WTA Championships 2013

WTA Championships 2013
date	10/22/2013 - 10/27/2013
Edition	43
navigation	2012  ◄  2013  ►  2014
WTA tour
venue	Istanbul Turkey
Tournament number	808
category	WTA Tour Championships
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	8E / 4D
Prize money	US $ 6,000,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Serena Williams
Last year's winner (double)	Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
Winner (singles)	Serena Williams
Winner (doubles)	Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei
Tournament director	Markus Günthardt
Tournament supervisor	Laura Ceccarelli Giulia Orlandi
Last direct assumption	Angelique Kerber (9)
Status: October 20, 2013

The 2013 WTA Championships (also known as TEB-BNP Paribas WTA Championships - Istanbul 2013 ) took place from October 22nd to 27th, 2013 in the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul . The hard court tournament was after the four Grand Slam tournaments, the on points and prize money with the highest prize tournament of the WTA in the tournament calendar of the ladies. The tennis championships of the WTA Tour in women singles and doubles were held for the third and, for the time being, last time in Istanbul.

Serena Williams defended her title and secured her fourth individual championship success. In addition, she won all of her games and thus secured the maximum number of 1,500 world ranking points as well as the record prize money of 2,145,000 US dollars. The winners in doubles were Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei , who prevailed in the final against the Russian pairing Jelena Wesnina / Jekaterina Makarowa and were the first Asians to enter the tournament's list of winners.

singles

qualification

The eight best placed women in the so-called WTA Race as well as the next two placed as substitutes were qualified .

WTA Race in Singles (as of October 14, 2013)
#	Player	Points	Tournaments	Qualification date
1	Serena Williams	12040	16	5th August 2013
2	Viktoriya Azaranka	7676	15th	August 24, 2013
3	Maria Sharapova 1	5891	14th	23rd September 2013
4th	Agnieszka Radwańska	5890	20th	23rd September 2013
5	Li Na	5120	17th	September 27, 2013
6th	Petra Kvitová	4370	22nd	October 7, 2013
7th	Sara Errani	4190	21st	October 7, 2013
8th	Jelena Janković	3860	19th	October 7, 2013
9	Angelique Kerber	3715	22nd	October 11, 2013
10	Caroline Wozniacki	3300	22nd	(October 19, 2013)
11	Sloane Stephens	3185	21st	(October 19, 2013)
12	Marion Bartoli 2	3172	18th
13	Roberta Vinci	3170	24
14th	Sabine Lisicki	2830	19th
15th	Carla Suarez Navarro	2735	25th
16	Simona Halep	2685	22nd
17th	Ana Ivanović	2675	20th
18th	Maria Kirilenko	2640	17th
19th	Kirsten Flipkens	2495	22nd
20th	Samantha Stosur	2380	22nd

• ¹ canceled her participation on October 7th due to a shoulder injury
• ² announced her retirement on August 14, 2013

Competition mode

In the round phase (English Round Robin ) four players played in two groups, each against each other. The top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals, which were played according to the knockout system . The winners each played against the second in the other group and the winners of these games played the final.

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Serena Williams victory 02.  Viktoriya Azaranka Preliminary round 03.  Agnieszka Radwańska Preliminary round 04th  Li Na final

No. Player Round reached 05.  Petra Kvitová Semifinals 06th  Sara Errani Preliminary round 07th  Jelena Janković Semifinals 08th.  Angelique Kerber Preliminary round

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Serena Williams

6th

2

6th

7th

Jelena Janković

4th

6th

4th

1

Serena Williams

2

6th

6th

4th

Li Na

6th

3

0

4th

Li Na

6th

6th

5

Petra Kvitová

4th

2

Red group

		Williams	Radwańska	Kvitová	Kerber	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
1	Serena Williams		6: 2 , 6: 4	6: 2 , 6: 3	6: 3 , 6: 1	3-0	6-0	36:15	1
3	Agnieszka Radwańska	2: 6, 4: 6		4: 6, 4: 6	2: 6, 2: 6	0: 3	0: 6	18:36	4th
5	Petra Kvitová	2: 6, 3: 6	6: 4 , 6: 4		6: 7 3 , 6: 2 , 6: 3	2: 1	4: 3	35:32	2
8th	Angelique Kerber	3: 6, 1: 6	6: 2 , 6: 2	7: 6 3 , 2: 6, 3: 6		1: 2	3: 4	28:34	3

