The 2013 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...

, Australia, from 14 to 27 January 2013. It was the 101st edition of the

Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US 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 Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

in men's singles,

Victoria Azarenka Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former ...

in women's singles, Bob and Mike Bryan in men's doubles, and

Sara Errani Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is a former top five player in singles and former world No. 1 in doubles. With 9 singles titles and 27 doubles titles (including 5 Grand Slam doubles championship ...

and

Roberta Vinci Roberta Vinci (; born 18 February 1983) is an Italian professional padel and former tennis player. In doubles tennis, she won five major tournaments and reached the world No. 1 position. She also reached a career-high ranking of world No. 7 ...

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

Junior points

Wheelchair points

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 The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD) is the currency of Australia, including its external territories: Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island. It is officially used as currency by three independent Pacific Island ...

(AUD). _{* per team}

Singles players

Men's singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

; Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

defeated

Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. 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

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

Bob Bryan Robert Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He has won twenty-three Grand Slam titles: 16 in men's doubles and 7 in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin ...

/ Mike Bryan defeated

Robin Haase Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012, and has won two singles titles, at the Austrian Open in both 2011 and 2012. Haase also reache ...

/ 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

defeated

Ashleigh Barty Ashleigh is the feminine form of the Old English name Ashley, which means "dweller near the ash tree forest". It is most common in the United States and United Kingdom. Notable people B * Ashleigh Ball (born 1983), Canadian voice actress *Ashl ...

Casey Dellacqua Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham ...

, 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

Jarmila Gajdošová Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on ...

Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles alongside Max Purcell, and the 2013 Australian Open in mixed ...

defeated

Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She was ...

František Čermák František Čermák (born 14 November 1976) is a Czech retired tennis player. Career In his career, Čermák won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour and he was a finalist 24 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 14 in ...

, 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

Nick Kyrgios Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios ( ; born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. In singles, Kyrgios' career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 was achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, includin ...

defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis 7–6^(7–4), 6–3

Girls' singles

Ana Konjuh Ana Konjuh (; born 27 December 1997) is a Croatian tennis player. A successful junior player, Konjuh won both the singles and doubles junior events at the Australian Open in January 2013 and, as a result, moved up to No. 1 in the ITF Junior w ...

defeated Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–4

Boys' doubles

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

Girls' doubles

/ Carol Zhao defeated Oleksandra Korashvili /

Barbora Krejčíková Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and on 22 October 2018, she became world No. 1 in doubles. Krejčíková ...

5–7, 6–4, 0–7

Wheelchair tennis

Wheelchair men's singles

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

Wheelchair women's singles

Aniek van Koot Aniek van Koot (born 15 August 1990) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. Van Koot is a 23-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 Australian Open, 2013 US Open and 2019 Wimbled ...

defeated Sabine Ellerbrock 6–1, 1–6, 7–5

Wheelchair quad singles

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

Wheelchair men's doubles

Michaël Jérémiasz / Shingo Kunieda defeated Stefan Olsson / Adam Kellerman 6–0, 6–1

Wheelchair women's doubles

Jiske Griffioen /

defeated

Lucy Shuker Lucy Shuker (born 28 May 1980) is a British wheelchair tennis player who is currently the highest ranked woman in the sport in Britain. A previous singles & doubles National Champion, Lucy has represented Great Britain at three successive Para ...

/ Marjolein Buis 6–4, 6–3

Wheelchair quad doubles

David Wagner / Nicholas Taylor defeated Andrew Lapthorne /

Anders Hard Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names fo ...

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

=Withdrawn players (men's singles)

=Women's singles

Main draw wildcard entries

=Men's singles

= *

James Duckworth James or Jim Duckworth may refer to: *Sir James Duckworth (businessman, born 1840) (1840–1915), British businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament * James Duckworth (businessman, born 1869) (1869–1937), British businessman and son of Sir Jame ...

* John Millman * Ben Mitchell *

Josselin Ouanna Josselin Ouanna (born 14 April 1986) is a retired French tennis player. Biography Born in Tours and Guadeloupean origin, he was quickly spotted and integrates INSEP with her friends of "blackteam" Gaël Monfils (of Caribbean origin) and J ...

* Luke Saville *

John-Patrick Smith John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He attended the University of Tennessee from 2007 through 2011 where ...

* Rhyne Williams * Wu Di

=Women's singles

= *

* Bojana Bobusic *

Caroline Garcia Caroline Garcia (, born 16 October 1993) is a French professional tennis player. She has been ranked in the top 5 in both singles at world No. 4 and in doubles at world No. 2. Garcia is the 2022 WTA Finals singles champion. She is also a two- ...

Sacha Jones Sacha Hughes (née Jones; born 8 November 1990) is the current New Zealand Fed Cup captain, appointed May 2019. She is a former professional New Zealand and Australian tennis player who competed as Sacha Jones. Her highest WTA singles ranking ...

* Madison Keys *

Olivia Rogowska Olivia Rogowska (; born 7 June 1991) is an Australian former tennis player. Both of her parents are Polish. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 102, achieved on 11 August 2014. He ...

