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

Andre Agassi defeated Rainer Schüttler, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Serena Williams defeated Venus Williams, 7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Women's Doubles

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

Mixed Doubles

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

Juniors

Boys' Singles

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

Girls' Singles

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

Boys' Doubles

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

Girls' Doubles

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

Wheelchair

Men's Wheelchair Singles

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

Women's Wheelchair Singles

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

Seeds

Withdrawn players: Tim Henman, Tommy Haas, Thomas Johansson, Marcelo Ríos, Greg Rusedski, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Arnaud Clément; Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Jelena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

Men's Singles

  1. Lleyton Hewitt '
  2. Andre Agassi
  3. Marat Safin '
  4. Juan Carlos Ferrero '
  5. Carlos Moyà '
  6. Roger Federer '
  7. Jiří Novák '
  8. Albert Costa '
  9. Andy Roddick '
  10. David Nalbandian '
  11. Paradorn Srichaphan '
  12. Sébastien Grosjean '
  13. Fernando González '
  14. Guillermo Cañas '
  15. Àlex Corretja '
  16. Sjeng Schalken '
  17. Gastón Gaudio '
  18. Younes El Aynaoui '
  19. Juan Ignacio Chela '
  20. Xavier Malisse '
  21. Andrei Pavel '
  22. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  23. James Blake '
  24. Nicolás Lapentti '
  25. Mikhail Youzhny '
  26. Tommy Robredo '
  27. Jan-Michael Gambill '
  28. Fabrice Santoro '
  29. Nicolas Escudé '
  30. Gustavo Kuerten '
  31. Rainer Schüttler '
  32. Stefan Koubek

    Women's Singles

  33. Serena Williams
  34. Venus Williams
  35. Jennifer Capriati
  36. Kim Clijsters
  37. Justine Henin-Hardenne
  38. Monica Seles
  39. Daniela Hantuchová
  40. Anastasia Myskina
  41. Lindsay Davenport
  42. Chanda Rubin
  43. Magdalena Maleeva
  44. Patty Schnyder
  45. Silvia Farina Elia
  46. Anna Smashnova
  47. Alexandra Stevenson
  48. Nathalie Dechy
  49. Elena Dementieva
  50. Eleni Daniilidou
  51. Amanda Coetzer
  52. Elena Bovina
  53. Ai Sugiyama
  54. Anne Kremer
  55. Paola Suárez
  56. Tatiana Panova
  57. Meghann Shaughnessy
  58. Tamarine Tanasugarn
  59. Lisa Raymond
  60. Clarisa Fernández
  61. Iva Majoli
  62. Janette Husárová
  63. Conchita Martínez
  64. Katarina Srebotnik ''