2013 China Open – Women's Singles


was the defending champion, but lost to Andrea Petkovic in the first round.
World No. 1 Serena Williams won the title, defeating Jelena Janković in the final, 6–2, 6–2.

Seeds

Serena Williams
Victoria Azarenka '
Agnieszka Radwańska '
Li Na '
Sara Errani '
Caroline Wozniacki '
Angelique Kerber '
Jelena Janković '
Petra Kvitová '
Roberta Vinci '
Sloane Stephens '
Carla Suárez Navarro '
Sabine Lisicki '
Ana Ivanovic '
Samantha Stosur '
Simona Halep
The four Tokyo semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They were as follows:

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier