page_title: 2013 Serena Williams tennis season
section_title: Mutua Madrid Open
hierarchical_section_title: 2013 Serena Williams tennis season / Year in detail / Clay court season and French Open / Mutua Madrid Open
caption_attribution_description: English: Serena Williams in Madrid after claiming the title over Sharapova
context_page_description: The 2013 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 30 December with the start of the 2013 WTA Tour, and follows on from a 12-match winning streak which began at the end of the 2012 Season. Williams produced the most consistent season in her career reaching 13 finals and winning 11 titles, the most since 12 titles from Martina Hingis in 1997. She also won her second French Open, her first since 2002, as well as her fifth US Open. She also dominated the clay season winning 5 titles and having a 28-0 record on the surface and produced her longest winning streak at 34. Williams also had the best winning percentage of 95.1%, the highest since 1990 and became the first women's player to eclipse the $10 million mark at $12,385,572, beating the previous single-season prize money record of $7.9 million set in 2012 by Victoria Azarenka. Williams finished the year at no. 1, this the third time that Williams ended as the number 1 player in the year. Based on her performance in 2013, she was named 'World Champion' for the fourth time and the second time in a row.
context_section_description: Williams came into the Mutua Madrid Open as the defending champion. Williams began her defense against Yulia Putintseva. Putintseva broke Williams in the opening game; Williams then broke back in the sixth game. The opening set then went to a tie-break, with Williams winning it. In the second set, Williams broke serve four times, while getting broken once herself to win the second set with a breadstick to win the match. In the following round, Williams went against local Lourdes Domínguez Lino. Williams took an early lead in the first set and served for it in the seventh game just to be broken, but broke back to take the set. In the second set, they went toe-to-toe, where Williams sneaked ahead, breaking in the twelfth game to win the match. In the round of 16, Williams faced 13th seed Maria Kirilenko. Both held serves in the first six games, until Williams raced through, winning nine of the last ten games. Williams made 22 winners and 10 unforced errors to Kirilenko's 9 and 25. Williams lost 2 points on serve, both on the second serve, and made no unforced errors in the second set. In the last 8, Williams took on wild card Anabel Medina Garrigues; the first set went on serve until Williams broke in the eighth game and then served it out. In the second set, Medina Garrigues took advantage of an erratic Williams taking the second set in a bagel. Williams took the first two games of the final set just to see Medina Garrigues take the next four; however, Williams came back and won the set in the twelfth game. Williams made 39 winners to 48 unforced errors to Medina Garrigues' 19 and 18. In the semifinals, Williams faced Sara Errani. Errani broke twice in the third and seventh game just to see Williams break back right after. Williams then broke in a hard-fought game in the twelfth game to take the set. Williams then broke Errani in the fourth game and then in the eighth game to advance to the final. Williams made 47 winners to Errani's 8 and 39 unforced errors to Errani's 13. This marks Williams first red clay final since her triumph in the 2002 French Open. Williams faced 2nd-seed Maria Sharapova in the final, where the winner could take the number 1 ranking. Williams dominated the first set, winning the first four games and eventually closing it out in the seventh game. Sharapova then broke Williams in the opening game but Williams broke back in sixth game and then again in the tenth game to take the match. Williams made 18 winners and unforced errors, while Sharapova made 14 winners to 21 unforced errors. This is Williams' 50th career title and her first on the red clay since the 2002 French Open.
caption: Serena Williams at the Mutua Madrid Open.
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