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2013 Australian Open


FieldValue
date14–27 January 2013
edition101st
categoryGrand Slam (ITF)
draw128S/64D/32X
surfaceHard (Plexicushion)
locationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
venueMelbourne Park
champmsSRB Novak Djokovic
champwsBLR Victoria Azarenka
champmdUSA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan
champwdITA Sara Errani / ITA Roberta Vinci
champxdAUS Jarmila Gajdošová / AUS Matthew Ebden
champbsAUS Nick Kyrgios
champgsCRO Ana Konjuh
champbdAUS Jay Andrijic / AUS Bradley Mousley
champgdCRO Ana Konjuh / CAN Carol Zhao
champwcmsJPN Shingo Kunieda
champwcwsNED Aniek van Koot
champwcqsUSA David Wagner
champwcwdNED Jiske Griffioen / NED Aniek van Koot
champwcqdUSA David Wagner / USA Nicholas Taylor
champwcmdFRA Michaël Jérémiasz / JPN Shingo Kunieda
main_nameAustralian Open
before_nameAustralian Open
after_nameAustralian Open

The 2013 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 to 27 January 2013. It was the 101st edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments.

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. In addition, this year's Australian Open remains the most recent Grand Slam where the men's and women's singles titles were both successfully defended.

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

Men's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles
20001200720360
0
1400900500280
5

Junior points

Boys' singlesGirls' singlesBoys' doublesGirls' doubles
375270180120
27018012075

Wheelchair points

Men's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesQuad singlesQuad doublesChampionRunner upSemifinals/3rdQuarterfinals/4th
700
500100
375100375100375
100100100

Prize money

The 2013 Australian Open featured a significant increase in prize money in comparison with previous years, with all players competing for a share of AUD$30 million, becoming the highest paying tournament of all time. This was the result of an ATP players' meeting, primarily focusing on the money received by players who exit the competition in the earlier rounds. All prize money is in Australian dollars (AUD).

**Mixed doubles ***$135,500$67,500$33,900$15,500$7,800$3,800**Wheelchair Doubles ***$8,000$5,500$2,750$1,750– --
  • per team

