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2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Field	Value
champ	SUI Roger Federer
runner	AUS Mark Philippoussis
score	7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
draw	128 (16Q / 8WC)
seeds	32
before_name	Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles
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Main article: 2003 Wimbledon Championships

Roger Federer defeated Mark Philippoussis in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–6(7–3) to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships. It was his first major title, the first of a record eight gentlemen's singles titles at Wimbledon, and the first of 20 major men's singles titles overall.

By virtue of winning the 1998 Wimbledon Boys’ title, Federer became just the fourth man in the Open Era to win the Boys’ and Gentlemen’s Wimbledon Championships, joining Björn Borg, Pat Cash, and Stefan Edberg.

Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Ivo Karlović. Hewitt was the first man in the Open Era to lose in the first round of his Wimbledon title defence. As per tradition, defending champion Hewitt was playing the opening match on Centre Court – a situation he had unwittingly avoided the previous year (when reigning champion Goran Ivanišević withdrew) out of fear of the unpredictability of fresh grass.

With the losses of Hewitt, Andre Agassi and Juan Carlos Ferrero by the fourth round, a first-time major champion was guaranteed. This marked the first time in the Open Era that none of the quarterfinalists in a major had previously won a major singles title.

This tournament marked the major debut of future 22-time major champion, Olympic gold medalist, and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal (who was the youngest player in the draw at of age); he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan in the third round. This tournament also marked the final major appearance of Olympic gold medalist Marc Rosset, who lost to Wesley Moodie in the first round. It was also notable for the absence of seven-time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras, who had yet to announce his official retirement following his final match at the 2002 US Open.

Seeds

AUS Lleyton Hewitt (first round) USA Andre Agassi (fourth round) ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round) SUI Roger Federer (champion) USA Andy Roddick (semifinals) ARG David Nalbandian (fourth round) ARG Guillermo Coria (first round) NED Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals) GER Rainer Schüttler (fourth round) GBR Tim Henman (quarterfinals) CZE Jiří Novák (third round) THA Paradorn Srichaphan (fourth round) FRA Sébastien Grosjean (semifinals) BEL Xavier Malisse (first round) FRA Arnaud Clément (second round) RUS Mikhail Youzhny (second round) BRA Gustavo Kuerten (second round) RUS Marat Safin (withdrew) CHI Fernando González (first round) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round) NED Martin Verkerk (first round) ESP Félix Mantilla (first round) ARG Agustín Calleri (second round) ESP Albert Costa (withdrew) ESP Tommy Robredo (third round) USA James Blake (second round) MAR Younes El Aynaoui (third round) RSA Wayne Ferreira (first round) ARG Gastón Gaudio (first round) FIN Jarkko Nieminen (third round) USA Vince Spadea (first round) ARG Juan Ignacio Chela (second round) RUS Nikolay Davydenko (first round) ESP Àlex Corretja (withdrew) CZE Radek Štěpánek (third round)

Albert Costa and Marat Safin withdrew due to injury. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Nikolay Davydenko and Àlex Corretja, who became the #33 and #34 seeds respectively. Corretja subsequently withdrew for personal reasons and was replaced by the next highest non-seeded player Radek Štěpánek, who became the #35 seed.

Qualifying

Main article: 2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Draw

Finals

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Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

Barrett, John. (2014). "Wimbledon: The Official History". Vision Sports Publishing.
Harman, Neil (2004). ''The Official Wimbledon Annual 2004''. London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. {{ISBN. 1-903135 39 7.
Parsons, John. (2003). "The Official Wimbledon Annual 2003". Hazleton Publishing Ltd..

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