2014 French Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2014 French Open
Final
Champion	Maria Sharapova
Runner-up	Simona Halep
Score	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Events

Maria Sharapova defeated Simona Halep in the final, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 French Open. It was her second French Open title and her fifth and last major title overall. In a final that lasted over three hours, it was the first time since 2001 that the final went to three sets.^[1] Halep was the first Romanian to reach the final since Virginia Ruzici in 1980.

Serena Williams was the defending champion, but was defeated in the second round by Garbiñe Muguruza.^[2]

The top three seeds (Williams, Li Na and Agnieszka Radwańska) were in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking. However, they all failed to reach the fourth round and so Williams retained the top spot. As a result, this marked the first time in the Open Era the top three seeds all failed to reach the round of 16 at a major.

Seeds

1.

Serena Williams (second round)

2.

Li Na (first round)

3.

Agnieszka Radwańska (third round)

4.

Simona Halep (final)

5.

Petra Kvitová (third round)

6.

Jelena Janković (fourth round)

7.

Maria Sharapova (champion)

8.

Angelique Kerber (fourth round)

9.

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

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 Pe'er	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

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