2013 French Open – Women's singles

2013 French Open USA Serena Williams RUS Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–4 French Open – Women's singles French Open – Women's singles 2013 French Open Serena Williams defeated defending champion Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2013 French Open. It was her second French Open singles title, 16th major singles title overall, and she completed the double career Grand Slam in singles with the win. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/frenchopen/10107875/French-Open-2013-Serena-Williams-claims-title-with-straight-sets-win-over-Maria-Sharapova.html Serena Williams claims title with straight-sets win over Maria Sharapova 9 June 2013 Daily Telegraph 10 June 2013 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jun/08/serena-williams-maria-sharapova-live Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova: French Open final – as it happened 9 June 2013 Guardian UK 10 June 2013 Williams was the oldest woman to win the French Open (a record she later surpassed in 2015) and set a record for the longest gap between successive French Open titles (her last being in 2002). http://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/serena-williams-wins-french-open-1.1325580 Serena Williams wins French Open CBC Sports 8 June 2013 With the win, Williams extended her winning streak to 31 matches (dating back to the Miami Open), going undefeated for the 2013 clay court season. http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/06/serena-williams-wins-roland-garros/47851/ Serena Williams wins Roland Garros 8 June 2013 Tennis Magazine 10 June 2013 The final marked the first time the top two seeds contested the French Open final since 1995, and the first time overall at a major since the 2004 Australian Open. This tournament marked the major main-draw debut of future Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig; she lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the third round. This tournament also marked the first main-draw French Open appearance of future world No. 1 Garbiñe Muguruza, who would win the title three years later. Seeds 30em 1 1USA Serena Williams (champion) 2 8RUS Maria Sharapova (final) 3 6BLR Victoria Azarenka (semifinals) 4 3POL Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals) 5 4ITA Sara Errani (semifinals) 6 5CHN Li Na (second round) 7 7CZE Petra Kvitová (third round) 8 2GER Angelique Kerber (fourth round) 9 7AUS Samantha Stosur (third round) 10 2DEN Caroline Wozniacki (second round) 11 4RUS Nadia Petrova (first round) 12 5RUS Maria Kirilenko (quarterfinals) 13 6FRA Marion Bartoli (third round) 14 3SRB Ana Ivanovic (fourth round) 15 1ITA Roberta Vinci (fourth round) 16 8SVK Dominika Cibulková (second round) 17 8USA Sloane Stephens (fourth round) 18 7SRB Jelena Janković (quarterfinals) 19 1RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (second round) 20 4ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (fourth round) 21 6BEL Kirsten Flipkens (second round) 22 2RUS Ekaterina Makarova (first round) 23 5CZE Klára Zakopalová (first round) 24 3GER Julia Görges (first round) 25 7CZE Lucie Šafářová (first round) 26 1ROU Sorana Cîrstea (third round) 27 5KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (second round) 28 8AUT Tamira Paszek (first round) 29 2USA Varvara Lepchenko (third round) 30 3USA Venus Williams (first round) 31 6FRA Alizé Cornet (third round) 32 4GER Sabine Lisicki (third round) Qualifying 2013 French Open – Women's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 6 3 6   RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 6 3 4 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 4 66 5 ITA Sara Errani 6 78 12 RUS Maria Kirilenko 63 2 3 BLR Victoria Azarenka 77 6 18 SRB Jelena Janković 6 4 3 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 0 6 6 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 5 ITA Sara Errani 0 1 3 BLR Victoria Azarenka 1 6 4 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 6 2 6 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 4 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 USA S Williams 6 6 GEO A Tatishvili 0 1 Q UKR Y Beygelzimer 3 4 WC FRA C Garcia 6 6 ROU M Niculescu 2 3 SWE J Larsson 6 6 NED K Bertens 7 5 2 26 ROU S Cîrstea 5 7 6 19 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 4 77 6 CZE A Hlaváčková 6 65 4 CZE P Cetkovská 6 6 RUS O Puchkova 0 2 Q KAZ G Voskoboeva 4 6 7 Q USA G Min 6 4 5 WC FRA S Foretz Gacon 3 0 15 ITA R Vinci 6 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 WC FRA C Garcia 1 2 SWE J Larsson 1 4 26 ROU S Cîrstea 6 6 19 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 5 6 4 CZE P Cetkovská 7 2 6 Q KAZ G Voskoboeva 4 6 2 15 ITA R Vinci 6 4 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 26 ROU S Cîrstea 0 2 CZE P Cetkovská 1 6 2 15 ITA R Vinci 6 2 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 15 ITA R Vinci 1 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 GBR L Robson 3 2 Q CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 3 2 SRB B Jovanovski 6 6 FRA P Parmentier 0 1 SVK M Rybáriková 6 6 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6 22 RUS E Makarova 4 2 29 USA V Lepchenko 6 6 CRO M Lučić-Baroni 1 2 SUI R Oprandi 3 6 1 UKR E Svitolina 6 4 6 SVK J Čepelová 77 2 6 USA C McHale 63 6 4 GER M Barthel 66 2 8 GER A Kerber 78 6 10 DEN C Wozniacki 62 3 SRB B Jovanovski 77 6 SVK M Rybáriková 6 2 2 RUS S Kuznetsova 1 6 6 29 USA V Lepchenko 77 6 UKR E Svitolina 65 1 SVK J Čepelová 2 2 8 GER A Kerber 6 6 SRB B Jovanovski 4 62 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 77 29 USA V Lepchenko 4 77 4 8 GER A Kerber 6 63 6 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 4 6 8 GER A Kerber 4 6 3 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 ISR S Pe'er 1 1 USA M Burdette 6 6 CRO D Vekić 3 4 Q GER D Pfizenmaier 7 6 LUX M Minella 5 1 POL U Radwańska 77 64 6 30 USA V Williams 65 77 4 24 GER J Görges 68 0 Q SVK Z Kučová 710 6 WC FRA V Razzano 78 6 WC FRA C Feuerstein 66 4 RSA C Scheepers 5 1 FRA M Johansson 7 6 CRO P Martić 1 6 3 14 SRB A Ivanovic 6 3 6 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 USA M Burdette 3 2 Q GER D Pfizenmaier 6 6 POL U Radwańska 3 3 Q SVK Z Kučová 6 2 0 WC FRA V Razzano 4 6 6 FRA M Johansson 2 2 14 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 Q GER D Pfizenmaier 3 4 WC FRA V Razzano 3 2 14 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 14 SRB A Ivanovic 2 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 11 RUS N Petrova 6 5 4 PUR M Puig 3 7 6 USA M Keys 6 6 JPN M Doi 3 2 WC FRA I Pavlovic 3 4 WC USA S Rogers 6 6 ROU S Halep 6 2 2 20 ESP C Suárez Navarro 3 6 6 32 GER S Lisicki 6 6 SWE S Arvidsson 3 4 ESP MT Torró Flor 6 7 Q ISR J Glushko 2 5 JPN A Morita 2 3 KAZ Y Putintseva 6 6 NED A Rus 1 2 5 ITA S Errani 6 6 PUR M Puig 6 77 USA M Keys 4 62 WC USA S Rogers 6 4 4 20 ESP C Suárez Navarro 3 6 6 32 GER S Lisicki 6 6 ESP MT Torró Flor 4 0 KAZ Y Putintseva 1 1 5 ITA S Errani 6 6 PUR M Puig 4 5 20 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 