French Open 2013

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.Wimbledon prizemoney hits $34m, 2013 grand slam jackpot at $124m
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Singles players

Men's singles

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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, 0–6*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, 0–6

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, –1ret.

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

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