2013 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Appearance
Singles | |
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2013 WTA Tour Championships | |
Champion | Serena Williams |
Runner-up | Li Na |
Score | 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
Draw | 8 (RR + elimination) |
Seeds | 8 |
Defending champion Serena Williams defeated Li Na in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 to win the singles tennis title at the 2013 WTA Tour Championships. It was her record 11th title of the season, and her fourth Tour Finals singles title.[1][2]
Players
[edit]- Serena Williams (champion)
- Victoria Azarenka (round robin)
- Agnieszka Radwańska (round robin)
- Li Na (final)
- Petra Kvitová (semifinals)
- Sara Errani (round robin)
- Jelena Janković (semifinals)
- Angelique Kerber (round robin)
Notes:
- Maria Sharapova had qualified but withdrew due to a right shoulder injury
Alternates
[edit]- Caroline Wozniacki (Not used)
- Sloane Stephens (Not used)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Serena Williams | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
7 | Jelena Janković | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
1 | Serena Williams | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
4 | Li Na | 6 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
4 | Li Na | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
5 | Petra Kvitová | 4 | 2 |
Red group
[edit]Williams | Radwańska | Kvitová | Kerber | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
1 | Serena Williams | 6–2, 6–4 | 6–2, 6–3 | 6–3, 6–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 (100%) | 36–15 (70.6%) | 1 | |
3 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 2–6, 4–6 | 4–6, 4–6 | 2–6, 2–6 | 0–3 | 0–6 (0%) | 18–36 (33.3%) | 4 | |
5 | Petra Kvitová | 2–6, 3–6 | 6–4, 6–4 | 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 (57.1%) | 35–32 (52.2%) | 2 | |
8 | Angelique Kerber | 3–6, 1–6 | 6–2, 6–2 | 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 3–6 | 1–2 | 3–4 (42.9%) | 28–34 (45.2%) | 3 |
White group
[edit]Azarenka | Li | Errani | Janković | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
2 | Victoria Azarenka | 2–6, 1–6 | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | 4–6, 3–6 | 1–2 | 2–4 (33.3%) | 23–32 (41.8%) | 3 | |
4 | Li Na | 6–2, 6–1 | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 (85.7%) | 39–24 (61.9%) | 1 | |
6 | Sara Errani | 6–7(4–7), 2–6 | 3–6, 6–7(5–7) | 6–4, 6–4 | 1–2 | 2–4 (33.3%) | 29–34 (46.0%) | 4 | |
7 | Jelena Janković | 6–4, 6–3 | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 | 4–6, 4–6 | 1–2 | 3–4 (42.9%) | 32–33 (49.2%) | 2 |
References
[edit]- General
- "TEB-BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul – 2013 Singles Competition" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- Specific
- ^ "Serena Williams beats Li Na to win WTA Championships". BBC Sport. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Serena Williams signs off a year of dominance and £7.6million won with victory over Li Na in Istanbul". Daily Telegraph. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.