2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date22–28 April
Edition36th
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$795,707
Surface Clay / indoor
Location Stuttgart, Germany
Champions
Singles
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova
Doubles
Flag of Germany.svg Mona Barthel / Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki
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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.

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Sharapova 21
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Li Na 52
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 63
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 74
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 85
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 96
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 107
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 118

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 31
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 112
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 133
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abigail Spears 294

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Finals

Singles

Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova defeated Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na 6–4, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of Germany.svg Mona Barthel / Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki defeated Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza, 6–4, 7–5

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