2014 French Open – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
2014 French Open
Champion	Maria Sharapova
Runner-up	Simona Halep
Final score	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4

Main article: 2014 French Open

Serena Williams was the defending champion but she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round.^[1]

Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title and 5th major overall by defeating first-time finalist Simona Halep 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4 in a match that lasted over three hours. It was the first time since 2001 that the final went to three sets.^[2]

Halep became the first Romanian to reach the final since Virginia Ruzici in 1980.

The top three seeds (Williams, Li Na and Agnieszka Radwańska) were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. However, they all failed to reach the fourth round and so Williams retained the top spot in the end.

Seeds

01.

Serena Williams (Second round)

02.

Li Na (First round)

03.

Agnieszka Radwańska (Third round)

04.

Simona Halep (Final)

05.

Petra Kvitová (Third round)

06.

Jelena Janković (Fourth round)

07.

Maria Sharapova (Champion)

08.

Angelique Kerber (Fourth round)

09.

Dominika Cibulková (Third round)

10.

Sara Errani (Quarterfinals)

11.

Ana Ivanovic (Third round)

12.

Flavia Pennetta (Second round)

13.

Caroline Wozniacki (First round)

14.

Carla Suárez Navarro (Quarterfinals)

15.

Sloane Stephens (Fourth round)

16.

Sabine Lisicki (Second round, retired because of a right wrist injury)

17.

Roberta Vinci (First round)

18.

Eugenie Bouchard (Semifinals)

19.

Samantha Stosur (Fourth round)

20.

Alizé Cornet (Second round)

21.

Kirsten Flipkens (Second round)

22.

Ekaterina Makarova (Third round)

23.

Lucie Šafářová (Fourth round)

24.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Second round, retired because of back pain)

25.

Kaia Kanepi (First round)

26.

Sorana Cîrstea (Third round)

27.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (Quarterfinals)

28.

Andrea Petkovic (Semifinals)

29.

Venus Williams (Second round)

30.

Klára Koukalová (First round)

31.

Daniela Hantuchová (Third round)

32.

Elena Vesnina (Second round)

Qualifying

Main article: 2014 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	Garbiñe Muguruza	6	5	1
7	Maria Sharapova	1	7	6
					7	Maria Sharapova	4	7	6

					18	Eugenie Bouchard	6	5	2
14	Carla Suárez Navarro	6⁴	6	5

18	Eugenie Bouchard	7⁷	2	7
										7	Maria Sharapova	6	6⁵	6
										4	Simona Halep	4	7⁷	4
27	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2	2
4	Simona Halep	6	6
					4	Simona Halep	6	7⁷

					28	Andrea Petkovic	2	6⁴
10	Sara Errani	2	2

28	Andrea Petkovic	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

1	S Williams	6	6
WC	A Lim	2	1		1	S Williams	2	2
Q	G Min	5	6⁶			G Muguruza	6	6
	G Muguruza	7	7⁸								G Muguruza	6	6
	AK Schmiedlová	6²	6	6							AK Schmiedlová	2	4
	J Zheng	7⁷	3	4		AK Schmiedlová	2	6	6
	B Bencic	4	1		29	V Williams	6	3	4
29	V Williams	6	6													G Muguruza	6	6
17	R Vinci	6	3	2											WC	P Parmentier	4	2
WC	P Parmentier	3	6	6	WC	P Parmentier	1	6	6
	Y Shvedova	3	7	6		Y Shvedova	6	3	3
	L Davis	6	5	4						WC	P Parmentier	1	6	7
	K Knapp	4	0								M Barthel	6	1	5
	M Barthel	6	6			M Barthel	6	3
WC	F Ferro	1	5		16	S Lisicki	1	0^r
16	S Lisicki	6	7