White group

		Asaranka	Li	Errani	Janković	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
2	Viktoriya Azaranka		2: 6, 1: 6	7: 6 4 , 6: 2	4: 6, 3: 6	1: 2	2: 4	23:32	3
4th	Li Na	6: 2 , 6: 1		6: 3 , 7: 6 5	6: 3 , 2: 6 , 6: 3	3-0	6: 1	39:24	1
6th	Sara Errani	6: 7, 2: 6	3: 6, 6: 7 5		6: 4 , 6: 4	1: 2	2: 4	29:34	4th
7th	Jelena Janković	6: 4 , 6: 3	3: 6, 6: 2, 3: 6	4: 6, 4: 6		1: 2	3: 4	32:33	2

Prize money and world ranking points

Player	Points	Entry fee	Prize money won	Total prize money
Serena Williams	1500	$ 135,000	$ 2,010,000	$ 2,145,000
Li Na	1050	$ 135,000	$ 955,000	$ 1,090,000
Petra Kvitová	530	$ 135,000	$ 316,500	$ 451,500
Jelena Janković	370	$ 135,000	$ 176,500	$ 311,500
Viktoriya Azaranka	370	$ 135,000	$ 140,000	$ 275,000
Sara Errani	370	$ 135,000	$ 140,000	$ 275,000
Angelique Kerber	370	$ 135,000	$ 140,000	$ 275,000
Agnieszka Radwańska	210	$ 135,000	-	$ 135,000

Double

qualification

The four best placed doubles pairing of the WTA Tour had qualified.

WTA Race in doubles (as of October 14, 2013)
#	pairing	Points	Tournaments	Qualification date
1	Roberta Vinci Sara Errani	7615	14th	23rd September 2013
2	Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei	6455	13	4th October 2013
3	Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik	6155	13	4th October 2013
4th	Jelena Wesnina Ekaterina Makarova	5971	10	4th October 2013
5	Casey Dellacqua Ashleigh Barty	4621	8th
6th	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	4408	12
7th	Květa Peschke Anna-Lena Grönefeld	4390	19th
8th	Lucie Šafářová Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	3050	14th
9	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	2990	26th
10	Cara Black Marina Erakovic	2242	9

Competition mode

The tournament winners were determined according to the knockout system.

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Sara Errani Roberta Vinci   Semifinals 02.  Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei   victory 03.  Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik   Semifinals 04th  Jelena Wesnina Ekaterina Makarova   final

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Sara Errani Roberta Vinci

6th

5

[3]

4th

Jelena Wesnina Ekaterina Makarova

4th

7th

[10]

4th

Jelena Wesnina Ekaterina Makarova

4th

5

2

Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei

6th

7th

3

Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik

6 5

2

2

Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei

7th

6th

Prize money and world ranking points

Players	Points	Prize money
Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei	1500	$ 460,000
Jelena Wesnina Ekaterina Makarova	1050	$ 230,000
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	690	$ 115,000
Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik	690	$ 115,000

See also

• WTA Tournament of Champions

Web links

• Official website of the WTA: Tournament calendar 2013 (English)
• Official website of the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships (English)
• WTA Championships 2013 (English) on the ITF homepage
• WTA Championships 2013 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scoring of the WTA and ITF in women's tennis
2. ↑ About the race to TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships. (PDF) WTA Tour, archived from the original on October 29, 2013 ; accessed on July 24, 2017 (English). 
3. ^ Race to the WTA Championships Singles Standings. WTA Tennis, October 14, 2013, archived from the original on October 14, 2013 ; accessed on July 24, 2017 (English). 
4. ↑ kicker online, Nuremberg, Germany: Ranking lists - WTA-Race 2013 week 42 - 14.10. Retrieved July 24, 2017 . 
5. ↑ wtatennis.com: Serena First To Qualify For Istanbul
6. ↑ wtatennis.com: Azarenka Second To Qualify For Istanbul
7. ↑ wtatennis.com: Maria, Aga, Sara & Roberta Qualify
8. ↑ wtatennis.com: Li Becomes Fifth Qualifier For Istanbul
9. ↑ wtatennis.com: Kvitova, Errani & Jankovic Qualify
10. ↑ wtatennis.com: Kerber Completes Istanbul's Elite Eight
11. ^ Wozniacki & Stephens: Alternates. WTA Tennis, October 19, 2013, archived from the original on October 20, 2013 ; accessed on July 24, 2017 (English). 
12. ↑ tennisnet.com: Sharapova cancels for WTA World Cup: Kerber shortly before qualification
13. ↑ spiegel.de: Wimbledon winner Bartoli ends her career
14. ↑ Race to the WTA Championships Doubles Standings. WTA Tennis, October 14, 2014, archived from the original on October 14, 2013 ; accessed on July 24, 2017 (English). 
15. ↑ wtatennis.com: Doubles Field Complete For Istanbul