Singles players

Men's singles

**Champion**Runner-upSemifinals outQuarterfinals out4th round out3rd round out2nd round out1st round out
SRB **Novak Djokovic** [1]GBR Andy Murray [3]
ESP David Ferrer [4]SUI Roger Federer [2]
CZE Tomáš Berdych [5]ESP Nicolás Almagro [10]FRA Jérémy ChardyFRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [7]
SUI Stanislas Wawrinka [15]RSA Kevin AndersonJPN Kei Nishikori [16]SRB Janko Tipsarević [8]
ITA Andreas Seppi [21]FRA Gilles Simon [14]FRA Richard Gasquet [9]CAN Milos Raonic [13]
CZE Radek Štěpánek [31]USA Sam Querrey [20]ESP Fernando Verdasco [22]AUT Jürgen Melzer [26]
CYP Marcos Baghdatis [28]RUS Evgeny DonskoyPOL Jerzy Janowicz [24]FRA Julien Benneteau [32]
ARG Juan Martín del Potro [6]CRO Marin Čilić [12]FRA Gaël MonfilsLTU Ričardas Berankis (Q)
SVN Blaž KavčičCRO Ivan DodigGER Philipp Kohlschreiber [17]AUS Bernard Tomic
USA Ryan HarrisonESP Feliciano LópezUSA Brian BakerGER Tobias Kamke
RUS Andrey KuznetsovBEL Xavier MalisseESP Roberto Bautista AgutFRA Guillaume Rufin
USA Tim Smyczek (LL)JPN Tatsuma ItoRUS Mikhail Youzhny [23]ARG Carlos Berlocq
ESP Daniel Gimeno TraverIND Somdev Devvarman (PR)FRA Édouard Roger-VasselinSVK Lukáš Lacko
GER Benjamin BeckerESP Marcel Granollers [30]UZB Denis IstominUSA Rajeev Ram (Q)
CAN Jesse LevineTPE Lu Yen-hsunGER Florian Mayer [25]POR João Sousa
JPN Go SoedaAUS James Duckworth (WC)FIN Jarkko NieminenCOL Alejandro Falla
CZE Lukáš RosolISR Amir Weintraub (Q)GER Daniel Brands (Q)RUS Nikolay Davydenko
FRA Paul-Henri MathieuCOL Santiago GiraldoESP Arnau Brugués Davi (Q)SRB Viktor Troicki
ESP Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (Q)RUS Alex Bogomolov Jr.ITA Flavio CipollaGER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Q)
ARG Juan Mónaco [11]ITA Paolo LorenziESP Pablo AndújarBEL David Goffin
KAZ Mikhail KukushkinITA Fabio FogniniGER Julian Reister (Q)USA Michael Russell
BEL Olivier RochusCRO Ivo KarlovićAUS John Millman (WC)ESP Albert Ramos
AUS Matthew EbdenROU Adrian UngurBEL Maxime Authom (Q)ROU Victor Hănescu
USA Steve Johnson (Q)POL Łukasz KubotGER Björn PhauITA Simone Bolelli
BUL Grigor DimitrovBEL Ruben Bemelmans (Q)LUX Gilles MüllerAUS Lleyton Hewitt
FRA Adrian Mannarino (Q)SVN Aljaž BedeneESP Adrián Menéndez (Q)SVN Grega Žemlja
ARG Horacio ZeballosNED Igor SijslingESP Guillermo García LópezAUS Marinko Matosevic
ITA Filippo VolandriESP Tommy Robredo (PR)ESP Rubén Ramírez HidalgoUKR Alexandr Dolgopolov [18]
USA Rhyne Williams (WC)UKR Sergiy StakhovskyAUS John-Patrick Smith (WC)NED Robin Haase
FRA Michaël LlodraAUS Luke Saville (WC)AUS Benjamin Mitchell (WC)BRA Thomaz Bellucci [29]
GER Tommy Haas [19]CHN Wu Di (WC)FRA Josselin Ouanna (WC)ESP Albert Montañés
CZE Jan HájekGBR Jamie Baker (Q)ARG Guido PellaBEL Steve Darcis
SVK Martin Kližan [27]ARG Leonardo MayerISR Dudi Sela (Q)FRA Benoît Paire

