2013 in tennis

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2013. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

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ATP World Tour

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal won the four Grand Slams of 2013. For Djokovic, it was his record third consecutive Australian Open title. For Nadal, it was a record eighth title at Roland Garros. For Murray, it was the end of a 77 year drought since a British man won Wimbledon, and the first time since 2003 that a male player won his home Grand Slam tournament. Rafael Nadal won his 2nd US Open defeating the serbian.

The 2013 ATP World Tour was the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2013 tennis season. The 2013 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF) and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2013 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF.

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 was a series of 9 tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America and Asia. The series constituted the most prestigious tournaments in men's tennis after the four Grand Slam events and the ATP World Tour Finals.

Week of	Tournament	Also currently known as	Court surface	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Singles
March 4	Indian Wells	BNP Paribas Open	Hard	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martín del Potro	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
March 18	Miami	Sony Open Tennis	Hard	Andy Murray	David Ferrer	2–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
April 15	Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo Rolex Masters	Clay	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal	6–2, 7–6^(7–1)
May 6	Madrid	Mutua Madrid Open	Clay	Rafael Nadal	Stanislas Wawrinka	6–2, 6–4
May 13	Rome	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Clay	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	6–1, 6–3
August 5	Montreal	Rogers Cup	Hard	Rafael Nadal	Milos Raonic	6–2, 6–2
August 12	Cincinnati	Western & Southern Open	Hard	Rafael Nadal	John Isner	7–6^(10–8), 7–6^(7–3)
October 7	Shanghai	Shanghai Rolex Masters	Hard	Novak Djokovic	Juan Martín del Potro	6–1, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
October 28	Paris	BNP Paribas Masters	Hard (i)	Novak Djokovic	David Ferrer	7–5, 7–5
ATP World Tour Finals
4 November	London	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–4
Doubles
Week of	Tournament	Also currently known as	Court Surface	Winners	Runner-Up
March 4	Indian Wells	BNP Paribas Open	Hard	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Treat Conrad Huey Jerzy Janowicz	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
March 18	Miami	Sony Open Tennis	Hard	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–4, 6–1
April 15	Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo Rolex Masters	Clay	Julien Benneteau Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), [14–12]
May 6	Madrid	Mutua Madrid Open	Clay	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–2, 6–3
May 13	Rome	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Clay	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6–2, 6–3
August 5	Montreal	Rogers Cup	Hard	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	Colin Fleming Andy Murray	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
August 12	Cincinnati	Western & Southern Open	Hard	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
October 7	Shanghai	Shanghai Rolex Masters	Hard	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	7–6^(7–2), 6–7^(6–8), [10–2]
October 28	Paris	BNP Paribas Masters	Hard (i)	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–3, 6–3
ATP World Tour Finals
4 November	London	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), [10–7]

ATP Challenger Tour

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2013 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprises 15 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and approximately 150 regular series tournaments.

WTA Tour

Victoria Azarenka (left) claimed her second major by successfully defending the 2013 Australian Open, defeating Li Na in the finals. Serena Williams won the 2013 French Open, winning her second French Open title by defeating defending champion Maria Sharapova in the final eleven years after her first. Marion Bartoli won her first major at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, defeating first time finalist Sabine Lisicki.

The 2013 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2013 tennis season. The 2013 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF) and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tournament of Champions).

WTA Premier tournaments

The WTA Premier tournaments were 21 of the tennis tournaments divided into three levels on the 2013 WTA Tour.