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

9	D Cibulková	7	6
	V Razzano	5	0		9	D Cibulková	6	6
Q	T Paszek	6	7⁷		Q	T Paszek	3	4
	A Van Uytvanck	2	6⁵							9	D Cibulková	4	4
WC	A Hesse	6	3	4						19	S Stosur	6	6
	Y Meusburger	3	6	6		Y Meusburger	1	3
	M Puig	1	1		19	S Stosur	6	6
19	S Stosur	6	6											19	S Stosur	6	4	0
25	K Kanepi	7	3	1										7	M Sharapova	3	6	6
	M Niculescu	5	6	6		M Niculescu	6	5	2
	R Oprandi	5	2			P Ormaechea	2	7	6
	P Ormaechea	7	6								P Ormaechea	0	0
	A Beck	7⁷	3	2						7	M Sharapova	6	6
	T Pironkova	6⁵	6	6		T Pironkova	5	2
Q	K Pervak	1	2		7	M Sharapova	7	6
7	M Sharapova	6	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

3	A Radwańska	6	6
	S Zhang	3	0		3	A Radwańska	6	6
WC	M Johansson	1	6⁵			Ka Plíšková	3	4
	Ka Plíšková	6	7⁷							3	A Radwańska	4	4
	A Tomljanović	6	6								A Tomljanović	6	6
	F Schiavone	3	3			A Tomljanović	7⁸	6
	C McHale	6⁰	6	3	32	E Vesnina	6⁶	2
32	E Vesnina	7⁷	4	6											A Tomljanović	3	3
20	A Cornet	6	6											14	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
WC	A Barty	2	1		20	A Cornet	4	6	4
WC	T Townsend	7	6		WC	T Townsend	6	4	6
	V King	5	1							WC	T Townsend	2	2
Q	T Bacsinszky	6	6							14	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
Q	M Zanevska	1	4		Q	T Bacsinszky	5	6	4
Q	Y Beygelzimer	5	5		14	C Suárez Navarro	7	1	6
14	C Suárez Navarro	7	7

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

12	F Pennetta	6	6
	P Mayr-Achleitner	2	2		12	F Pennetta	7	4	2
	M Kirilenko	1	2			J Larsson	5	6	6
	J Larsson	6	6								J Larsson	5	4
Q	M Larcher de Brito	2	3							18	E Bouchard	7	6
	J Görges	6	6			J Görges	6	2	1
	S Peer	0	2		18	E Bouchard	2	6	6
18	E Bouchard	6	6											18	E Bouchard	6	6
31	D Hantuchová	2	6	6										8	A Kerber	1	2
	J Jakšić	6	2	4	31	D Hantuchová	6	6
WC	C Feuerstein	6	7		WC	C Feuerstein	1	4
	O Govortsova	1	5							31	D Hantuchová	5	3
	P Cetkovská	4	1							8	A Kerber	7	6
	V Lepchenko	6	6			V Lepchenko	2	5
	K Piter	3	1		8	A Kerber	6	7
8	A Kerber	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round				Second round					Third round					Fourth round

5	P Kvitová	7	6
	Z Diyas	5	2	5	P Kvitová	6	6
	M Erakovic	6	6		M Erakovic	4	4
	N Kichenok	2	1						5	P Kvitová	7⁷	1	7
	B Jovanovski	4	3						27	S Kuznetsova	6³	6	9
	C Giorgi	6	6		C Giorgi	6⁵	3
Q	S Shapatava	3	1	27	S Kuznetsova	7⁷	6
27	S Kuznetsova	6	6											27	S Kuznetsova	6	6
23	L Šafářová	6	7											23	L Šafářová	3	4
	M Minella	3	5	23	L Šafářová	6	5	6
	C Dellacqua	7	6		C Dellacqua	1	7	3
	L Domínguez Lino	5	3						23	L Šafářová	6	6
	E Svitolina	5							11	A Ivanovic	3	3
	P Martić	0^r			E Svitolina	5	2
	C Garcia	1	3	11	A Ivanovic	7	6
11	A Ivanovic	6	6

