 6 WC GRE Maria Sakkari 2 2 SVK Michaela Hončová 6 2 6 11 GER Kathrin Wörle 3 6 4 2 AUS Anastasia Rodionova 6 6 SVK Michaela Hončová 2 4 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 CHN Zhang Shuai 4 5 USA Abigail Spears 6 7 WC SVK Janette Husárová 0 0 9 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 6 USA Abigail Spears 3 4 9 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 6 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 RUS Vera Dushevina 6 6 UKR Anastasiya Vasylyeva 0 3 WC POL Justyna Jegiołka 3 1 13 BIH Mervana Jugić-Salkić 6 6 4 RUS Vera Dushevina 6 6 13 BIH Mervana Jugić-Salkić 0 1 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 RUS Daria Gavrilova 77 6 GER Kristina Barrois 65 2 CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 1 2 10 SVN Tadeja Majerič 6 6 5 RUS Daria Gavrilova 2 4 10 SVN Tadeja Majerič 6 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ITA Maria Elena Camerin 64 6 4 UKR Veronika Kapshay 77 1 6 WC USA Alexandra Riley 0 1 15 UKR Nadiia Kichenok 6 6 UKR Veronika Kapshay 4 62 15 UKR Nadiia Kichenok 6 77 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 RUS Valeria Solovyeva 3 1 KAZ Zarina Diyas 6 6 WC ZIM Cara Black 2 2 14 RUS Ekaterina Bychkova 6 6 KAZ Zarina Diyas 1 3 14 RUS Ekaterina Bychkova 6 6 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 FRA Caroline Garcia 6 6 RSA Natalie Grandin 2 3 BUL Aleksandrina Naydenova 1 78 5 16 UKR Valentyna Ivakhnenko 6 66 7 8 FRA Caroline Garcia 6 6 16 UKR Valentyna Ivakhnenko 1 4 References External links Main draw Qualifying draw Category:2013 WTA Tour 2013 Singles