Week of	Tournament	Also currently known as	Court surface	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Premier Mandatory
4 March	Indian Wells	BNP Paribas Open	Hard	Maria Sharapova	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 6–2
18 March	Miami	Sony Open Tennis	Hard	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
6 May	Madrid	Mutua Madrid Open	Clay	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	6–1, 6–4
30 September	Beijing	China Open	Hard	Serena Williams	Jelena Janković	6–2, 6–2
Premier 5
11 February	Doha	Qatar Total Open	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams	7–6^(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
13 May	Rome	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Clay	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka	6-1, 6–3
5 August	Toronto	Rogers Cup	Hard	Serena Williams	Sorana Cîrstea	6–2, 6–0
12 August	Cincinnati	Western & Southern Open	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams	2–6, 6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
23 September	Tokyo	Toray Pan Pacific Open	Hard	Petra Kvitová	Angelique Kerber	6-2, 0-6, 6-3
Premier
31 December	Brisbane	Brisbane International	Hard	Serena Williams	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–2, 6–1
7 January	Sydney	Apia International Sydney	Hard	Agnieszka Radwańska	Dominika Cibulková	6–0, 6–0
28 January	Paris	Open GDF Suez	Hard (i)	Mona Barthel	Sara Errani	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
18 February	Dubai	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships	Hard	Petra Kvitová	Sara Errani	6-2, 1-6, 6-1
1 April	Charleston	Family Circle Cup	Clay	Serena Williams	Jelena Janković	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
22 April	Stuttgart	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Clay (i)	Maria Sharapova	Li Na	6-4, 6-3
20 May	Brussels	Brussels Open	Clay	Kaia Kanepi	Peng Shuai	6–2, 7–5
17 June	Eastbourne	Aegon International	Grass	Elena Vesnina	Jamie Hampton	6–2, 6–1
22 July	Stanford	Bank of the West Classic	Hard	Dominika Cibulková	Agnieszka Radwańska	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
29 July	Carlsbad	Southern California Open	Hard	Samantha Stosur	Victoria Azarenka	6–2, 6–3
19 August	New Haven	New Haven Open at Yale	Hard	Simona Halep	Petra Kvitová	6–2, 6–2
14 October	Moscow	Kremlin Cup	Hard (i)	Simona Halep	Samantha Stosur	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
Year-End Championship
22 October	Istanbul	WTA Tour Championships	Hard (i)	Serena Williams	Li Na	2–6, 6–3, 6–0

WTA International tournaments

The WTA International Tournaments were 31 of the tennis tournaments.

Grand Slam events

Australian Open

The 2013 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on Hardcourt (Plexicushion). It was the 101st edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from January 14 to January 27, 2013.

All four of the main events in singles and same-sex doubles were won by the top seeds—Novak Djokovic in men's singles, Victoria Azarenka in women's singles, Bob and Mike Bryan in men's doubles, and Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in women's doubles. This year's Australian Open was the first Grand Slam event since that tournament's 2004 edition in which the women's singles and doubles were won by the top seeds, and the first Grand Slam event since the 1997 Wimbledon Championships in which the men's and women's singles and doubles were all won by the top seeds.

Category	Champion(s)	Finalist(s)	Score in the final
Men's singles	Novak Djokovic	Andy Murray	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–3, 6–2
Women's singles	Victoria Azarenka	Li Na	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Men's doubles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Robin Haase Igor Sijsling	6–3, 6–4
Women's doubles	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Mixed doubles	Jarmila Gajdošová Matthew Ebden	Lucie Hradecká František Čermák	6–3, 7–5

French Open

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.

Category	Champion(s)	Finalist(s)	Score in the final
Men's singles	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Women's singles	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–4
Men's doubles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)
Women's doubles	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	5–7, 2–6
Mixed doubles	Lucie Hradecká František Čermák	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	1–6, 6–4, [10–6]

Wimbledon Championships

The 2013 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the 127th championships of the Wimbledon Championships and the third Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom, from 24 June to 7 July 2013.

Roger Federer and Serena Williams were the defending champions in singles events, but neither was able to repeat their success. This marked the first time since 1927 in which both defending champions were eliminated before the quarter-finals.

Andy Murray became the first man from Great Britain to win the singles title since Fred Perry in 1936. Marion Bartoli won the women's singles title. Bob and Mike Bryan completed the "Bryan Slam" and became the first team to hold all four Grand Slams and the Olympic Gold at the same time.

Category	Champion(s)	Finalist(s)	Score in the final
Men's singles	Andy Murray	Novak Djokovic	6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Women's singles	Marion Bartoli	Sabine Lisicki	6–1, 6–4
Men's doubles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	7-6^(7-1), 6-1
Mixed doubles	Daniel Nestor Kristina Mladenovic	Bruno Soares Lisa Raymond	5-7, 6-2, 8-6

US Open

The 2013 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 133rd edition of the US Open and the final fourth Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and ran from August 26 to September 9.

Category	Champion(s)	Finalist(s)	Score in the final
Men's singles	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic	6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Women's singles	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka	7–5, 6–7^(6–8), 6–1
Men's doubles	Leander Paes Radek Štepánek	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–1, 6–3
Women's doubles	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–7^(4–7), 6–1, 6–4
Mixed doubles	Andrea Hlaváčková Max Mirnyi	Abigail Spears Santiago González	7–6^(7–5), 6–3

Team events

Hopman Cup

Hopman Cup XXV Champions
Spain

Fernando Verdasco

Anabel Medina Garrigues

The Hopman Cup XXV (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship purposes) was the 25th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis commenced on 29 December 2012 at the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group progressed to the final. Czech Republic, the defending champions, decided not to defend their title.

