2003 Wimbledon Championships


The 2003 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 117th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2003. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.
Lleyton Hewitt was unsuccessful in his 2002 title defence, being upset in the first round by Grand Slam debutant Ivo Karlović. It was the first time in the Open Era history of Wimbledon that a defending champion had lost in the first round, the second time overall. This Wimbledon was notable for being Roger Federer's first grand slam victory when he defeated Mark Philippoussis in the final. This would be the first of five consecutive Wimbledon titles for Federer, and eight overall.
Serena Williams successfully defended her 2002 title, defeating her sister Venus in the final for the second consecutive year.

Media coverage

Broadcast coverage of the 2003 Championships was distributed to 159 territories worldwide and the tournament received more than 5,717 hours of coverage. This was an increase of 565 hours from the 2002 figure and surpassed all previous records for the event. The BBC transmitted 160 hours of coverage in the United Kingdom on BBC One and BBC Two. The official Championships website www.wimbledon.org received 242 million page views and 4.3 million visitors.
Prior to the start of the 2003 Championships, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club announced that it would begin purchasing insurance cover that would allow the club to cover losses in the event that a future tournament would be canceled as a result of a pandemic; this policy was announced in the wake of the SARS outbreak and required the club to pay £1.6 million per year.

Prize money

The total prize money for 2003 championships was £9,373,990. The winner of the men's title earned £575,000 while the women's singles champion earned £535,000.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles£575,000
Women's Singles£535,000
Men's Doubles *£210,000
£194,250
Mixed Doubles *£88,500

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Roger Federer defeated Mark Philippoussis, 7–6, 6–2, 7–6
Serena Williams defeated Venus Williams, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3

Women's Doubles

Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez, 6–4, 6–4

Mixed Doubles

Leander Paes / Martina Navratilova defeated Andy Ram / Anastasia Rodionova, 6–3, 6–3

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Florin Mergea defeated Chris Guccione, 6–2, 7–6

Girls' Singles

Kirsten Flipkens defeated Anna Chakvetadze, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Boys' Doubles

Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău defeated Adam Feeney / Chris Guccione, 7–6, 7–5

Girls' Doubles

Alisa Kleybanova / Sania Mirza defeated Kateřina Böhmová / Michaëlla Krajicek, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Lleyton Hewitt '
  2. Andre Agassi '
  3. Juan Carlos Ferrero '
  4. Roger Federer
  5. Andy Roddick '
  6. David Nalbandian '
  7. Guillermo Coria '
  8. Sjeng Schalken '
  9. Rainer Schüttler '
  10. Tim Henman '
  11. Jiří Novák '
  12. Paradorn Srichaphan '
  13. Sébastien Grosjean '
  14. Xavier Malisse '
  15. Arnaud Clément '
  16. Mikhail Youzhny '
  17. Gustavo Kuerten '
  18. Marat Safin '
  19. Fernando González '
  20. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  21. Martin Verkerk '
  22. Félix Mantilla '
  23. Agustín Calleri '
  24. Albert Costa '
  25. Tommy Robredo '
  26. James Blake '
  27. Younes El Aynaoui '
  28. Wayne Ferreira '
  29. Gastón Gaudio '
  30. Jarkko Nieminen '
  31. Vince Spadea '
  32. Juan Ignacio Chela '
  33. Nikolay Davydenko '
  34. Àlex Corretja '
  35. Radek Štěpánek '

    Women's singles

  36. Serena Williams
  37. Kim Clijsters '
  38. Justine Henin-Hardenne '
  39. Venus Williams '
  40. Lindsay Davenport '
  41. Amélie Mauresmo '
  42. Chanda Rubin '
  43. Jennifer Capriati '
  44. Daniela Hantuchová '
  45. Anastasia Myskina '
  46. Jelena Dokić '
  47. Magdalena Maleeva '
  48. Ai Sugiyama '
  49. Eleni Daniilidou '
  50. Elena Dementieva '
  51. Vera Zvonareva '
  52. Amanda Coetzer '
  53. Conchita Martínez '
  54. Meghann Shaughnessy '
  55. Patty Schnyder '
  56. Elena Bovina '
  57. Nathalie Dechy '
  58. Lisa Raymond '
  59. Magüi Serna '
  60. Anna Pistolesi '
  61. Alexandra Stevenson '
  62. Silvia Farina Elia '
  63. Laura Granville '
  64. Nadia Petrova '
  65. Denisa Chládková '
  66. Elena Likhovtseva '
  67. Tamarine Tanasugarn '
  68. Svetlana Kuznetsova '