7 32 GER S Lisicki 0 4 5 ITA S Errani 6 6 20 ESP C Suárez Navarro 7 4 3 5 ITA S Errani 5 6 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 CHN N Li 6 6 ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 4 USA B Mattek-Sands 6 6 ESP L Domínguez Lino 4 1 GER T Maria 3 6 0 Q ARG P Ormaechea 6 4 6 USA C Vandeweghe 0 6 2 27 KAZ Y Shvedova 6 3 6 23 CZE K Zakopalová 63 2 EST K Kanepi 77 6 SUI S Vögele 6 2 6 GBR H Watson 4 6 4 WC AUS A Barty 7 2 6 CZE L Hradecká 5 6 1 RUS N Bratchikova 0 1 12 RUS M Kirilenko 6 6 6 CHN N Li 7 3 2 USA B Mattek-Sands 5 6 6 Q ARG P Ormaechea 6 78 27 KAZ Y Shvedova 4 66 EST K Kanepi 66 6 6 SUI S Vögele 78 3 8 WC AUS A Barty 3 1 12 RUS M Kirilenko 6 6 USA B Mattek-Sands 4 6 6 Q ARG P Ormaechea 6 1 3 SUI S Vögele 63 5 12 RUS M Kirilenko 77 7 USA B Mattek-Sands 5 4 12 RUS M Kirilenko 7 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 FRA M Bartoli 710 4 7 BLR O Govortsova 68 6 5 CZE Kr Plíšková 2 0 Q COL M Duque 6 6 HUN M Czink 0 61 ITA F Schiavone 6 77 PR ITA F Pennetta 6 4 0 21 BEL K Flipkens 2 6 6 31 FRA A Cornet 7 6 POR MJ Koehler 5 2 ROU I-C Begu 3 2 ESP S Soler Espinosa 6 6 Q CZE S Záhlavová 2 1 GER A Beck 6 6 RUS E Vesnina 1 4 3 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 13 FRA M Bartoli 77 7 Q COL M Duque 65 5 ITA F Schiavone 6 4 6 21 BEL K Flipkens 1 6 3 31 FRA A Cornet 6 6 ESP S Soler Espinosa 1 3 GER A Beck 4 3 3 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 13 FRA M Bartoli 2 1 ITA F Schiavone 6 6 31 FRA A Cornet 6 3 1 3 BLR V Azarenka 4 6 6 ITA F Schiavone 3 0 3 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 CZE P Kvitová 6 4 6 WC FRA A Rezaï 2 6 3 CHN S Peng 6 6 ITA C Giorgi 4 2 Q SVK AK Schmiedlová 77 2 6 BEL Y Wickmayer 65 6 2 USA J Hampton 77 3 9 25 CZE L Šafářová 65 6 7 18 SRB J Janković 6 79 SVK D Hantuchová 4 67 CZE Ka Plíšková 6 5 3 ESP G Muguruza 4 7 6 FRA K Mladenovic 6 7 USA L Davis 0 5 JPN K Date-Krumm 0 2 9 AUS S Stosur 6 6 7 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 CHN S Peng 4 3 Q SVK AK Schmiedlová 5 2 USA J Hampton 7 6 18 SRB J Janković 6 6 ESP G Muguruza 3 0 FRA K Mladenovic 4 3 9 AUS S Stosur 6 6 7 CZE P Kvitová 1 67 USA J Hampton 6 79 18 SRB J Janković 3 6 6 9 AUS S Stosur 6 3 4 USA J Hampton 0 2 18 SRB J Janković 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 16 SVK D Cibulková 6 6 UKR L Tsurenko 1 4 NZL M Erakovic 6 6 PR GBR E Baltacha 3 0 Q USA V King 77 6 ROU A Cadanțu 63 1 ITA K Knapp 2 5 17 USA S Stephens 6 7 28 AUT T Paszek 4 3 USA M Oudin 6 6 CHN J Zheng 6 6 SRB V Dolonc 4 1 CAN E Bouchard 6 77 BUL T Pironkova 1 62 TPE S-w Hsieh 2 1 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 16 SVK D Cibulková 2 6 4 NZL M Erakovic 6 2 6 Q USA V King 1 3 17 USA S Stephens 6 6 USA M Oudin 3 1 CHN J Zheng 6 6 CAN E Bouchard 2 4 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 NZL M Erakovic 4 77 3 17 USA S Stephens 6 65 6 CHN J Zheng 1 5 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 7 17 USA S Stephens 4 3 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 Road to the final Since winning the French Open in 2002, Serena Williams had not advanced to the final of the event, last semifinal was in 2003 (lost to Henin). In 2008, she was the only former champion left in the draw, she lost to Katarina Srebotnik in the third round. In 2012, she lost in the first round to Virginie Razzano, a player ranked in the 100s. In 2013, however, she made quick work of her opponents advancing to the finals with an average match length of less than one hour and fifteen