The 2013 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 to 27 January 2013.[1] 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.[2] 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 edit
Point distribution edit
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
Seniors points edit
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's singles | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 100 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
Junior points edit
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 |
| Boys' singles | 375 | 270 | 180 | 120 | 75 | 30 | 25 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' singles | ||||||||
| Boys' doubles | 270 | 180 | 120 | 75 | 45 | — | ||
| Girls' doubles | ||||||||
Wheelchair points edit
| Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles | Quad singles | Quad doubles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 700 | |||||
| Runner up | 500 | 100 | ||||
| Semifinals/3rd | 375 | 100 | 375 | 100 | 375 | — |
| Quarterfinals/4th | 100 | — | 100 | — | 100 | — |
Prize money edit
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.[3] All prize money is in Australian dollars (AUD).
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $2,430,000 | $1,215,000 | $500,000 | $250,000 | $125,000 | $71,000 | $45,500 | $27,600 | $13,120 | $6,560 | $3,280 |
| Doubles * | $475,000 | $237,500 | $118,750 | $60,000 | $33,500 | $19,500 | $12,500 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed doubles * | $135,500 | $67,500 | $33,900 | $15,500 | $7,800 | $3,800 | — | — | — | — | — |
* per team
Singles players edit
Day-by-day summaries edit
Champions edit
Seniors edit
Men's singles edit
Novak Djokovic defeated 
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 edit
Victoria Azarenka defeated 
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 edit
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated 
Robin Haase / 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 edit
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated 
Ashleigh Barty / 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 edit
Jarmila Gajdošová / Matthew Ebden defeated 
Lucie Hradecká / 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 edit
Boys' singles edit
Nick Kyrgios defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Girls' singles edit
Ana Konjuh defeated Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–4
Boys' doubles edit
Jay Andrijic / Bradley Mousley defeated 
Maximilian Marterer / 
Lucas Miedler 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Girls' doubles edit
Ana Konjuh / 
Carol Zhao defeated 
Oleksandra Korashvili / Barbora Krejčíková 5–7, 6–4, [10–7]
Wheelchair tennis edit
Wheelchair men's singles edit
Shingo Kunieda defeated 
Stéphane Houdet 6–2, 6–0
Wheelchair women's singles edit
Aniek van Koot defeated Sabine Ellerbrock 6–1, 1–6, 7–5
Wheelchair quad singles edit
David Wagner defeated Andrew Lapthorne 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Wheelchair men's doubles edit
Michaël Jérémiasz / Shingo Kunieda defeated 
Stefan Olsson / Adam Kellerman 6–0, 6–1
Wheelchair women's doubles edit
Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot defeated Lucy Shuker / Marjolein Buis 6–4, 6–3
Wheelchair quad doubles edit
David Wagner / Nicholas Taylor defeated Andrew Lapthorne / Anders Hard 6–2, 6–3
Players edit
Seniors edit
Singles seeds edit
Seeds and Rankings are as of 7 January 2013 and Points are as of 14 January 2013.
Men's singles edit
| Sd | Rk[4] | Player[5] | Points[4] | Points won | New points | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Novak Djokovic
|
12,920
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
12,920
|
Champion, won in the final against Andy Murray [3]
|
| 2 | 2 |  Roger Federer
|
10,265
|
720
|
720
|
10,265
