2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date	22–28 April
Edition	36th
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$795,707
Surface	Clay / indoor
Location	Stuttgart, Germany
Champions
Singles
Maria Sharapova
Doubles
Mona Barthel / Sabine Lisicki

The 2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 36th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and was part of the Premier tournaments of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from April 22 until 28 April 2013. First-seeded Maria Sharapova won her second consecutive singles title at the event.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
RUS	Maria Sharapova	2	1
CHN	Li Na	5	2
GER	Angelique Kerber	6	3
ITA	Sara Errani	7	4
CZE	Petra Kvitová	8	5
AUS	Samantha Stosur	9	6
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	10	7
RUS	Nadia Petrova	11	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of April 15, 2013.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Annika Beck
• Andrea Petkovic

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nastassja Burnett
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Dinah Pfizenmaier

Withdrawals

• Tamira Paszek
• Klára Zakopalová

Retirements

• Kirsten Flipkens (gastrointestinal illness)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
ITA	Sara Errani	ITA	Roberta Vinci	3	1
RUS	Nadia Petrova	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	11	2
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	13	3
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	29	4

• Rankings are as of April 15, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Mona Barthel / Sabine Lisicki
• Jelena Janković / Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
• Angelique Kerber / Andrea Petkovic

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Jill Craybas / Megan Moulton-Levy

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Roberta Vinci (shoulder injury)

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles

Maria Sharapova defeated Li Na 6–4, 6–3

• It was Sharapova's 2nd title of the year and 29th of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles

Mona Barthel / Sabine Lisicki defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza, 6–4, 7–5

References

External links

• Official website