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2003 Australian Open

The 2003 Australian Open was a tennis tournament held in 2003. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2003 ATP Tour and the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 91st edition of the event and attracted 512,225 spectators.

Thomas Johansson could not defend his 2002 title due to an injury which would rule him out for all of 2003. Jennifer Capriati was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the first round by German Marlene Weingärtner. Andre Agassi won his fourth Australian Open and final Grand Slam title, defeating Rainer Schüttler in a lopsided final. Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus in the final in three sets, to win her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once.

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Men's singles

USA Andre Agassi defeated GER Rainer Schüttler, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1

  • It was Agassi's 8th (and last) career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title (an Open Era record until it was broken by Novak Djokovic in 2015).

Women's singles

Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Women's singles

USA Serena Williams defeated USA Venus Williams, 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4

  • It was Serena's 5th career Grand Slam title, her 4th in a row, and her 1st Australian Open title. this also marks Serena claiming a Career Grand Slam and first of two Serena Slams.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Men's doubles

FRA Michaël Llodra / FRA Fabrice Santoro defeated BAH Mark Knowles / CAN Daniel Nestor, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Women's doubles

Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Women's doubles

USA Serena Williams / USA Venus Williams defeated ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

USA Martina Navratilova / IND Leander Paes defeated GRE Eleni Daniilidou / AUS Todd Woodbridge, 6–4, 7–5

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Boys' singles

CYP Marcos Baghdatis def. ROM Florin Mergea, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' singles

Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Girls' singles

CZE Barbora Strýcová defeated UKR Viktoriya Kutuzova, 0–6, 6–2, 6–2

Boys' doubles

USA Scott Oudsema / USA Phillip Simmonds defeated ROM Florin Mergea / ROM Horia Tecău, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

AUS Casey Dellacqua / AUS Adriana Szili defeated CZE Petra Cetkovská / CZE Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 4–4, ret.

Wheelchair

Men's wheelchair singles

AUS David Hall defeated NED Robin Ammerlaan, 6–1, 7-6

Women's wheelchair singles

NED Esther Vergeer defeated AUS Daniela Di Toro, 2–6, 6–0, 6-3

Seeds

Withdrawn players: GBR Tim Henman, GER Tommy Haas, SWE Thomas Johansson, CHI Marcelo Ríos, GBR Greg Rusedski, FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu, FRA Arnaud Clément; SUI Martina Hingis, FRA Amélie Mauresmo, FRY Jelena Dokic.

Men's singles

  1. AUS Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round, lost to Younes El Aynaoui)
  2. USA Andre Agassi (champion)
  3. RUS Marat Safin (third round, withdrew before match against Rainer Schüttler)
  4. ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (quarterfinals, lost to Wayne Ferreira)
  5. ESP Carlos Moyá (second round, lost to Mardy Fish)
  6. SUI Roger Federer (fourth round, lost to David Nalbandian)
  7. CZE Jiří Novák (third round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny)
  8. ESP Albert Costa (third round, lost to Félix Mantilla)
  9. USA Andy Roddick (semifinals, lost to Rainer Schüttler)
  10. ARG David Nalbandian (quarterfinals, lost to Rainer Schüttler)
  11. THA Paradorn Srichaphan (second round, lost to Mark Philippoussis)
  12. FRA Sébastien Grosjean (quarterfinals, lost to Andre Agassi)
  13. CHI Fernando González (second round, lost to Alberto Martín)
  14. ARG Guillermo Cañas (second round, lost to Guillermo Coria)
  15. ESP Àlex Corretja (first round, lost to Feliciano López)
  16. NED Sjeng Schalken (second round, lost to Mario Ančić)
  17. ARG Gastón Gaudio (second round, lost to Sargis Sargsian)
  18. MAR Younes El Aynaoui (quarterfinals, lost to Andy Roddick)
  19. ARG Juan Ignacio Chela (second round, lost to Fernando Vicente)
  20. BEL Xavier Malisse (third round, lost to David Nalbandian)
  21. ROU Andrei Pavel (first round, lost to Renzo Furlan, retired)
  22. RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen)
  23. USA James Blake (fourth round, lost to Rainer Schüttler)
  24. ECU Nicolás Lapentti (third round, lost to Sébastien Grosjean)
  25. RUS Mikhail Youzhny (fourth round, lost to Andy Roddick)
  26. ESP Tommy Robredo (first round, lost to Wayne Ferreira)
  27. USA Jan-Michael Gambill (second round, lost to Félix Mantilla)
  28. FRA Fabrice Santoro (third round, lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero)
  29. FRA Nicolas Escudé (third round, lost to Andre Agassi)
  30. BRA Gustavo Kuerten (second round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)
  31. GER Rainer Schüttler (final, lost to Andre Agassi)
  32. AUT Stefan Koubek (first round, lost to Andreas Vinciguerra)

Women's singles

  1. USA Serena Williams (champion)
  2. USA Venus Williams (final, lost to Serena Williams)
  3. USA Jennifer Capriati (first round, lost to Marlene Weingärtner)
  4. BEL Kim Clijsters (semifinals, lost to Serena Williams)
  5. BEL Justine Henin-Hardenne (semifinals, lost to Venus Williams)
  6. USA Monica Seles (second round, lost to Klára Koukalová)
  7. SVK Daniela Hantuchová (quarterfinals, lost to Serena Williams)
  8. RUS Anastasia Myskina (quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  9. USA Lindsay Davenport (fourth round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
  10. USA Chanda Rubin (fourth round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  11. BUL Magdalena Maleeva (third round, lost to Elena Bovina)
  12. SUI Patty Schnyder (fourth round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová)
  13. ITA Silvia Farina Elia (second round, lost to Nicole Pratt)
  14. ISR Anna Smashnova (third round, lost to Amanda Coetzer)
  15. USA Alexandra Stevenson (second round, lost to Denisa Chládková)
  16. FRA Nathalie Dechy (third round, lost to Eleni Daniilidou)
  17. RUS Elena Dementieva (first round, lost to Barbara Schwartz)
  18. GRE Eleni Daniilidou (fourth round, lost to Serena Williams)
  19. RSA Amanda Coetzer (fourth round, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  20. RUS Elena Bovina (fourth round, lost to Meghann Shaughnessy)
  21. JPN Ai Sugiyama (second round, lost to Nadia Petrova)
  22. LUX Anne Kremer (second round, lost to Evie Dominikovic)
  23. ARG Paola Suárez (third round, lost to Nicole Pratt)
  24. RUS Tatiana Panova (third round, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  25. USA Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals, lost to Serena Williams)
  26. THA Tamarine Tanasugarn (third round, lost to Serena Williams)
  27. USA Lisa Raymond (second round, lost to Anca Barna)
  28. ARG Clarisa Fernández (third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  29. CRO Iva Majoli (first round, lost to Cristina Torrens Valero)
  30. SVK Janette Husárová (second round, lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual)
  31. ESP Conchita Martínez (first round, lost to Amy Frazier)
  32. SLO Katarina Srebotnik (third round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)

References

References

  1. "Tennis Australia Annual Report 2002-2003". Tennis Australia.
  2. Serena completed the "[[Serena Slam]]", winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in a row.
  3. Baghdatis reached the 2006 men's singles final, but lost to [[Roger Federer]].
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