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The 2013 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 133rd edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and ran from August 26 to September 9.[1]

Andy Murray and Serena Williams were the defending champions in the singles events. Williams successfully defended her title, but Murray was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stanislas Wawrinka. Rafael Nadal won the men's singles.

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Tournament

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Arthur Ashe Stadium where the Finals of US Open take place

The 2013 US Open was the 133rd edition of the tournament and was held at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, United States.

The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2013 ATP World Tour and the 2013 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and after one-year break due to Paralympic Games in London singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.

The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 17 courts, including the three main showcourts, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand.

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Notable events

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  • In 2008–2012, due to inclement weather conditions, the tournament lasted 15 instead of the scheduled 14 days, ending on the third Monday. In 2013, the schedule was extended to 15 days, potentially giving the players one more day to prepare for the final match.[2]
  • Maria Sharapova, 2006 champion, ranked third in the world (formerly first), withdrew from the tournament due to a shoulder injury.[3]
  • In a second round match which pitted the 2001 and 2009 men's champions against each other, Lleyton Hewitt defeated Juan Martín del Potro in five grueling sets lasting over four hours; this marked the first time since he won the title in 2001 that Hewitt had defeated a top ten opponent at the US Open.[4]
  • By winning the first set in her fourth round loss to Victoria Azarenka, Ana Ivanovic won her first set against a top ten opponent at a Grand Slam since she won the 2008 French Open, ending a streak of 15 consecutive sets lost against a top ten seed.[note a][5]
  • Serena Williams won 24 consecutive games from 11 in the second set against Sloane Stephens in the fourth round through to 10 in the second set against Li Na in the semi-finals, breaking her own record of 23 games at last year's US Open.[6]
  • For the second consecutive year, Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka contested the women's final, marking the first time since 20012 in which two consecutive US Open finals were contested between the same two players.[6]
  • With Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal contesting the men's final, this marked the first time since the 2000 Australian Open in which both the men's and women's finals were contested between the top two.[7]
  • By winning the tournament, both Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams collected the biggest payday in tennis history of $3.6M ($2.6M for the championship and an added $1M bonus for winning the 2013 US Open Series). Also, with the win, Williams and Nadal have now won each Grand Slam together – the Australian Open (2009), the French Open (2013), Wimbledon (2010) and the US Open (2013). They are the first male-female pair in the entire history of tennis, not just in the Open Era, to win all four Grand Slams together.a[8]
  • By winning the US Open, Rafael Nadal became the first player since Andy Roddick in 2003 to capture the 3 major consecutive US hardcourt season titles, namely the Roger's Cup, Cincinnati Masters and US Open.

Note:

^[note a] Ana Ivanovic retired in the second set of her fourth round match against Venus Williams at Wimbledon in 2009; thus, the losing streak of sets is 15.
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Point and prize money distribution

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Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Seniors points

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Prize money

The US Open total prize money for 2013 was increased by almost nine million dollars to tournament record $34,300,000.[9]

In the 2013 season, the US Open prize money was the highest out of four grand slam tournaments, compared to $30m at the Australian Open, $29m at the French Open, and $34m at the Wimbledon Championships.[10]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $2,600,000 $1,300,000 $650,000 $325,000 $165,000 $93,000 $53,000 $32,000 $12,028 $7,911 $4,100
Doubles * $460,000 $230,000 $115,000 $58,000 $30,000 $18,750 $12,500
Mixed doubles * $150,000 $70,000 $30,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000
Wheelchair singles $ $ $ $
Wheelchair doubles* $ $ $
Quad singles $ $ $
Quad doubles* $ $

* per team

Bonus prize money

Top three players in the 2013 US Open Series received bonus prize money, depending on where they finish in the 2013 US Open, according to money schedule below.[11]

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Singles players

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2013 US Open – Men's singles

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2013 US Open – Women's singles
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Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

• This was Nadal's 13th career Grand Slam singles title and his 2nd at the US Open

Women's singles

• This was Williams' 17th career Grand Slam singles title and her 5th at the US Open

Men's doubles

• This was Paes' 8th career Grand Slam doubles title and his 3rd at the US Open
• This was Štěpánek's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st at the US Open

Women's doubles

• This was Hlaváčková's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st at the US Open
• This was Hradecká's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st at the US Open

Mixed doubles

• This was Hlaváčková's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title
• This was Mirnyi's 4th career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 3rd at the US Open

Juniors

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's singles

Wheelchair women's singles

Wheelchair quad singles

Wheelchair men's doubles

Wheelchair women's doubles

Wheelchair quad doubles

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Singles seeds

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The following are the seeded players. Ranking and seeding are according to ATP and WTA rankings on August 19, 2013.

Men's singles

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Withdrawn players

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Women's singles

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Withdrawn players

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Wild card entries

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Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.

Mixed doubles wild card entries

  1. United States Kaitlyn Christian / United States Dennis Novikov
  2. United States Victoria Duval / United States Donald Young
  3. Switzerland Martina Hingis / India Mahesh Bhupathi
  4. United States Megan Moulton-Levy / United States Eric Butorac
  5. United States Melanie Oudin / United States Austin Krajicek
  6. United States Sabrina Santamaria / United States Jarmere Jenkins
  7. United States Yasmin Schnack / United States Eric Roberson
  8. United States Sloane Stephens / United States Jack Sock
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Qualifiers entries

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.

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Retirements

Men's Singles

Media coverage

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References

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