The 2013 Hopman Cup was won by Spain – Spain's fourth title, defeating Serbia in the final 2–1. Serbia won the men's singles, followed by Spain's winning of the women's singles; then the deciding mixed doubles event was won by Spain in straight sets.

•  Spain – Fernando Verdasco / Anabel Medina Garrigues def.  Serbia – Novak Djokovic / Ana Ivanovic.

Davis Cup

The 2013 Davis Cup (also known as the 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) is the 102nd edition of the tournament between national teams in men's tennis.

The draw took place on 19 September 2012 in London, United Kingdom. Although, the draws for Asia/Oceania Zone Group I and Europe/Africa Zone Group II were held following the remaining play-off ties on 19–21 October 2012.[1]

World Group Draw

	First Round 1–3 February					Quarterfinals 5–7 April					Semifinals 13–15 September					Final 15–17 November
	Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)
	1	Spain	2
						Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)
		Canada	3
							Canada	3
	Turin, Italy (indoor clay)
							Italy	1
	7	Croatia	2
											Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)
		Italy	3
												Canada	2
	Charleroi, Belgium (indoor clay)
										4	Serbia	3
	4	Serbia	3
						Boise, United States (indoor hard)
		Belgium	2
						4	Serbia	3
	Jacksonville, United States (indoor hard)
						6	United States	1
	6	United States	3
																Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
		Brazil	2
																4	Serbia	2
	Rouen, France (indoor hard)
																2	Czech Republic	3
		Israel	0
						Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	5	France	5
						5	France	2
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
						3	Argentina	3
		Germany	0
											Prague, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
	3	Argentina	5
											3	Argentina	2
	Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)
										2	Czech Republic	3
		Austria	1
						Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)
	8	Kazakhstan	3
						8	Kazakhstan	1
	Geneva, Switzerland (indoor hard)
						2	Czech Republic	3
		Switzerland	2
	2	Czech Republic	3

Fed Cup

The 2013 Fed Cup (also known as the 2013 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 51st edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place on 2–3 November. The draw took place on 6 June 2012 in Paris, France.

World Group Draw

	Quarterfinals 9–10 February					Semifinals 20–21 April					Final 2–3 November
	Ostrava, Czech Republic (Indoor hard)
	1	Czech Republic	4
		Australia	0			Palermo, Italy (Outdoor clay)
						1	Czech Republic	1
	Rimini, Italy (Indoor clay)					3	Italy	3
		United States	2
	3	Italy	3								Cagliari, Italy (Outdoor clay)
											3	Italy	4
	Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)										4	Russia	0
	4	Russia	3
		Japan	2			Moscow, Russia (Indoor clay)
						4	Russia	3
	Niš, Serbia (Indoor hard)						Slovakia	2
		Slovakia	3
	2	Serbia	2

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP or WTA Rankings Top 100 (singles) or Top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2013 season:

• Ágnes Szávay[2]
• Anastasija Sevastova[3]
• Anna Chakvetadze
• Anne Keothavong
• Elena Baltacha
• Esther Vergeer[4]
• James Blake
• Jill Craybas
• Marion Bartoli
• Rebecca Marino
• Ricardo Mello[5]
• Séverine Beltrame
• Xavier Malisse
• David Nalbandian

International Tennis Hall of Fame

• Class of 2013:
  • Daphne Akhurst, player
  • James Anderson, player
  • Wilfred Baddeley, player
  • Blanche Bingley, player
  • Charlotte Cooper, player
  • Thelma Coyne Long, player
  • Martina Hingis, player
  • Cliff Drysdale, contributor
  • Charlie Pasarell, contributor
  • Ion Țiriac, contributor

References

1. "Articles - 2013 Davis Cup Draw: World Group". Davis Cup. 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
2. http://www.womenstennisblog.com/2013/02/07/agnes-szavay-retires-from-tennis/
3. http://wtafans.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/anastasija-sevastova-retires-at-age-of.html
4. http://www.tennisgrandstand.com/2013/02/12/strength-and-vulnerability-esther-vergeer-and-her-emotional-decision-to-retire-from-tennis
5. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=701353&l=fe5609f2c1&id=188094074652648

External links

• Official website of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)
• Official website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)
• Official website of the International Tennis Federation (ITF)