Serena Williams defeated defending champion Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2013 French Open.

This tournament marked the major main-draw debut of future Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig; she lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the third round.

Since winning the French Open in 2002, Serena Williams had not advanced to the final of the event, last semifinal was in 2003 (lost to Henin).

In 2013, however, she made quick work of her opponents advancing to the finals with an average match length of less than one hour and fifteen minutes.

Her aggression set up a triple break-point, but Sharapova fought back and held serve.

[5] After Williams held serve, Sharapova dropped a break with two consecutive errors in the fourth game.

"[5] Commentary by Simon Briggs published by The Daily Telegraph described Williams' performance as "almost flawless".

"[1] By winning the 1 hour 46 minute match, Williams completed her second career Grand Slam.