;Women's singles

**Champion**Runner-upSemifinals outQuarterfinals out4th round out3rd round out2nd round out1st round out
BLR **Victoria Azarenka [1]**CHN Li Na [6]
USA Sloane Stephens [29]RUS Maria Sharapova [2]
RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaUSA Serena Williams [3]POL Agnieszka Radwańska [4]RUS Ekaterina Makarova [19]
RUS Elena VesninaDEN Caroline Wozniacki [10]RUS Maria Kirilenko [14]SRB Bojana Jovanovski
GER Julia Görges [18]SRB Ana Ivanovic [13]GER Angelique Kerber [5]BEL Kirsten Flipkens
USA Jamie HamptonITA Roberta Vinci [16]UKR Lesia Tsurenko (Q)ESP Carla Suárez Navarro
JPN Ayumi MoritaBEL Yanina Wickmayer [20]JPN Kimiko Date-KrummGBR Laura Robson
ROU Sorana Cîrstea [27]CHN Zheng JieSRB Jelena Janković [22]GBR Heather Watson
USA Madison Keys (WC)FRA Marion Bartoli [11]RUS Valeria Savinykh (Q)USA Venus Williams [25]
GRE Eleni DaniilidouTHA Luksika Kumkhum (Q)USA Varvara Lepchenko [21]UZB Akgul Amanmuradova (Q)
CRO Donna VekićRUS Daria Gavrilova (Q)TPE Hsieh Su-wei [26]KAZ Yulia Putintseva (Q)
ESP Garbiñe MuguruzaGER Annika BeckSVK Jana ČepelováCHN Peng Shuai
ISR Shahar Pe'erCZE Lucie Šafářová [17]FRA Kristina MladenovicCZE Petra Kvitová [8]
BLR Olga GovortsovaCZE Kristýna PlíškováSUI Romina OprandiAUS Samantha Stosur [9]
TPE Chan Yung-jan (Q)POR Maria João Koehler (Q)KAZ Ksenia PervakROU Irina-Camelia Begu
CZE Lucie HradeckáAUT Tamira Paszek [30]FRA Stéphanie Foretz GaconSRB Vesna Dolonc (Q)
SVK Dominika Cibulková [15]CZE Klára Zakopalová [23]FRA Alizé CornetJPN Misaki Doi
ROU Monica NiculescuCZE Karolína PlíškováSWE Sofia ArvidssonPOL Urszula Radwańska [31]
SVN Polona HercogFRA Caroline Garcia (WC)FRA Mathilde JohanssonESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa
GER Sabine LisickiCZE Andrea HlaváčkováUSA Lauren DavisRUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [24]
ESP Lara Arruabarrena VecinoESP Lourdes Domínguez LinoUSA Christina McHaleITA Sara Errani [7]
ROU Edina Gallovits-HallSVK Magdaléna RybárikováGEO Anna TatishviliKAZ Yaroslava Shvedova [28]
AUS Jarmila Gajdošová (WC)HUN Gréta Arn (Q)CAN Rebecca Marino (PR)USA Vania King
RUS Nadia Petrova [12]RUS Alexandra PanovaESP María Teresa Torró FlorCRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
ROU Simona HalepHUN Tímea BabosUSA Melanie OudinITA Francesca Schiavone
KAZ Sesil KaratantchevaFRA Pauline ParmentierAUS Sacha Jones (WC)USA CoCo Vandeweghe
RUS Vera DushevinaBUL Tsvetana PironkovaCHN Zhang Yuxuan (WC)TPE Chang Kai-chen
HUN Melinda CzinkSVK Daniela HantuchováITA Karin Knapp (Q)SWE Johanna Larsson
GER Mona Barthel [32]ROU Alexandra CadanțuNED Arantxa RusAUS Bojana Bobusic (WC)
UKR Elina SvitolinaNED Kiki BertensAUS Casey DellacquaSUI Stefanie Vögele
POR Michelle Larcher de Brito (Q)ITA Camila GiorgiAUS Olivia Rogowska (WC)ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues
AUS Ashleigh Barty (WC)LUX Mandy MinellaRUS Nina BratchikovaRSA Chanelle Scheepers
KAZ Galina VoskoboevaNZL Marina ErakovicCRO Petra MartićRUS Olga Puchkova

Day-by-day summaries

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Men's singles

SRB Novak Djokovic defeated GBR Andy Murray, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3, 6–2 :• It was Djokovic's 6th career Grand Slam singles title and his 4th title at the Australian Open (a record).

Women's singles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Women's singles

BLR Victoria Azarenka defeated CHN Li Na, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 :• It was Azarenka's 2nd career Grand Slam singles title and her 2nd (consecutive) title at the Australian Open.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Men's doubles

USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan defeated NED Robin Haase / NED Igor Sijsling, 6–3, 6–4 :• It was Bob and Mike's 13th career Grand Slam doubles title and their 6th title at the Australian Open. The victory also gave them sole possession of the all-time record for Grand Slam men's doubles titles by a team.

Women's doubles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Women's doubles

ITA Sara Errani / ITA Roberta Vinci defeated AUS Ashleigh Barty / AUS Casey Dellacqua, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 :• It was Errani's 3rd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st title at the Australian Open. :• It was Vinci's 3rd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st title at the Australian Open.

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

AUS Jarmila Gajdošová / AUS Matthew Ebden defeated CZE Lucie Hradecká / CZE František Čermák, 6–3, 7–5 :• It was Gajdošová's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title. :• It was Ebden's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Boys' singles

AUS Nick Kyrgios defeated AUS Thanasi Kokkinakis 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Girls' singles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Girls' singles

CRO Ana Konjuh defeated CZE Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Boys' doubles

AUS Jay Andrijic / AUS Bradley Mousley defeated GER Maximilian Marterer / AUT Lucas Miedler 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Girls' doubles

CRO Ana Konjuh / CAN Carol Zhao defeated UKR Oleksandra Korashvili / CZE Barbora Krejčíková 5–7, 6–4, [10–7]

