The six highest-ranked players who have captured at least one International tournament during the year and who are not participating in singles at the year-end
WTA Championships in Istanbul or the finals of the Fed Cup will automatically qualify for the event, plus two wildcards.
2013 WTA International tournaments champions Qualifiers ;Caroline Wozniacki
Wozniacki qualified with victory in the final international series event of the season in Luxembourg. The Dane decided, although she would be the number one seed, not to compete and instead only focus her attentions on being an alternate at the WTA Championships. ;Roberta Vinci Vinci qualified by winning two international series tournaments, in Katowice and Palermo, respectively, but decided to compete in the
Fed Cup final instead. cracked into the top 15 for the first time. ;Simona Halep Halep is having a breakthrough year, entering the top 15 and winning her first title after previously losing three finals between 2010 and 2012. The Romanian won an impressive number of five titles in the year. The first was on the
Nürnberger Versicherungscup defeating German
Andrea Petkovic 6–3, 6–3, which gave her entry to the event. The following week she claimed the title on the grass courts of the
Topshelf Open defeating
Kirsten Flipkens 6–4, 6–2. Halep claimed her third title at the
Budapest Grand Prix defeating Austrian
Yvonne Meusburger in three sets 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–1. She won her biggest title so far at the
New Haven Open at Yale her first Premier title defeating
Petra Kvitová 6–2, 6–2. Halep also reached the semifinals
Internazionali BNL d'Italia as a qualifier, but lost to world no. 1
Serena Williams. She also lost to Serena Williams at the quarterfinals of the
Western & Southern Open, again in straight sets. On 20 October 2013, just before the Garanti Koza in Sofia, she won her fifth title of the year and the second Premier, beating
Samantha Stosur 7–6 6–2 at the
Kremlin Cup in
Moscow. Simona Halep is making her debut at the event. is a two-time champion. ;Ana Ivanovic Ivanovic was one of the wildcard recipients. Ivanovic reached the semifinals of the
Mutua Madrid Open a Premier Mandatory event, losing to
Maria Sharapova 4–6, 3–6. She also reached the semifinals of the
Southern California Open losing to
Victoria Azarenka 0–6, 6–4, 3–6. She reached her first final of the year at the
Generali Ladies Linz losing to German
Angelique Kerber 4–6, 6–7(6–8). At the slams, Ivanovic reached the fourth round of the
Australian Open and
French Open, losing to
Agnieszka Radwańska 2–6, 4–6 on both occasions. Ivanovic lost to
Eugenie Bouchard in the second round of
Wimbledon 3–6, 3–6. At the final slam of the year, at the
US Open, she lost in the fourth round to
Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 3–6, 4–6. She is making her third appearance to the event, having won the event twice. reached the top 10 for the first time. ;Maria Kirilenko Kirilenko's first half of 2013 saw her with good results and broke through the top 10, while her second saw her struggle with a knee injury. Kirilenko last year's wildcard received entry into the event after winning the
PTT Pattaya Open defeating
Sabine Lisicki 5–7, 6–1, 7–6(7–1). Kirilenko was able to reach the semifinals of the
BNP Paribas Open losing to compatriot
Maria Sharapova 4–6, 3–6. At the slams, Kirilenko reached her first French Open quarterfinal and her third slam quarterfinals losing to
Victoria Azarenka 6–7(7–9), 2–6. She also reached the fourth round of the Australian Open losing to
Serena Williams 2–6, 0–6, third round of the US Open losing to
Simona Halep 1–6, 0–6, and was upset in the first round of Wimbledon losing to
Laura Robson 3–6, 4–6. She is making her second appearance at the event. wins two titles in 2013. ;Samantha Stosur Stosur had a dip in 2013, falling out of the top 10 for the first time since 2010 and finishing outside the top 10 for the first time since 2009. At the slams, Stosur failed to get past the fourth round of a slam in a year since 2008. She lost in the third rounds of French Open, to
Jelena Janković 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, and Wimbledon, to eventual runner-up
Sabine Lisicki 6–4, 2–6, 1–6. She then won her second title at the
Aegon International a Premier event defeating
Jamie Hampton 6–2, 6–1. At the slam, the Russian reached the fourth round of the Australian Open and the first round of the French Open losing to
Victoria Azarenka in both occasions 1–6, 1–6, and 1–6, 4–6, respectively. The Russian then fell in the second rounds of Wimbledon and US Open to
Sabine Lisicki 3–6, 1–6 and
Karin Knapp 1–6, 4–6, respectively. She also won
French Open with
Ekaterina Makarova. She opted to play at the Tournament of Champions rather than the Fed Cup final. She is making her debut to the event. won 2 titles in the year. ;Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Pavlyuchenkova is the third Russian to play at the event. Pavlyuchenkova won two international events in clay to gain entry into the event, the first coming at the
Monterrey Open defeating
Angelique Kerber 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 and the second at the
Portugal Open defeating
Carla Suárez Navarro 7–5, 6–2. The Russian also reached two other finals but lost, the first being at the Premier event of the
Brisbane International losing to
Serena Williams 2–6, 1–6 and the second at the
KDB Korea Open losing to
Agnieszka Radwańska, 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 4–6. The Russian didn't fare well at the slams, her best performance reaching the third round of the US Open losing to Radwańska 4–6, 6–7(7–9). She then fell in the second round of the French Open to
Petra Cetkovská 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, and the first rounds of the Australian Open and Wimbledon to
Lesia Tsurenko 5–7, 6–3, 5–7 and
Tsvetana Pironkova 0–6, 1–6. won in Strasbourg. was awarded a wildcard. ;Alizé Cornet Cornet had a resurgence this season - re-entering the top 30, and winning her third WTA career title. Cornet qualified for Sofia by winning her maiden tournament of the year at the
Internationaux de Strasbourg, defeating Czech
Lucie Hradecká 7–6(7–4), 6–0. At the slams, the Frenchwoman lost in the second round of the Australian Open to
Venus Williams 3–6, 3–6. She then reached the third round of Wimbledon losing to
Flavia Pennetta 6–0, 6–7(7–9), 2–6. She also fell to
Victoria Azarenka in the third rounds of the French Open 6–4, 3–6, 1–6, and US Open 7–6(2–7), 3–6, 2–6. She is making her debut to the event. (7–9), 6–3, 7–9 at the French Open. After US Open, she granted a wildcard for the
Challenge Bell and she won her first title of the year, beating
Marina Erakovic 6–4, 6–3. After this result, Šafářová showed good form by reaching back-to-back quarterfinals in
China Open and
Toray Pan Pacific. She is making her debut to the event.--> ;Tsvetana Pironkova Pironkova is one of the wild card recipients, being a native of Bulgaria. She reached two quarterfinals in the year at the
Topshelf Open and at 2013 Moorilla Hobart International. However, she was able to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon before losing to world no. 4
Agnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 3–6, 3–6. In the other slams, Pironkova didn't fare well falling in the first rounds of the Australian Open to
Romina Oprandi 6–4, 5–7, 2–6, French Open to
Eugenie Bouchard 1–6, 6–7(7–9), and US Open to
Alison Riske 3–6, 3–6. ==Groupings==