2013 French Open
The 2013 French Open is a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the 112th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It will take place at the Stade Roland Garros from 26 May to 9 June.[1] It will consist of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players will also take part in singles and doubles events.
Rafael Nadal is the 7-time defending champion in men's singles, whilst the 2012 champion in women's singles is Maria Sharapova.
Tournament
The 2013 French Open will be the one hundred and twelfth edition of the French Open and will be held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.[2]
The tournament will be an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2013 ATP World Tour and the 2013 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.[3] There will be a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is 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 will be played on clay courts and will take place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.[4]
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
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's Singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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| Men's Doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's Singles | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 100 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 2 | |
| Women's Doubles | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
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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.[5]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's Singles | €1,500,000 | €750,000 | €375,000 | €190,000 | €100,000 | €60,000 | €35,000 | €21,000 | €10,000 | €5,000 | €2,500 |
| Women's Singles | €9,000 | €4,500 | |||||||||
| Doubles * | €360,000 | €180,000 | €90,000 | €50,000 | €28,000 | €15,000 | €8,000 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed Doubles * | €105,000 | €53,000 | €26,500 | €13,000 | €7,000 | €3,500 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wheelchair Singles | €18,000 | €9,000 | €5,000 | €3,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wheelchair Doubles * | €6,000 | €3,000 | €1,800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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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.
| Seed | Rank[6] | Player | Points | Points won | New points | Status | |
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| 1 | 1 |  Novak Djokovic
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| 2 | 3 |  Roger Federer
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First Round vs.  Pablo Carreño-Busta (Q)
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| 3 | 4 | Rafael Nadal
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First Round vs.  Daniel Brands
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| 4 | 5 | David Ferrer
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First Round vs.  Marinko Matosevic
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| 5 | 6 |  Tomáš Berdych
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First Round vs.  Gaël Monfils (WC)
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| 6 | 8 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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First Round vs.  Aljaž Bedene
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| 7 | 9 | Richard Gasquet
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First Round vs.  Sergiy Stakhovsky
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| 8 | 10 | Janko Tipsarević
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First Round vs. Nicolas Mahut (WC)
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| 9 | 11 | Stanislas Wawrinka
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First Round vs.  Thiemo de Bakker
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| 10 | 12 |  Marin Čilić
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First Round vs. Philipp Petzschner
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| 11 | 13 | Nicolás Almagro
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First Round vs.  Andreas Haider-Maurer (LL)
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| 12 | 14 | Tommy Haas
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First Round vs. Guillaume Rufin
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| 13 | 15 |  Kei Nishikori
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First Round vs.  Jesse Levine
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| 14 | 16 | Milos Raonic
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First Round vs. Xavier Malisse
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| 15 | 17 | Gilles Simon
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First Round vs. Lleyton Hewitt
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| 16 | 18 | Philipp Kohlschreiber
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First Round vs. Jiří Veselý (Q)
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| 17 | 19 |  Juan Mónaco
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First Round vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver
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| 18 | 20 |  Sam Querrey
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First Round vs.  Lukáš Lacko
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| 19 | 21 | John Isner
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First Round vs. Carlos Berlocq
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| 20 | 22 |  Andreas Seppi
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First Round vs. Leonardo Mayer
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| 21 | 23 |  Jerzy Janowicz
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First Round vs. Albert Ramos
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| 22 | 24 | Alexandr Dolgopolov
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First Round vs.  Dmitry Tursunov
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| 23 | 25 |  Kevin Anderson
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First Round vs. Illya Marchenko (LL)
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| 24 | 26 | Benoît Paire
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First Round vs.  Marcos Baghdatis
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| 25 | 27 | Jérémy Chardy
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First Round vs. Benjamin Becker
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| 26 | 28 |  Grigor Dimitrov
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| 27 | 29 | Fabio Fognini
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| 28 | 30 | Florian Mayer
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| 29 | 31 | Mikhail Youzhny
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First Round vs. Pablo Andújar
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| 30 | 32 | Julien Benneteau
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First Round vs.  Ričardas Berankis
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| 31 | 33 | Marcel Granollers
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First Round vs. Feliciano López
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| 32 | 34 | Tommy Robredo
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First Round vs.  Jürgen Zopp
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Withdrawn Players
| Rank | Player | Points | Points won | New points | Withdrew due to | |
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| 2 |  Andy Murray
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| 7 | Juan Martín del Potro
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| Seed | Rank[7] | Player | Points | Points won | New points | Status | |
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| 1 | 1 | Serena Williams
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| 2 | 2 | Maria Sharapova
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| 3 | 3 |  Victoria Azarenka
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| 4 | 4 | Agnieszka Radwańska
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| 5 | 5 | Sara Errani
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| 6 | 6 |  Li Na
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| 7 | 7 | Petra Kvitová
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First Round vs. Aravane Rezaï (WC)
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| 8 | 8 | Angelique Kerber
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| 9 | 9 | Samantha Stosur
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| 10 | 10 |  Caroline Wozniacki
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| 11 | 11 | Nadia Petrova
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| 12 | 12 | Maria Kirilenko
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| 13 | 13 | Marion Bartoli
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First Round vs. Olga Govortsova
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| 14 | 14 | Ana Ivanovic
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First Round vs. Petra Martić
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| 15 | 15 | Roberta Vinci
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First Round vs. Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (WC)
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| 16 | 16 | Dominika Cibulková
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| 17 | 17 | Sloane Stephens
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| 18 | 18 | Jelena Janković
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| 19 | 19 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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| 20 | 20 | Carla Suárez Navarro
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| 21 | 21 | Kirsten Flipkens
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| 22 | 22 | Ekaterina Makarova
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| 23 | 23 | Klára Zakopalová
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| 24 | 24 | Julia Görges
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| 25 | 25 | Lucie Šafářová
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| 26 | 26 | Sorana Cîrstea
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| 27 | 27 |  Yaroslava Shvedova
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| 28 | 28 | Tamira Paszek
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First Round vs. Melanie Oudin
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| 29 | 29 | Varvara Lepchenko
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First Round vs. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
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| 30 | 30 | Venus Williams
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First Round vs. Urszula Radwańska
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| 31 | 31 | Alizé Cornet
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First Round vs.  Maria João Koehler
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| 32 | 32 | Sabine Lisicki
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Main Draw Wildcard Entries
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Mixed Doubles
Qualifiers
Men's singles qualifiers
The following players received entry as lucky losers: |
Women's singles qualifiers
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Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
TBD def. TBD
Women's singles
TBD def. TBD
Men's doubles
TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD
Women's doubles
TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD
Mixed doubles
TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD
Juniors
Boys' Singles
TBD def. TBD
Girls' Singles
TBD def. TBD
Boys' Doubles
TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD
Girls' Doubles
TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair Men's Singles
TBD def. TBD
Wheelchair Women's Singles
TBD def. TBD
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD
Other events
Legends Under 45 Doubles
TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD
Legends Over 45 Doubles
TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD
Women's Legends Doubles
TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD
References
- ^ "French Open Tickets". Championship Tennis Tours. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ "French Open 2013 Coverage". ESPN. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "French Open 2013". Daily Telegraph. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "French Open preview: Can anyone stop Nadal or Djokovic lifting the trophy in Paris?". Daily Mail. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ French Open rules out Nadal seeding boost - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- ^ Men's Ranking
- ^ Women's ranking