Wheelchair tennis

Wheelchair men's singles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles

JPN Shingo Kunieda defeated FRA Stéphane Houdet 6–2, 6–0

Wheelchair women's singles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles

NED Aniek van Koot defeated GER Sabine Ellerbrock 6–1, 1–6, 7–5

Wheelchair quad singles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles

USA David Wagner defeated GBR Andrew Lapthorne 2–6, 6–1, 6–4

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

FRA Michaël Jérémiasz / JPN Shingo Kunieda defeated SWE Stefan Olsson / AUS Adam Kellerman 6–0, 6–1

Wheelchair women's doubles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles

NED Jiske Griffioen / NED Aniek van Koot defeated GBR Lucy Shuker / NED Marjolein Buis 6–4, 6–3

Wheelchair quad doubles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles

USA David Wagner / USA Nicholas Taylor defeated GBR Andrew Lapthorne / SWE Anders Hard 6–2, 6–3

Players

Seniors

Singles seeds

Seeds and Rankings are as of 7 January 2013 and Points are as of 14 January 2013.

Men's singles
Sdurl=http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Notes&Netcords/2012/jan17.pdftitle=WTA tour notes for week commencing 17 January 2012(PDF)access-date=25 January 2012publisher=wtatour.com }}url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-01-13/201201131294884964223.htmlarchive-url=https://archive.today/20130117183321/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-01-13/201201131294884964223.htmlurl-status=deadarchive-date=17 January 2013title=List of seeds for Men's and Women's drawspublisher=australianopen.comauthor=Tennis Australiadate=13 January 2012access-date=28 March 2012}}PointsPoints wonNew pointsStatus
11**SRB Novak Djokovic**
22SUI Roger Federer
33GBR Andy Murray
45ESP David Ferrer
56CZE Tomáš Berdych
67ARG Juan Martín del Potro
78FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
89SRB Janko Tipsarević
910FRA Richard Gasquet
1011ESP Nicolás Almagro
1112ARG Juan Mónaco
1214CRO Marin Čilić
1315CAN Milos Raonic
1416FRA Gilles Simon
1517SUI Stanislas Wawrinka
1618JPN Kei Nishikori
1719GER Philipp Kohlschreiber
1820UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov
1921GER Tommy Haas
2022USA Sam Querrey
2123ITA Andreas Seppi
2224ESP Fernando Verdasco
2325RUS Mikhail Youzhny
2426POL Jerzy Janowicz
2528GER Florian Mayer
2629AUT Jürgen Melzer
2730SVK Martin Kližan
2831CYP Marcos Baghdatis
2932BRA Thomaz Bellucci
3033CZE Radek Štěpánek
3134ESP Marcel Granollers
3235FRA Julien Benneteau
Withdrawn players (men's singles)
RankPlayerPointsPoints WonNew pointsWithdrew due to
4ESP Rafael Nadal
13USA John Isner
27USA Mardy Fish
Women's singles
SdRkPlayerPointsPoints wonNew pointsStatus
11**BLR Victoria Azarenka**
22RUS Maria Sharapova
33USA Serena Williams
44POL Agnieszka Radwańska
55GER Angelique Kerber
66CHN Li Na
77ITA Sara Errani
88CZE Petra Kvitová
99AUS Samantha Stosur
1010DEN Caroline Wozniacki
1111FRA Marion Bartoli
1212RUS Nadia Petrova
1313SRB Ana Ivanovic
1414RUS Maria Kirilenko
1515SVK Dominika Cibulková
1616ITA Roberta Vinci
1717CZE Lucie Šafářová
1818GER Julia Görges
1919RUS Ekaterina Makarova
2020BEL Yanina Wickmayer
2121USA Varvara Lepchenko
2222SRB Jelena Janković
2323CZE Klára Zakopalová
2424RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2525USA Venus Williams
2626TPE Hsieh Su-wei
2727ROU Sorana Cîrstea
2828KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova
2929USA Sloane Stephens
3030AUT Tamira Paszek
3131POL Urszula Radwańska
3232GER Mona Barthel

