Li Na wins Australian Open 2014 women's singles title

>> Li Na made it third time lucky in the Australian Open final, beating Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 7-6 (3), 6-0 on Saturday to become the oldest woman to clinch the title in the Open era. In doing so, she became the oldest winner of the women's title, surpassing Margaret Court who was 30 when she became champion in 1973.

>> Li, who turns 32 next month, lost Australian Open finals to Kim Clijsters in 2011 and Victoria Azarenka last year. In between, she won the 2011 French Open to become the first Chinese woman to win a major.

>> The Chinese star also joins an exclusive list of just seven other players to win a Grand Slam at 30-plus, with her name now in the history books alongside greats such as Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert and Serena Williams.

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List of Grand Slam Tennis Winners 2013

List of Grand Slam Tennis Winners 2013

The tennis grand slam tournaments start in January every year in Australia (Australian Open) and run through until September in the USA (US Open). This year it was an eventful season. Curtains for the Grand Slam season 2013 felled on 9 September 2013 with Rafael Nadal & Serena Williams winning US Open titles 2013. Now everybody will be searching for the list of winners as the same is going to be a sure question for competitive Exams till next season. So in this post we are providing you the complete list of winners with short details.  

Here are the Grandslam winners & tournament details for 2013.

Australian Open 2013

Dates: 14 – 27 January 2013

Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne Australia

Men's Singles Winner 2013: Novak Djokovic

Note: It was Djokovic's 6th career Grand Slam singles title and his 4th title at the Australian Open (a record).

Men's Singles Runner Up: Andy Murray

Women’s Singles Winner 2013: Victoria Azarenka

Note:  It was Azarenka's 2nd career Grand Slam singles title and her 2nd (consecutive) title at the Australian Open.

Women’s Singles Runner Up: Li Na

French Open 2013

Dates: 26 May to 9 June 2013

Venue: Roland Garros, Paris, France

Men’s Singles Winner 2013: Rafael Nadal

Men's Singles Runner Up: David Ferrer

Women’s Singles Winner 2013: Serena Williams

Note: It was Williams' 16th grand slam title and her second at the French Open. It was her 52nd singles title of her career and sixth of 2013.

Women’s Singles Runner Up: Maria Sharapova

Wimbledon 2013

Dates: 24 June to 7 July 2013

Venue: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London, UK

Gentlemen’s Singles Winner 2013: Andy Murray

Note: It was Murray's 4th title of the year and 1st Grand Slam title of the year. It was his 1st Wimbledon title, 2nd Grand Slam title and 28th career title.

Gentlemen’s Singles runner up: Novak Djokovic

Ladies’ Singles Winner 2013: Marion Bartoli

Note: It was Bartoli's 1st Grand Slam title in her career and 8th singles title overall.

Ladies’ Singles runner up: Sabine Lisicki

US Open 2013

Dates: 26 August to 9 September 2013

Venue: Flushing Meadow, New York, USA

Men’s Singles Winner 2013: Rafael Nadal

Men’s Singles runner up: Novak Djokovic

Women’s Singles Winner 2013 : Serena Williams

Women’s Singles Runner Up: Victoria Azarenka

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US Open 2013- Complete list of Winners

US Open 2013- Complete list of Winners

The 2013 US Open Tennis Tournament 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 2013. 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.

Rafael Nadal claimed his second US Open title and 13th Grand Slam crown when he defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a lung-busting, big-hitting final on 09 September 2013. Whereas in women’s singles category Top-seeded Serena Williams won her fifth U.S. Open championship and 17th Grand Slam title overall by beating No. 2 Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1 in a windy final.

Here is the complete list of winners with details

Men's Singles

Final between: Rafael Nadal(Spain) vs Novak Djokovic(Serbia)

Winner- : Rafael Nadal(Spain) (6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1)

Women's Singles

Final between: Serena Williams (USA) vs Victoria Azarenka(Belarus)

Winner: Serena Williams (USA) 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–1

Men's Doubles

Final between: Leander Paes(India) & Radek Štěpánek (Czech Reuplic) vs Alexander Peya(Austria) & Bruno Soares(Brazil)

Winners: Leander Paes(India) & Radek Štěpánek (Czech Reuplic) (6–1, 6–3)

Women's Doubles

Fianl between:

Andrea Hlaváčková (Czech Repulic) & Lucie Hradecká(Czech Repulic) vs Ashleigh Barty(Australia) & Casey Dellacqua(Australia)

Winners: Andrea Hlaváčková (Czech Repulic) & Lucie Hradecká(Czech Repulic) 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4

Mixed Doubles

Final between: Andrea Hlaváčková (Czech Republic) & Max Mirnyi(Belarus) vs Abigail Spears(USA) & Santiago González(Mexico)

Winners:  Andrea Hlaváčková (Czech Republic) & Max Mirnyi(Belarus) 7–6(7–5), 6–3

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Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win US Open 2013

Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win US Open 2013

*  Rafael Nadal claimed his second US Open title and 13th Grand Slam crown when he defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a lung-busting, big-hitting final on 09 September 2013.

