Serena Williams Wins French Open

Written by: Staff on 8th June 2013

Serena Williams Wins French Open

epa03736711 Serena Williams of the USA (R) poses with the trophy after winning her final match against Maria Sharapova of Russia (L, with second place trophy) at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France, 08 June 2013 EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA |

ROLAND GARROS

Paris, France

May 26-June 8, 2013

$12,957,474/Grand Slam

Red Clay/Outdoors

Results – Saturday, June 8, 2013

Singles – Final

(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 64 64

Final Facts

– Williams improves to 16-4 in Grand Slam finals in winning her second French Open title and first since 2002. She is also the French Open’s first American champion since that 2002 title.

– Williams’ 16 Grand Slam titles are fourth most of the Open Era behind Steffi Graf’s 22 and Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova’s 18.

– Williams wins her WTA-leading sixth title of the year and 52nd of her career, one behind Monica Seles for ninth-most of the Open Era.

– Williams extends her career-best win streak to 31 matches, the WTA’s third best winning streak of the new millennium.

– Williams improves to 43-2 on the year, including 23-0 on clay.

– Williams’ ninth WTA clay court title ties her with sister Venus for second-most clay titles among active players and puts her just one behind Anabel Medina Garrigues for first place.

– Williams surpasses Chris Evert as the oldest French Open champion of the Open Era.

– Williams wins her 13th straight match against Sharapova and improves to 14-2 in their series.

– Sharapova falls to 4-4 in Grand Slam finals and 29-22 in WTA finals.

– After falling one win short of defending her title, Sharapova will fall one spot on the new rankings to No.3.

Final Quotes

Serena Williams: “I think my winning appetite was really high. So I think I put maybe a little pressure on myself and because of that, I maybe made a lot of mistakes that I didn’t make in other rounds. But also, with that being said, it really got me through a lot of tough points that I knew I needed to win.”

“I’m really relaxed. I really enjoy every moment that I’m out there. I always said that I felt like I have never played my best tennis, that I feel like I can always do better and play better and I have always wanted to reach that level. Maybe I’m still just trying to get there.”

Maria Sharapova: “I think getting to the Roland Garros final is not too shabby, so I’d say that’s a positive. Coming back as a defending champion, I know it’s never easy to come back with that title, so I’m happy that I was able to produce good tennis within these last two weeks and come to that stage. A lot of my favorite tournaments are coming up. There is a lot to look forward to, definitely.”

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