Main draw wildcard entries

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

Men's singles
  • AUS James Duckworth
  • AUS John Millman
  • AUS Ben Mitchell
  • FRA Josselin Ouanna
  • AUS Luke Saville
  • AUS John-Patrick Smith
  • USA Rhyne Williams
  • CHN Wu Di
Women's singles
  • AUS Ashleigh Barty
  • AUS Bojana Bobusic
  • AUS Jarmila Gajdošová
  • FRA Caroline Garcia
  • AUS Sacha Jones
  • USA Madison Keys
  • AUS Olivia Rogowska
  • CHN Zhang Yuxuan
Men's doubles
  • AUS Matthew Barton / AUS John Millman
  • AUS Alex Bolt / AUS Greg Jones
  • AUS James Duckworth / AUS Chris Guccione
  • AUS Samuel Groth / AUS Matt Reid
  • AUS Minos Kokkinakis / AUS Andrew Harris
  • AUS John Peers / AUS John-Patrick Smith
  • THA Danai Udomchoke / TPE Jimmy Wang
Women's doubles
  • AUS Monique Adamczak / AUS Stephanie Bengson
  • AUS Ashleigh Barty / AUS Casey Dellacqua
  • ZIM Cara Black / AUS Anastasia Rodionova
  • AUS Bojana Bobusic / AUS Jessica Moore
  • CHN Han Xinyun / CHN Zhou Yimiao
  • AUS Viktorija Rajicic / AUS Storm Sanders
  • AUS Arina Rodionova / AUS Olivia Rogowska
Mixed doubles
  • AUS Ashleigh Barty / USA Jack Sock
  • ZIM Cara Black / AUS Paul Hanley
  • AUS Bojana Bobusic / AUS Chris Guccione
  • AUS Casey Dellacqua / AUS John-Patrick Smith
  • AUS Jarmila Gajdošová / AUS Matthew Ebden
  • AUS Olivia Rogowska / AUS Marinko Matosevic
  • AUS Samantha Stosur / AUS Luke Saville

Main draw qualifiers entries

Men's singles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

  1. BEL Maxime Authom
  2. GBR Jamie Baker
  3. BEL Ruben Bemelmans
  4. LIT Ričardas Berankis
  5. RUS Alex Bogomolov Jr.
  6. GER Daniel Brands
  7. ESP Arnau Brugués Davi
  8. USA Steve Johnson
  9. FRA Adrian Mannarino
  10. ESP Adrián Menéndez
  11. ESP Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
  12. USA Rajeev Ram
  13. GER Julian Reister
  14. ISR Dudi Sela
  15. GER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
  16. ISR Amir Weintraub The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:
  17. USA Tim Smyczek
Women's singles

Main article: 2013 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

  1. UZB Akgul Amanmuradova
  2. HUN Gréta Arn
  3. SRB Vesna Dolonc
  4. RUS Vera Dushevina
  5. RUS Daria Gavrilova
  6. POR Maria João Koehler
  7. ITA Karin Knapp
  8. THA Luksika Kumkhum
  9. POR Michelle Larcher de Brito
  10. RUS Valeria Savinykh
  11. UKR Lesia Tsurenko
  12. TPE Chan Yung-jan

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

; Men's singles

  • IND Somdev Devvarman (PR 85)
  • ESP Tommy Robredo (PR 50)

; Women's singles

  • CAN Rebecca Marino (PR 114)

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons. ;Men's singles

  • USA Mardy Fish → replaced by CZE Jan Hájek
  • USA John Isner → replaced by USA Tim Smyczek
  • ESP Rafael Nadal → replaced by AUS Matthew Ebden
  • ARG David Nalbandian → replaced by KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin
  • USA Andy Roddick → replaced by UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky
  • EST Jürgen Zopp → replaced by CAN Jesse Levine

;Women's singles

  • CZE Iveta Benešová → replaced by KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva
  • CZE Petra Cetkovská → replaced by CZE Karolína Plíšková
  • EST Kaia Kanepi → replaced by CRO Donna Vekić
  • ITA Flavia Pennetta → replaced by SVK Jana Čepelová
  • CAN Aleksandra Wozniak → replaced by CAN Rebecca Marino
  • CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová → replaced by ESP Garbiñe Muguruza
  • RUS Vera Zvonareva → replaced by UKR Elina Svitolina

References

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