2003 WTA Tier I Series

NThe WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1]

2003 WTA Tier I Series
Details
DurationJanuary 27 – October 29
Edition14th
Tournaments9
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesBelgium Justine Henin (4)
Most tournament finalsBelgium Justine Henin (4)
2002
2004

Tournaments edit

Tournament Country Location Surface Date Prize money[2]
Toray Pan Pacific Open[3] Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) Jan 27 – Feb 2 $1,300,000
Pacific Life Open United States Indian Wells Hard Mar 3 – 16 $2,100,000
NASDAQ-100 Open United States Key Biscayne Hard Mar 17 – 30 $2,960,000
Family Circle Cup United States Charleston Clay (green) Apr 7 – 13 $1,300,000
MasterCard German Open[4] Germany Berlin Clay May 5 – 11 $1,224,000
Telecom Italia Masters[5] Italy Rome Clay May 12 – 18 $1,300,000
Rogers AT&T Cup Canada Toronto Hard Aug 11 – 17 $1,325,000
Ladies Kremlin Cup Russia Moscow Carpet (i) Sep 29 – Oct 5 $1,300,000
Swisscom Challenge Switzerland Zürich Hard (i) Oct 13 – 19 $1,300,000

Results edit

* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Tokyo

SinglesDoubles

  Lindsay Davenport   Monica Seles 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–2   Elena Bovina
  Rennae Stubbs
  Lindsay Davenport
  Lisa Raymond
6–3, 6–4
Indian Wells

SinglesDoubles

  Kim Clijsters   Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 7–5   Lindsay Davenport
  Lisa Raymond
  Kim Clijsters
  Ai Sugiyama
2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Miami

SinglesDoubles

  Serena Williams   Jennifer Capriati 4–6, 6–4, 6–1   Liezel Huber
  Magdalena Maleeva
  Shinobu Asagoe
  Nana Miyagi
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Charleston

SinglesDoubles

  Justine Henin   Serena Williams 7–6(7–5), 6–4   Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
  Janette Husárová
  Conchita Martínez
6–0, 6–3
Berlin

SinglesDoubles

  Justine Henin   Kim Clijsters 6–4, 4–6, 7–5   Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
  Kim Clijsters
  Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Rome

SinglesDoubles

  Kim Clijsters   Amélie Mauresmo 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0   Svetlana Kuznetsova*   Jelena Dokić
  Nadia Petrova
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
  Martina Navratilova
Toronto

SinglesDoubles

  Justine Henin   Lina Krasnoroutskaya 6–1, 6–0   Svetlana Kuznetsova
  Martina Navratilova
  María Vento-Kabchi
  Angelique Widjaja
3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Moscow

SinglesDoubles

  Anastasia Myskina   Amélie Mauresmo 6–2, 6–4   Nadia Petrova*   Anastasia Myskina
  Vera Zvonareva
6–3, 6–4
  Meghann Shaughnessy
Zürich

SinglesDoubles

  Justine Henin   Jelena Dokić 6–0, 6–4   Kim Clijsters*   Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
7–6(7–3), 6–2
  Ai Sugiyama

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2003 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ "2003 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 5 August 2009.
  3. ^ "2003 Tokyo Open Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Berlin 2003 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.

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