* Nadal, 27, added the 2013 trophy to his 2010 triumph, when he completed a career Grand Slam, and gloriously capped a year that has now seen him capture 10 titles and stretch his season record to 60 wins and just three losses.

* US Open 2013 win also earned him a total of $3.6 million, which takes his career earnings through the $60 million mark and also edged him closer to Roger Federer's record of 17 majors and put him one behind Pete Sampras.

* In the pair's record-setting 37th meeting, world number two Nadal, who only returned to the tour in February following a seven-month injury lay-off, took his lead over Djokovic to 22-15 as he added the US Open crown to the eighth French Open he claimed in June.

* Djokovic lost 11 of the last 13 games with his challenge fatally undermined by 53 unforced errors to Nadal's 20.

* Nadal, in his 18th major final, was comfortably the more settled player in the opening stages, finding pin-point accuracy while Djokovic, who had already voiced his dislike at playing on a late Monday afternoon, was sluggish and heavy-footed.

* Nadal, who missed the 2012 tournament through injury, sensed the Serb's uneasiness and broke for a 2-1 lead, mastering the occasion as well as the tricky breeze.

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Serena Williams won U.S. Open 2013 defeating Victoria Azarenka

Serena Williams won U.S. Open 2013 defeating Victoria Azarenka

* Top-seeded Serena Williams won her fifth U.S. Open championship and 17th Grand Slam title overall by beating No. 2 Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1 in a windy final.

* Sunday's match was the toughest test these two weeks for the No. 1-seeded Williams, who also beat Azarenka in three sets in last year's final.

* No woman has ruled any tennis tournament longer than Serena Williams who, 14 years after she won her first slam title in New York as an ebullient teenager

* Williams raised her Grand Slam singles title count to 17, the sixth-most in history and one shy of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.

* Williams collected a $3.6 million prize, including a $1 million bonus for producing the best results during the North American summer hard-court circuit leading up to the U.S. Open.

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Andy Murray won Wimbledon 2013 Men’s Single Trophy

Andy Murray won Wimbledon 2013 Men’s Single Trophy

He Becomes the first Briton in 77 Years to Win Wimbledon Men’s Single Trophy

Andy Murray on 7 July 2013 defeated Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 at Center Court of London to become the first Briton in 77 years to win the Men’s Singles Title at Wimbledon 2013. Wimbledon was held from 24 June to 7 July 2013 in London.

The 26-year-old became the Britain’s first male winner after almost eight decades, to win the championship. Earlier he was Fred Perry, who won his last Championship in 1936.

Earlier in the tournament, Rafael Nadal was knocked out in the first round at Wimbledon by Belgian Steve Darcis. Later Roger Federer, the record holder of 37 Grand Slams, faced a defeat from the hands of Sergiy Stakhovsky (116 ranked player) on day three of the championship. This is the first time, in nine years that Roger Federer failed to qualify even to the Quarter Finals.

Swiss Tennis maestro Roger Federer was the winner of the 2012 edition of Wimbledon Men’s Singles Title. He defeated Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to win the Wimbledon Open Championship Gentlemen’s Singles Final 2012 in London on 8 July 2012

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Marion Bartoli won Wimbledon 2013 women’s title

Marion Bartoli won Wimbledon 2013 women’s title

This is her first Grand Slam trophy.

France’s Marion Bartoli won the Wimbledon 2013 women’s title on 07 July 2013 (Saturday) thrashing Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4.  Bartoli claimed her first Grand Slam trophy six years after losing the Wimbledon final to Venus Williams.  She becomes the first woman in history to win Wimbledon without beating a top 10 player.

“I just cannot believe it,” said the winner, who will move to seventh in the WTA rankings. “As a little girl of 6 years old, I dreamed of this moment".

Bartoli, 28, is the fifth oldest woman to become a first-time Grand Slam winner in the Open Era. She took just 81 minutes to rout 23rd seed Lisicki, who broke down in tears as the match slipped away in the second set.

By finally winning her maiden major title in the 47th Grand Slam appearance of her career, Bartoli surpassed the previous record set by Jana Novotna, who won Wimbledon in 1998 after 45 appearances at the majors. Bartoli, who will climb to seventh when the latest world rankings are released on Monday, didn't drop a single set in her seven matches and is the first Frenchwoman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Amelie Mauresmo at Wimbledon in 2006.

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