minutes. She had problems in just one match, in quarterfinals against Svetlana Kuznetsova, when she was down 2–0 and break points in third set. However, she won six of last seven games to close out the match. After reaching quarterfinals without dropping set, Sharapova needed two three-setters to reach final. First, she met 18th seed Jelena Janković and dropped the first set 6–0. In that set Sharapova committed 20 errors to just two from Jankovic. However, Jankovic lost her opening service game in the second set, which looked to be key for Sharapova as she could cool down after a horrible first set. In the semifinal she faced third seed Victoria Azarenka. Sharapova won the first set convincingly, but lost the second in the same fashion. But she eventually eased to a 5–2 lead in the final set and finished the match two games later to reach her second French Open final. Final First seeded Williams faced off against second seeded Maria Sharapova in the women's singles final. Williams came out aggressive, charging the net on the first point. Her aggression set up a triple break-point, but Sharapova fought back and held serve. She then broke Williams for a 2–0 lead. Williams broke back in the next game, then broke Sharapova twice more for a 6–4 first set. In the second set, Sharapova fought off five break points to hold in her opening serve. After Williams held serve, Sharapova dropped a break with two consecutive errors in the fourth game. From there, Williams went on to take a 5–4 lead with her serve coming up. She finished off the match with her tenth ace of the day. "She's always had a big serve," said Sharapova. "I think her second serve is better than it was in the past."Serena Williams wins French Open, her 16th Grand Slam event title Henry Chu June 9, 2013 http://www.latimes.com/sports/tennis/la-sp-french-open-women-20130609,0,2168506.story June 11, 2013 Los Angeles Times For Williams, it was her 31st consecutive victory, a career best. She has beaten Sharapova 13 times in a row. When asked by a reporter if she still wanted to retire at her peak, Williams replied "That's my goal, but have I peaked yet?" Commentary by Simon Briggs published by The Daily Telegraph described Williams' performance as "almost flawless". "Sharapova actually played a fine match," said Briggs. "But it is so difficult to attack an in-form Williams because she can shut you down with the quality of her serve." By winning the 1 hour 46 minute match, Williams completed her second career Grand Slam. It was her 16th major title overall, moving her within six of Steffi Graf's modern era record of 22 such wins, and within eight of Margaret Court's all-time record. She also became the oldest women ever to win the French Open. Championship match statistics Category USA S. Williams RUS Sharapova 1st serve % 35/51 (69%) 42/76 (55%) 1st serve points won 27 of 35 = 77% 20 of 42 = 48% 2nd serve points won 8 of 16 = 50% 20 of 34 = 59% Total service points won 35 of 51 = 68.63% 40 of 76 = 52.63% Aces 10 2 Double faults 0 4 Winners 29 10 Unforced errors 21 17 Net points won 11 of 14 = 79% 2 of 2 = 100% Break points converted 4 of 15 = 27% 2 of 2 = 100% Return points won 36 of 76 = 47% 16 of 51 = 31% Total points won 71 56Source References External links Main Draw 2013 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2013 Australian Open – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:French Open by year – Women's singles French Open - Women's Singles Category:2013 in women's tennis Category:2013 in French women's sport