title: 2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
text: # 2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
  
  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.
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | RUS | Maria Sharapova | 2 | 1 |
  | CHN | Li Na | 5 | 2 |
  | GER | Angelique Kerber | 6 | 3 |
  | ITA | Sara Errani | 7 | 4 |
  | CZE | Petra Kvitová | 8 | 5 |
  | AUS | Samantha Stosur | 9 | 6 |
  | DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 10 | 7 |
  | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 11 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of April 15, 2013.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Annika Beck
  * Andrea Petkovic
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Nastassja Burnett
  * Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
  * Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  * Dinah Pfizenmaier
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Tamira Paszek
  * Klára Zakopalová
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Kirsten Flipkens (gastrointestinal illness)
  
  ## Doubles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 3 | 1 |
  | RUS | Nadia Petrova | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 11 | 2 |
  | RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 13 | 3 |
  | USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 29 | 4 |
  
  * Rankings are as of April 15, 2013.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Mona Barthel / Sabine Lisicki
  * Jelena Janković / Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
  * Angelique Kerber / Andrea Petkovic
  
  The following pair received entry as alternates:
  
  * Jill Craybas / Megan Moulton-Levy
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Roberta Vinci (shoulder injury)
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  Maria Sharapova defeated Li Na 6–4, 6–3
  
  * It was Sharapova's 2nd title of the year and 29th of her career.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Mona Barthel / Sabine Lisicki defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza, 6–4, 7–5
  
  