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

15	S Stephens	6	7¹⁰
	S Peng	4	6⁸		15	S Stephens	6	6
	P Hercog	6	6			P Hercog	1	3
	J Čepelová	2	3							15	S Stephens	6	6
PR	I Melzer	6⁶	2							22	E Makarova	3	4
	C Vandeweghe	7⁸	6			C Vandeweghe	4	3
	S Rogers	2	3		22	E Makarova	6	6
22	E Makarova	6	6											15	S Stephens	4	3
30	K Koukalová	6⁴	2											4	S Halep	6	6
	MT Torró Flor	7⁷	6			MT Torró Flor	6	2	6
	M Rybáriková	4	6	3		M Rybáriková	2	6	2
	U Radwańska	6	4	0^r							MT Torró Flor	3	0
Q	H Watson	6	6							4	S Halep	6	6
	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	3	4		Q	H Watson	2	4
	A Kleybanova	0	2		4	S Halep	6	6
4	S Halep	6	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

6	J Janković	5	6	6
	S Fichman	7	1	3	6	J Janković	7	6
	A Tatishvili	1	4			K Nara	5	0
	K Nara	6	6							6	J Janković	6	6
	T Pereira	4	6	6						26	S Cîrstea	1	2
	L Kumkhum	6	1	1		T Pereira	2	5
Q	A Wozniak	7⁷	5	2	26	S Cîrstea	6	7
26	S Cîrstea	6³	7	6										6	J Janković	6⁵	2
21	K Flipkens	7⁸	6											10	S Errani	7⁷	6
Q	D Kovinić	6⁶	2		21	K Flipkens	4	6	4
	D Vekić	5	6	4		J Glushko	6	3	6
	J Glushko	7	2	6							J Glushko	0	1
	E Cabeza Candela	6	3	3						10	S Errani	6	6
	D Pfizenmaier	4	6	6		D Pfizenmaier	2	4
	M Keys	5	6	1	10	S Errani	6	6
10	S Errani	7	3	6

Section 8

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

13	C Wozniacki	6⁵	6	2
	Y Wickmayer	7⁷	4	6		Y Wickmayer	2	4
	S Soler Espinosa	6	6			S Soler Espinosa	6	6
	C Scheepers	2	3								S Soler Espinosa	2	1
	A Cadanțu	6⁵	1							Q	K Bertens	6	6
Q	K Bertens	7⁷	6		Q	K Bertens	5	6	3
	K Date-Krumm	3	6	2	24	A Pavlyuchenkova	7	4	0^r
24	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	0	6											Q	K Bertens	6	2	5
28	A Petkovic	6	6												28	A Petkovic	1	6	7
	M Doi	3	3		28	A Petkovic	6	4	6
	A-L Friedsam	7⁷	5	2		S Vögele	2	6	2
	S Vögele	6³	7	6						28	A Petkovic	6	4	6
	A Riske	7⁷	6								K Mladenovic	4	6	4
	M Lučić-Baroni	6²	3			A Riske	6⁵	6	3
	K Mladenovic	7	3	6		K Mladenovic	7⁷	3	6
2	N Li	5	6	1

Final

Seventh-seeded Sharapova beat 18th-seeded Eugenie Bouchard 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 in the first semi-final, while fourth-seeded Simona Halep beat 28th-seeded Andrea Petkovic, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4) in the second. In the first set, Halep won the first two games before Sharapova won five consecutive games.^[2]^[3] Halep fought back and narrowed the margin to 5–4, before Sharapova broke Halep to win the set 6–4. The second set went to a tiebreaker where Sharapova jumped out to a 5–3 lead. However, Halep won the next four points to take the set 7–6^(7–5). While leading 2–1 in the third set, Halep had break point but Sharapova recovered and won the game. She then broke Halep to take a 4–2 lead. Halep held, then broke back to level the set at 4–4, but got broken again in the next game. Serving for the match, Sharapova held at love, taking the set 6–4.^[3] It was the first time since 2001 that the final went to 3 sets.^[2]

References

↑ Naila-Jean Meyers (May 28, 2014). "A Lifelong Student of Williams Learns How to Defeat Her". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
1 2 3 "Maria Sharapova beats Simona Halep to win French Open". BBC Sport. June 7, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
1 2 "Maria Sharapova outlasts Simona Halep to win her second French Open title". Sports Illustrated. June 7, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

External links

Main draw

French Open Women's Singles drawsheets

Pre Open Era	1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1945 (WWII) 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967

Open Era	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.