sloane stephens won the us open women's tennis tournament.
who won the us open women's tennis tournament?
sloane stephens
after her disappointing loss to azarenka in cincinnati, serena entered the 2013 us open as the top seed, the defending champion, and bidding to become the oldest woman to win the u.s. open since tennis turned professional in 1968. she beat former french open champion francesca schiavone in the opening round, dropping only a game and hitting 13 winners to 8 unforced errors. in the second and third rounds, williams easily dispatched kazakhstan opponents, galina voskoboeva and yaroslava shvedova. in the round of 16, williams had a rematch of the australian open against sloane stephens, who surprisingly beat williams in that event. in the first set, williams broke first only to get broken back by stephens in the 7th game. williams then broke in the tenth game to take the set and cruised through the second set in a breadstick to avenge her loss at the australian open. williams put up a ratio of 22 winners to 13 unforced errors. she then faced carla suárez navarro, in the latter's birthday. williams didn't drop a game, handing the spaniard a double bagel loss; the first in a us open since 1989, when 18-time major title winner martina navratilova did it to manuela maleeva. she again had a good ratio, with 20 winners to 9 unforced errors. in the final 4, williams faced 5th seeded li na of china. williams cruised past the chinese with a bagel in the first round. li then took an early break in the second, but williams won four straight games. li then served to stay in the match in the 7th game and saved 6 match points to make williams serve it out, which williams did in her 7th match point. for the first time in the event, williams made more unforced errors of 20 to winners of 19. in the final, williams took on second seed victoria azarenka in a rematch of last year's final. the pair exchanged breaks in the first two games. williams then survived a long tenth game and broke the belarusian the following game, then served out the set. in the second set, williams served for the match twice in the tenth and twelfth game, but got broken by azarenka to push it to a tie-break, which azarenka outlasted williams 8-6. williams then cruised through the final set dropping only a game, winning the match on her 2nd championship point. williams made 36 winners and 9 aces to 35 unforced errors and 5 double faults. this was williams' 5th us open and 17th slam title. it was the first time serena was able to defend a us open title while also becoming the oldest women's us open champion in the open era, surpassing the previous record set by australia's margaret court. for winning the us open series, williams received $2.6m and an additional million in prize money, the highest single paycheck in tennis.
2013 serena williams tennis season
list of us open women's doubles champions





















































the following pairings won the us open tennis championship at women's doubles.





















































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bullet::::- list of us open men's singles champions





















































bullet::::- list of us open men's doubles champions





















































bullet::::- list of us open women's singles champions





















































bullet::::- list of us open mixed doubles champions





















































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list of us open women's doubles champions