2013 French Open

2013 French Open
The 2013 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 117th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 26 May to 9 June. It consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events.
Rafael Nadal was the three-time defending champion in the men's singles, and won the title to become the first man to win the same Grand Slam title eight times. Maria Sharapova was the defending champion in women's singles, but lost in the final to Serena Williams.
This championship was the third time in grand slam history that two multiple slam sets were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that was Serena Williams in Women's singles, and her fellow countrymen Bob and Mike Bryan in Men's doubles. At the 1969 US Open, Rod Laver won his multiple slam set in Men's singles, and his fellow countryman Ken Rosewall did in Men's doubles. At the 2012 French Open, Mahesh Bhupathi won a multiple slam set in Mixed doubles, and Esther Vergeer won her multiple slam set in Women's Wheelchair Doubles.
In the women's singles final, it marked the first French Open since 1995 that the top two seeded players had played each other in the final, and the first time at any grand slam event since the 2004 Australian Open that the top two seeded players had played each other in a grand slam final.
Tournament
The 2013 French Open was the 112th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2013 ATP World Tour and the 2013 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.
There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
Seniors points
Wheelchair points
1 is for Men's, Women's and Quad singles
2 is for Men's and Women's doubles
Junior points
Prize money
The French Open's total prize money for 2013 has been increased by more than three million euros to 22 million euros ($28.77 million). The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will each earn 1.5 million euros, up 250,000 euros from last year. The move was part of plans to boost the total prize money by a further 10 million euros to 32 million euros by 2016. In comparison, US Open prize money will reach $33.6 million this year and rise to $50 million by 2017, while Wimbledon prize money was more than 16 million pounds ($24.61 million) in 2012. In the 2013 season, the French Open's prize money is the lowest out of four grand slam tournaments, compared to $30m at the Australian Open, $34m at Wimbledon, and $32m at the US Open.
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Singles players
Men's singles
Women's singles
Day-by-day summaries
Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Rankings are as of 20 May 2013 and the Points are as of 27 May 2013. It had been reported that the French Open was considering giving Nadal a seeding higher than his current world ranking (No. 4), on the basis of his history at the tournament, but French Open tournament organisers decided against it.
Men's singles
1Robredo has 100 points coming off after the French Open because of a challenger tournament (Città di Caltanissetta) he won when not attending the 2012 French Open. Therefore, 100 points must be subtracted from his old points.
Withdrawn players
Women's singles
Main draw wildcard entries
Men's singles
Marc Gicquel
Alex Kuznetsov
Nick Kyrgios
Nicolas Mahut
Adrian Mannarino
Gaël Monfils
Lucas Pouille
Florent Serra
Women's singles
Ashleigh Barty
Claire Feuerstein
Stéphanie Foretz-Gacon
Caroline Garcia
Irena Pavlovic
Virginie Razzano
Aravane Rezaï
Shelby Rogers
Men's doubles
Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy / Florent Serra
Jonathan Eysseric / Fabrice Martin
Marc Gicquel / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Renavand
Paul-Henri Mathieu / Lucas Pouille
Gaël Monfils / Josselin Ouanna
Albano Olivetti / Maxime Teixeira
Women's doubles
Séverine Beltrame / Laura Thorpe
Julie Coin / Pauline Parmentier
Alizé Cornet / Virginie Razzano
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon / Irena Pavlovic
Caroline Garcia / Mathilde Johansson
Alizé Lim / Aravane Rezaï
Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Séverine Beltrame / Benoît Paire
Julie Coin / Nicolas Mahut
Alizé Cornet / Gilles Simon
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Caroline Garcia / Marc Gicquel
Alizé Lim / Jérémy Chardy
Qualifiers
Men's singles qualifiers
Jiří Veselý
Vasek Pospisil
Steve Darcis
Pere Riba
Steve Johnson
Andreas Beck
Julian Reister
Somdev Devvarman
Pablo Carreño Busta
Maxime Teixeira
Denis Kudla
Jan-Lennard Struff
Jack Sock
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Michał Przysiężny
James Duckworth
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Andreas Haider-Maurer
Illya Marchenko
Rhyne Williams
Women's singles qualifiers
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Mariana Duque Mariño
Vania King
Yuliya Beygelzimer
Paula Ormaechea
Grace Min
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Dinah Pfizenmaier
Sandra Záhlavová
Galina Voskoboeva
Julia Glushko
Zuzana Kučová
Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Men's singles
Pablo Cuevas (PR 54)
Jürgen Zopp (PR 88)
Women's singles
Elena Baltacha (PR 103)
Flavia Pennetta (PR 14)
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
It was Nadal's 12th grand slam title and his 8th at the French Open (a record). It was his 6th career title of the year.
Women's singles
Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–4, 6–4
It was Williams' 16th grand slam title and her second at the French Open. It was her 52nd singles title of her career and sixth of 2013.
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Michaël Llodra / Nicolas Mahut, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
It was the Bryan brothers' 14th grand slam doubles title and their second at the French Open.
Women's doubles
Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina defeated Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, 7–5, 6–2
It was Makarova and Vesnina's 1st grand slam doubles title.
Mixed doubles
Lucie Hradecká / František Čermák defeated Kristina Mladenovic / Daniel Nestor, 1–6, 6–4, [10–6]
It was Hradecká 1st grand slam mixed doubles title and her second at the French Open.
It was Čermák's 1st grand slam mixed doubles title.
Juniors
Boys' singles
Cristian Garín defeated Alexander Zverev, 6–4, 6–1
Girls' singles
Belinda Bencic defeated Antonia Lottner, 6–1, 6–3
Boys' doubles
Kyle Edmund / Frederico Ferreira Silva defeated Cristian Garín / Nicolás Jarry, 6–3, 6–3
Girls' doubles
Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková defeated Doménica González / Beatriz Haddad Maia, 7–5, 6–2
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's singles
Stéphane Houdet defeated Shingo Kunieda, 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Wheelchair women's singles
Sabine Ellerbrock defeated Jiske Griffioen, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Gordon Reid / Ronald Vink, 3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Wheelchair women's doubles
Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot defeated Sabine Ellerbrock / Sharon Walraven, 6–2, 6–3
Other events
Legends under 45 doubles
Cédric Pioline / Fabrice Santoro defeated Albert Costa / Carlos Moyá, 4–6, 6–4, [4–1] ret.
Legends over 45 doubles
Andrés Gómez / Mark Woodforde defeated Mansour Bahrami / Pat Cash, 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Women's legends doubles
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Elena Dementieva / Martina Navratilova, 6–4, 6–2
Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.
Men's singles
Brian Baker → replaced by João Sousa
Thomaz Bellucci → replaced by Illya Marchenko
Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by Andreas Haider-Maurer
Mardy Fish → replaced by Guido Pella
Andy Murray → replaced by Rhyne Williams
Women's singles
Lara Arruabarrena →replaced by Nina Bratchikova
Chan Yung-jan → replaced by Shahar Pe'er
Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by Tatjana Maria
Aleksandra Wozniak → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
References
External links
Official website
French Open Live Streaming