* Zhang Yuxuan

=Men's doubles

= * Matthew Barton / John Millman * Alex Bolt / Greg Jones *

/ Chris Guccione * Samuel Groth / Matt Reid *

Minos Kokkinakis Minos Kokkinakis (25 February 190 Sitia, Crete – 28 January 1999 Sitia) was a Greek member of Jehovah's Witnesses. He is most notable for his repeated clashes with Greece's ban on proselytism. Early life A shopkeeper by trade, Kokkinakis o ...

/ Andrew Harris * John Peers /

Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke ( th, ดนัย อุดมโชค, born 11 August 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides. Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and was coached by Jan ...

/ Jimmy Wang

=Women's doubles

= * Monique Adamczak /

Stephanie Bengson Stephanie Bengson (born 31 January 1987) is an Australian former tennis player. Her career has developed more in doubles than singles. Her highest singles ranking is No. 541, achieved in October 2012. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 154, ach ...

Cara Black Cara Cavell Black (born 17 February 1979) is a Zimbabwean former professional tennis player. Black was primarily a doubles specialist, winning 60 WTA Tour and 11 ITF doubles titles. A former doubles world No. 1, she won ten major titles. By ...

/ Anastasia Rodionova * Bojana Bobusic / Jessica Moore * Han Xinyun /

Zhou Yimiao Zhou Yimiao, also spelled as Zhou Yi-Miao, (; ; born February 7, 1991) is a professional Chinese tennis player. Zhou was born in Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is pa ...

* Viktorija Rajicic / Storm Sanders * Arina Rodionova /

=Mixed doubles

= *

/ Jack Sock *

/ Paul Hanley * Bojana Bobusic / Chris Guccione *

/ Marinko Matosevic *

Samantha Stosur Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten ...

/ Luke Saville

Main draw qualifiers entries

=Men's singles

= #

Maxime Authom Maxime Authom (born 29 March 1987) is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career On 2 April 2012, he reached his highest ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, me ...

# Jamie Baker # Ruben Bemelmans # Ričardas Berankis #

Alex Bogomolov Jr. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bogomolov Jr. (russian: Александр Александрович «Алекс» Богомолов; born April 23, 1983), nicknamed Bogie, is a Russian-American retired professional tennis player. Tennis caree ...

# Daniel Brands # Arnau Brugués Davi # Steve Johnson # Adrian Mannarino #

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# Daniel Muñoz de la Nava #

Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's ...

# Julian Reister # Dudi Sela #

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (; born 9 October 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in February 2012. Career 2011: Grand Slam and Top 100 debut He reached his first ATP World Tour quart ...

# Amir Weintraub The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: #

Tim Smyczek Timothy Smyczek ( ; ; born December 30, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He made three quarterfinals on the main tour as well as the semi-finals of Newport in 2018. Additionally he won seven Challenger titles. He achieved ...

=Women's singles

= # Akgul Amanmuradova # Gréta Arn # Vesna Dolonc #

Vera Dushevina Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina ( rus, Вера Евгеньевна Душевина; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. As a junior, she won the ...

# Daria Gavrilova # Maria João Koehler #

Karin Knapp Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987) is a retired Italian tennis player. In her career, Knapp won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 24 August 2015, she reached her best s ...

Luksika Kumkhum Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum ( th, ลักษิกา คำขำ; ; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she ...

# Michelle Larcher de Brito #

Valeria Savinykh Valeria Dmitrievna Savinykh (russian: Валерия Дмитриевна Савиных; born 20 February 1991) is a Russian tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or betwe ...

# Lesia Tsurenko # Chan Yung-jan

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: ; Men's Singles * Somdev Devvarman (PR 85) * Tommy Robredo (PR 50) ; Women's Singles *

Rebecca Marino Rebecca Catherine Marino (born December 16, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. On 11 July 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38. Marino was awarded ''Female Player of the Year'' by Tennis Canada two times, in 2010 ...

(PR 114)

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons. ;Men's Singles * Mardy Fish → replaced by Jan Hájek *

John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...

→ replaced by

* Rafael Nadal → replaced by

* David Nalbandian → replaced by

Mikhail Kukushkin Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kukushkin (russian: link=no, Михаил Александрович Кукушкин; born 26 December 1987) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. Before 2008, he played for his country of birth, Russ ...

Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born 30 August 1982) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is a major champion, having won the 2003 US Open. Roddick reached four other major finals ( Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and the US Open ...

→ replaced by Sergiy Stakhovsky * Jürgen Zopp → replaced by Jesse Levine ;Women's Singles * Iveta Benešová → replaced by Sesil Karatantcheva * Petra Cetkovská → replaced by

Karolína Plíšková Karolína Hrdličková (née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the po ...

Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Described as a 'resident Grand Slam upset spe ...

→ replaced by Donna Vekić *

Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. ...

→ replaced by Jana Čepelová *

Aleksandra Wozniak Aleksandra Wozniak ( pl, Woźniak; born September 7, 1987) is a Canadian former tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005, and achieved a career-best ranking of No. 21 in June 2009, making her the fifth highest-ranked Canadian singl ...

→ replaced by

* Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová → replaced by Garbiñe Muguruza *

Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at ...

→ replaced by Elina Svitolina

References

External links

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