|
Semifinals lost to Andy Murray [3]
|
| 3 | 3 | Andy Murray
|
8,000
|
720
|
1,200
|
8,480
|
Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
|
| 4 | 5 |  David Ferrer
|
6,505
|
360
|
720
|
6,865
|
Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
|
| 5 | 6 | Tomáš Berdych
|
4,680
|
360
|
360
|
4,680
|
Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
|
| 6 | 7 |  Juan Martín del Potro
|
4,480
|
360
|
90
|
4,210
|
Third round lost to Jérémy Chardy
|
| 7 | 8 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
|
3,375
|
180
|
360
|
3,555
|
Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
|
| 8 | 9 | Janko Tipsarević
|
3,090
|
90
|
180
|
3,180
|
Fourth round lost to Nicolás Almagro [10]
|
| 9 | 10 | Richard Gasquet
|
2,720
|
180
|
180
|
2,720
|
Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [7]
|
| 10 | 11 | Nicolás Almagro
|
2,515
|
180
|
360
|
2,695
|
Quarterfinals lost to David Ferrer [4]
|
| 11 | 12 | Juan Mónaco
|
2,430
|
10
|
10
|
2,430
|
First round lost to  Andrey Kuznetsov
|
| 12 | 14 | Marin Čilić
|
2,210
|
0
|
90
|
2,300
|
Third round lost to Andreas Seppi [21]
|
| 13 | 15 | Milos Raonic
|
2,175
|
90
|
180
|
2,265
|
Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [2]
|
| 14 | 16 | Gilles Simon
|
2,145
|
45
|
180
|
2,280
|
Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [3]
|
| 15 | 17 | Stanislas Wawrinka
|
1,900
|
90
|
180
|
1,990
|
Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
|
| 16 | 18 | Kei Nishikori
|
1,870
|
360
|
180
|
1,690
|
Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [4]
|
| 17 | 19 | Philipp Kohlschreiber
|
1,830
|
180
|
90
|
1,740
|
Third round lost to Milos Raonic [13]
|
| 18 | 20 | Alexandr Dolgopolov
|
1,750
|
90
|
10
|
1,670
|
First round lost to Gaël Monfils
|
| 19 | 21 | Tommy Haas
|
1,720
|
45
|
10
|
1,685
|
First round lost to  Jarkko Nieminen
|
| 20 | 22 | Sam Querrey
|
1,650
|
45
|
90
|
1,695
|
Third round lost to Stanislas Wawrinka [15]
|
| 21 | 23 | Andreas Seppi
|
1,595
|
10
|
180
|
1,765
|
Fourth round lost to Jérémy Chardy
|
| 22 | 24 | Fernando Verdasco
|
1,445
|
10
|
90
|
1,525
|
Third round lost to  Kevin Anderson
|
| 23 | 25 | Mikhail Youzhny
|
1,335
|
10
|
45
|
1,370
|
Second round lost to Evgeny Donskoy
|
| 24 | 26 |  Jerzy Janowicz
|
1,299
|
0
|
90
|
1,389
|
Third round lost to Nicolás Almagro [10]
|
| 25 | 28 | Florian Mayer
|
1,215
|
0
|
45
|
1,260
|
Second round lost to  Ričardas Berankis (Q)
|
| 26 | 29 | Jürgen Melzer
|
1,177
|
10
|
90
|
1,257
|
Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [5]
|
| 27 | 30 |  Martin Kližan
|
1,175
|
20
|
10
|
1,165
|
First round lost to Daniel Brands [Q]
|
| 28 | 31 |  Marcos Baghdatis
|
1,115
|
45
|
90
|
1,160
|
Third round lost to David Ferrer [4]
|
| 29 | 32 |  Thomaz Bellucci
|
1,112
|
45
|
10
|
1,077
|
First round lost to  Blaz Kavčič
|
| 30 | 33 | Radek Štěpánek
|
1,110
|
10
|
90
|
1,190
|
Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
|
| 31 | 34 | Marcel Granollers
|
1,125
|
45
|
45
|
1,125
|
Second round lost to Jérémy Chardy
|
| 32 | 35 | Julien Benneteau
|
1,075
|
90
|
90
|
1,075
|
Third round lost to Janko Tipsarević [8]
|
Withdrawn players (men's singles) edit
| Rank | Player | Points | Points Won | New points | Withdrew due to | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Rafael Nadal
|
6,600
|
1,200
|
0
|
5,400
|
Stomach virus[6] |
| 13 | John Isner
|
2,215
|
90
|
0
|
2,125
|
Knee injury |
| 27 | Mardy Fish
|
1,255
|
45
|
0
|
1,210
|
Health reasons |
Women's singles edit
| Sd | Rk[4] | Player[5] | Points[4] | Points won | New points | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Victoria Azarenka
|
10,325
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
10,325
|
Champion, won in the final against Li Na [6]
|
| 2 | 2 | Maria Sharapova
|
10,045
|
1,400
|
900
|
9,545
|
Semifinals lost to Li Na [6]
