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2013 Australian Open
Date14–27 January
Edition101st
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt (Plexicushion)
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
2012 Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
India Leander Paes / Czech Republic Radek Stepanek
Women's doubles
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova / Russia Vera Zvonareva
Mixed doubles
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Romania Horia Tecău
Wheelchair men's singles
Netherlands Maikel Scheffers
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair quad singles
United Kingdom Peter Norfolk
Wheelchair men's doubles
Netherlands Ronald Vink / Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Esther Vergeer / Netherlands Sharon Walraven
Wheelchair quad doubles
United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne / United Kingdom Peter Norfolk
Boys' singles
Australia Luke Saville
Girls' singles
United States Taylor Townsend
Boys' doubles
United Kingdom Liam Broady / United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Girls' doubles
United States Gabrielle Andrews / United States Taylor Townsend
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The 2013 Australian Open is a tennis tournament that will take place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from January 14 to January 27, 2013.[1] It will be the 101st edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. The tournament will consist of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players will compete in singles and doubles tournaments.

Tournament

The 2013 Australian Open will take place at Melbourne Park between the 14th and 27th of January, and will be the 101st edition of the tournament. Novak Djokovic will return to defend his men's singles title a third time, and Victoria Azarenka is the defending champion in women's singles.

Point and Prize Money

Point distribution

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

Seniors points

Stage Men's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Singles Women's Doubles
Champion 2000
Runner up 1200 1400
Semifinals 720 900
Quarterfinals 360 500
Round of 16 180 280
Round of 32 90 160
Round of 64 45 0 100 5
Round of 128 10 5
Qualifier 25 60
Qualifying 3rd round 16 50
Qualifying 2nd round 8 40
Qualifying 1st round 0 2

Junior points

Stage Boys Singles Boys Doubles Girls Singles Girls Doubles
Champion 500 360 500 360
Runner up 180 120 180 120
Semifinals 120 80 120 80
Quarterfinals 80 50 80 50
Round of 16 50 30 50 30
Round of 32 30 30
Qualifier who loses in first round 25 25
Qualifying Final Round 20 20

Wheelchair points

Stage Men's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Singles Women's Doubles Quad Singles Quad Doubles
Champion 800
Runner up 500 100
Semifinals/3rd 375 100 375 100 375
Quarterfinals/4th 100 100 100

Prize money

The 2013 Australian Open will feature 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 is the result of an ATP players' meeting, primarily focussing on the money received by players who exit the competition in the earlier rounds.[2]

Players

Seniors

Singles Seeds

Seeds and Rankings are as of 7 January 2013 and Points are as of 14 January 2013, and final seedings will be decided following warmup events in Brisbane and Sydney.

Main Draw Wildcard Entries

References

  1. ^ "Australian Open Tickets". Ticketliquidator.com. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  2. ^ "Tennis: Australian Open offer record prize money to avert strike". walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Main Australian Open berth for China's Wu Di". Australianopen.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  4. ^ "Chinese qualifier wins women's Asian wildcard". Australianopen.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012.


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