Who Will Win French Open 2013 ?

                         French Open is one of the most prestigious grand slams in the lawn tennis. It is the only grand slam played on the red clay. It does make it special as the all four grand slams are played on three different kinds of surfaces i.e., Hard, Grass and Clay court. It is also considered as the toughest surface to deal with due to the variance in speed on this surface. This championship is played in Paris starts in late May and early June. It is second grand slam in tennis grand slam calendar year. Early it was for only the club members and for the French nationals but in 1925 it was opened for everyone. So it can be said that formally it was started in 1925. 

French Open 2012 Champions with their trophies

Men and Women who won French Open most in their Career:-

Men’s Champions(Singles)	Women’s Champions(Singles)
Rafael Nadal            -  7	Chris Evert                       -  7
Bjorn Borg                -  6	Steffi Graf                        -  6
Mats Wilander        -  3	Justine Henin                  -  4
Ivan Lendl               -  3	Margaret Court               -  3
Gustavo Kuerten    -  3	Arantxa Sanchez            -  3

                     One day to go and the race for French open get started. In present scenario, there is stiff competition in Men’s circuit in comparison of the Women’s circuit. There is huge competition in top 5 players of Men circuit, but there is lack of consistency in women’s circuit. That is easily visible through the continuous change in seeding of the women players.

 

                      In women circuit, the way Serena Williams has played throughout the year and the kind of form and domination she has shown over her opponents she is a clear favorite for title for the 2^nd time in her career. Mario Sharapova, Li Na and Victoria Azarenka are the other contenders for the title. Even though Serena has won 4 consecutive titles before she is going into the French open, she has a poor record over there and she could win only one French open title.

                   Just like previous years Rafael Nadal will start as a favorite for his 8^th French open title while Novak Djokovic who has played very good tennis throughout will be eying for his first French open title. You can’t underestimate the presence of the Swiss Legend Roger Federer, David Ferrer with the Juan Del Potro. So, all these four players will give tough completion to the “King of Clay”. So, it will be interesting to see whether Nadal gets his hand on the 8^th title or French Open gets a new champion.

 My favorites for French Open 2013 Title:-

Men’s Section	Women’s Section
1.     Rafael Nadal	1.    Serena Williams
2.     Novak Djokovic	2.    Maria Sharapova
3.     Roger Federer	3.    Victoria Azarenka
4.     Andy Murray	4.     Li Na
5.     David Ferrer	5.     Agnieszka Radwanska

   

                         What makes Nadal and Williams as my favorites is there current form. Nadal has won 6 titles after making his comeback from the injury and also Serena has won 4 consecutive titles and she is in awesome form. If Nadal wins this title he will win it for the record 8^th time while if Serena wins she will win it for the 2nd time in her glorious career.

               

                        " If Nadal wins the French Open 2013, then he will be first player in the world to win a single grand slam title for 8 or more times. " 

                     As, you are aware with my favorites for the French Open Title. So, do let me know who is your favorite for the title through your comments. Be quick, I am waiting for your responses !