|
| 3 | 3 | Serena Williams
|
9,750
|
280
|
500
|
9,970
|
Quarterfinals lost to Sloane Stephens [29]
|
| 4 | 4 | Agnieszka Radwańska
|
7,750
|
500
|
500
|
7,750
|
Quarterfinals lost to Li Na [6]
|
| 5 | 5 | Angelique Kerber
|
5,575
|
160
|
280
|
5,695
|
Fourth round lost to Ekaterina Makarova [19]
|
| 6 | 6 | Li Na
|
5,135
|
280
|
1,400
|
6,255
|
Runner-up, lost to Victoria Azarenka [1]
|
| 7 | 7 | Sara Errani
|
5,100
|
500
|
5
|
4,605
|
First round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro
|
| 8 | 8 | Petra Kvitová
|
5,085
|
900
|
100
|
4,285
|
Second round lost to Laura Robson
|
| 9 | 9 | Samantha Stosur
|
4,135
|
5
|
100
|
4,230
|
Second round lost to Zheng Jie
|
| 10 | 10 |  Caroline Wozniacki
|
3,765
|
500
|
280
|
3,545
|
Fourth round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova
|
| 11 | 11 | Marion Bartoli
|
3,740
|
160
|
160
|
3,740
|
Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova [19]
|
| 12 | 12 | Nadia Petrova
|
3,040
|
100
|
5
|
2,945
|
First round lost to Kimiko Date-Krumm
|
| 13 | 13 | Ana Ivanovic
|
2,841
|
280
|
280
|
2,841
|
Fourth round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [4]
|
| 14 | 14 | Maria Kirilenko
|
2,570
|
160
|
280
|
2,690
|
Fourth round lost to Serena Williams [3]
|
| 15 | 15 | Dominika Cibulková
|
2,695
|
100
|
100
|
2,695
|
Second round lost to Valeria Savinykh [Q]
|
| 16 | 16 | Roberta Vinci
|
2,525
|
100
|
160
|
2,585
|
Third round lost to Elena Vesnina
|
| 17 | 17 | Lucie Šafářová
|
2,065
|
5
|
100
|
2,160
|
Second round lost to Bojana Jovanovski
|
| 18 | 18 | Julia Görges
|
1,965
|
280
|
280
|
1,965
|
Fourth round lost to Li Na [6]
|
| 19 | 19 | Ekaterina Makarova
|
1,881
|
500
|
500
|
1,881
|
Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
|
| 20 | 20 |  Yanina Wickmayer
|
1,680
|
5
|
160
|
1,835
|
Third round lost to Maria Kirilenko [14]
|
| 21 | 21 | Varvara Lepchenko
|
1,835
|
60
|
100
|
1,870
|
Second round lost to Elena Vesnina
|
| 22 | 22 | Jelena Janković
|
1,751
|
280
|
160
|
1,631
|
Third round lost to Ana Ivanovic [13]
|
| 23 | 23 | Klára Zakopalová
|
1,705
|
5
|
100
|
1,800
|
Second round lost to Kirsten Flipkens
|
| 24 | 24 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
|
1,690
|
100
|
5
|
1,595
|
First round lost to Lesia Tsurenko [Q]
|
| 25 | 25 | Venus Williams
|
1,650
|
0
|
160
|
1,810
|
Third round lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
|
| 26 | 26 |  Hsieh Su-wei
|
1,636
|
40
|
100
|
1,696
|
Second round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova
|
| 27 | 27 |  Sorana Cîrstea
|
1,565
|
160
|
160
|
1,565
|
Third round lost to Li Na [6]
|
| 28 | 28 |  Yaroslava Shvedova
|
1,583
|
2
|
5
|
1,586
|
First round lost to Annika Beck
|
| 29 | 29 | Sloane Stephens
|
1,666
|
100
|
900
|
2,466
|
Semifinals lost to Victoria Azarenka [1]
|
| 30 | 30 | Tamira Paszek
|
1,523
|
5
|
100
|
1,618
|
Second round lost to Madison Keys [WC]
|
| 31 | 31 | Urszula Radwańska
|
1,490
|
100
|
5
|
1,395
|
First round lost to Jamie Hampton
|
| 32 | 32 | Mona Barthel
|
1,380
|
160
|
5
|
1,225
|
First round lost to Ksenia Pervak
|
Main draw wildcard entries edit
Men's singles edit |
Women's singles edit
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Men's doubles edit |
Women's doubles edit
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Mixed doubles edit |
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Main draw qualifiers entries edit
Men's singles edit
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: |
Women's singles edit
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Protected ranking edit
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
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Withdrawals edit
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.
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