French Open Tennis 2013
| French Open Tennis 2013 | |
|---|---|
| Date: | May 27 - Jun 9 |
| Edition: | 112th |
| Category: | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Location: | Paris (XVIe), France |
| Venue | Tennis Club de Paris, at Auteuil (some of the years from 1891–1908) Île de Puteaux (some of the years from 1891–1908) Racing Club de France (some of the years 1891 to 1908 and also all years from 1910–1924, 1926) Société Athlétique de la Villa Primrose in Bordeaux (1909) Stade Français (1925, 1927) Stade Roland Garros (1928–present) |
| Surface | Sand – Île de Puteaux Clay – All other venues (Outdoors) |
| Men's draw | 128S / 128Q / 64D |
| Women's draw | 128S / 96Q / 64D |
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French Open Tennis of 2013 will be hosted at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. The tournament will last from May 26, 2013 to June 9, 2013.
There are different categories for play in the French Open. For men there is the men’s singles and men’s doubles while for women there is the women’s singles and women’s doubles. In addition, there is mixed doubles. These are, of course, the tournaments for the adults. The French Open Juniors, on the other hand, is for minors and is composed of boys’ singles, girls’ singles, boys’ doubles, girls’ doubles, and the mixed doubles.
The wheelchair singles and doubles for men and women is the tournament where wheelchair-bound athletes get to play competitive tennis. There is also the men’s seniors and women’s seniors’ category.
You can expect famous tennis players to play The French Open Tennis 2013. Some names that may ring a bell are Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal. Rafael Nadal in particular may bring in a bigger tennis audience since he has won the French Open seven times as of 2013. The French Open is played on clay courts and Rafael Nadal is expected to dominate the surface as he has in the past, despite a knee injury that he is still recovering from.
French Open Tennis Current Champions
| Event | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| 2012 Men's Singles | Rafael Nadal | Novak Djokovic | 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 |
| 2012 Women's Singles | Maria Sharapova | Sara Errani | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2012 Men's Doubles | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 2012 Women's Doubles | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci |
Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2012 Mixed Doubles | Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi |
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Santiago González |
7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
