<Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2012 </Td> <Td> Wimbledon Championships </Td> <Td> 2014 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2012 </Td> <Td> Wimbledon Championships </Td> <Td> 2014 → </Td> </Tr> <P> Serena Williams was the defending champion, but lost to Sabine Lisicki in the fourth round, which ended her 34 - match winning streak dating back to the Miami Open . This was the fourth time in a row that Lisicki defeated the reigning French Open champion at Wimbledon; Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2009, Li Na in 2011, Maria Sharapova in 2012, and Williams in 2013 (Lisicki did not play in 2010). </P> <P> The exits of Li Na and Petra Kvitová in the quarterfinals ensured that the eventual tournament victor would be a first - time Grand Slam winner . Sabine Lisicki was the first German finalist of either sex in a Grand Slam since Rainer Schüttler at the 2003 Australian Open, while Marion Bartoli was the first French female player to appear in a major final since her own 2007 Wimbledon final (lost to Venus Williams). </P>

Who won the women's wimbledon championship 2013