The 2013 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 112th 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 EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 1400900500280160100560504025
Wheelchair points EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles1800500375100Doubles2100Quad doubles100
1 is for Men's, Women's and Quad singles 2 is for Men's and Women's doubles
Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles37527018012075302520Girls' singlesBoys' doubles2701801207545Girls' doubles
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.French Open rules out Nadal seeding boost – ABC Grandstand Sport – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 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
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1Men's singles€1,500,000€750,000€375,000€190,000€100,000€60,000€35,000€21,000€10,000€5,000€2,500Women's singles€9,000€4,500Doubles *€360,000€180,000€90,000€50,000€28,000€15,000€8,000Mixed doubles *€105,000€53,000€26,500€13,000€7,000€3,500Wheelchair singles€18,000€9,000€5,000€3,000Wheelchair doubles *€6,000€3,000€1,800 * per team
Singles players
Men's singles Champion Runner-up Rafael Nadal David Ferrer Semifinals out Novak Djokovic Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Quarterfinals out Tommy Haas Stanislas Wawrinka Tommy Robredo Roger Federer 4th round out Philipp Kohlschreiber Mikhail Youzhny Kei Nishikori Richard Gasquet Nicolás Almagro Kevin Anderson Viktor Troicki Gilles Simon 3rd round out Grigor Dimitrov Victor Hănescu John Isner Janko Tipsarević Fabio Fognini Benoît Paire Jerzy Janowicz Nikolay Davydenko Gaël Monfils (WC) Andreas Seppi Milos Raonic Feliciano López Jérémy Chardy Marin Čilić Sam Querrey Julien Benneteau 2nd round out Guido Pella Lucas Pouille (WC) Dmitry Tursunov Lu Yen-hsun Jack Sock (Q) Ryan Harrison Federico Delbonis Fernando Verdasco Martin Kližan Lukáš Rosol Łukasz Kubot Grega Žemlja Horacio Zeballos Robin Haase Denis Istomin Michał Przysiężny (Q) Ernests Gulbis Igor Sijsling Blaž Kavčič Édouard Roger-Vasselin Michaël Llodra Evgeny Donskoy João Sousa Albert Montañés Jarkko Nieminen Roberto Bautista Agut Daniel Gimeno Traver Nick Kyrgios (WC) Pablo Cuevas (PR) Jan Hájek Tobias Kamke Somdev Devvarman (Q) 1st round out David Goffin Ivan Dodig Alex Kuznetsov (WC) Alejandro Falla Alexandr Dolgopolov Bernard Tomic Simone Bolelli Jiří Veselý (Q) Guillaume Rufin Guillermo García López Andrey Kuznetsov Carlos Berlocq Pablo Andújar Julian Reister (Q) Marc Gicquel (WC) Nicolas Mahut (WC) Daniel Brands Michael Russell Pere Riba (Q) Andreas Beck (Q) Marcos Baghdatis Maxime Teixeira (Q) Santiago Giraldo Jesse Levine Thiemo de Bakker Vasek Pospisil (Q) Kenny de Schepper Albert Ramos Florian Mayer Florent Serra (WC) Rhyne Williams (LL) Serhiy Stakhovsky Tomáš Berdych Rogério Dutra Silva Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Zopp (PR) Leonardo Mayer James Duckworth (Q) Martín Alund Andreas Haider-Maurer (LL) Xavier Malisse Steve Darcis (Q) Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) Illya Marchenko (LL) Marcel Granollers Go Soeda Steve Johnson (Q) Marinko Matosevic Aljaž Bedene Paul-Henri Mathieu Gilles Müller Benjamin Becker Juan Mónaco James Blake Radek Štěpánek Philipp Petzschner Lleyton Hewitt Adrian Mannarino (WC) Denis Kudla (Q) Lukáš Lacko Ričardas Berankis Paolo Lorenzi Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (Q) Pablo Carreño Busta (Q)
Women's singles Champion Runner-up Serena Williams Maria Sharapova Semifinals out Sara Errani Victoria Azarenka Quarterfinals out Svetlana Kuznetsova Agnieszka Radwańska Maria Kirilenko Jelena Janković 4th round out Roberta Vinci Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanovic Carla Suárez Navarro Bethanie Mattek-Sands Francesca Schiavone Jamie Hampton Sloane Stephens 3rd round out Sorana Cîrstea Petra Cetkovská Bojana Jovanovski Varvara Lepchenko Dinah Pfizenmaier (Q) Virginie Razzano (WC) Monica Puig Sabine Lisicki Paula Ormaechea (Q) Stefanie Vögele Marion Bartoli Alizé Cornet Petra Kvitová Samantha Stosur Marina Erakovic Zheng Jie 2nd round out Caroline Garcia (WC) Johanna Larsson Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Galina Voskoboeva (Q) Caroline Wozniacki Magdaléna Rybáriková Elina Svitolina Jana Čepelová Mallory Burdette Urszula Radwańska Zuzana Kučová (Q) Mathilde Johansson Madison Keys Shelby Rogers (WC) María Teresa Torró Flor Yulia Putintseva Li Na Yaroslava Shvedova Kaia Kanepi Ashleigh Barty (WC) Mariana Duque (Q) Kirsten Flipkens Sílvia Soler Espinosa Annika Beck Peng Shuai Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (Q) Garbiñe Muguruza Kristina Mladenovic Dominika Cibulková Vania King (Q) Melanie Oudin Eugenie Bouchard 1st round out Anna Tatishvili Yuliya Beygelzimer (Q) Monica Niculescu Kiki Bertens Andrea Hlaváčková Olga Puchkova Grace Min (Q) Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (WC) Laura Robson Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Pauline Parmentier Ekaterina Makarova Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Romina Oprandi Christina McHale Mona Barthel Shahar Pe'er Donna Vekić Mandy Minella Venus Williams Julia Görges Claire Feuerstein (WC) Chanelle Scheepers Petra Martić Nadia Petrova Misaki Doi Irena Pavlovic (WC) Simona Halep Sofia Arvidsson Julia Glushko Ayumi Morita Arantxa Rus Anabel Medina Garrigues Lourdes Domínguez Lino Tatjana Maria CoCo Vandeweghe Klára Zakopalová Heather Watson Lucie Hradecká Nina Bratchikova Olga Govortsova Kristýna Plíšková Melinda Czink Flavia Pennetta (PR) Maria Joao Koehler Irina-Camelia Begu Sandra Záhlavová (Q) Elena Vesnina Aravane Rezaï (WC) Camila Giorgi Yanina Wickmayer Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová Karolína Plíšková Lauren Davis Kimiko Date-Krumm Lesia Tsurenko Elena Baltacha (PR) Alexandra Cadanțu Karin Knapp Tamira Paszek Vesna Dolonc Tsvetana Pironkova Hsieh Su-wei
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 SeedRankMen's RankingPlayerPointsPoints wonNew pointsStatus11 Novak DjokovicSemifinals lost to Rafael Nadal 23 Roger FedererQuarterfinals lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 34 Rafael NadalChampion, defeated David Ferrer 45 David FerrerRunner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal 56 Tomáš BerdychFirst round lost to Gaël Monfils (WC)68 Jo-Wilfried TsongaSemifinals lost to David Ferrer 79 Richard GasquetFourth round lost to Stanislas Wawrinka 810 Janko TipsarevićThird round lost to Mikhail Youzhny 911 Stanislas WawrinkaQuarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal 1012 Marin ČilićThird round lost to Viktor Troicki1113 Nicolás AlmagroFourth round lost to Tommy Robredo 1214 Tommy HaasQuarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic 1315 Kei NishikoriFourth round lost to Rafael Nadal 1416 Milos RaonicThird round lost to Kevin Anderson 1517 Gilles SimonFourth round lost to Roger Federer 1618 Philipp KohlschreiberFourth round lost to Novak Djokovic 1719 Juan MónacoFirst round lost to Daniel Gimeno Traver1820 Sam QuerreyThird round lost to Gilles Simon 1921 John IsnerThird round lost to Tommy Haas 2022 Andreas SeppiThird round lost to Nicolás Almagro 2123 Jerzy JanowiczThird round lost to Stanislas Wawrinka 2224 Alexandr DolgopolovFirst round lost to Dmitry Tursunov2325 Kevin AndersonFourth round lost to David Ferrer 2426 Benoît PaireThird round lost to Kei Nishikori 2527 Jérémy ChardyThird round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2628 Grigor DimitrovThird round lost to Novak Djokovic 2729 Fabio FogniniThird round lost to Rafael Nadal 2830 Florian MayerFirst round lost to Denis Istomin2931 Mikhail YouzhnyFourth round lost to Tommy Haas 3032 Julien BenneteauThird round lost to Roger Federer 3133 Marcel GranollersFirst round lost to Feliciano López3234 Tommy RobredoQuarterfinals lost to David Ferrer 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 RankPlayerPointsPoints wonNew pointsWithdrew due to2 Andy MurrayBack injury7 Juan Martín del PotroVirus
Women's singles