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 →
Main article: 2003 WTA Tour

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

Singles – Doubles

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

Singles – Doubles

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

Singles – Doubles

 United States Serena Williams United States Jennifer Capriati 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 South Africa Liezel Huber
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva		 Japan Shinobu Asagoe
Japan Nana Miyagi		 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Charleston

Singles – Doubles

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

Singles – Doubles

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

Singles – Doubles

 Belgium Kim Clijsters France Amélie Mauresmo 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova* Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić
Russia Nadia Petrova		 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
United States Martina Navratilova
Toronto

Singles – Doubles

 Belgium Justine Henin Russia Lina Krasnoroutskaya 6–1, 6–0 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
United States Martina Navratilova		 Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi
Indonesia Angelique Widjaja		 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Moscow

Singles – Doubles

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

Singles – Doubles

 Belgium Justine Henin Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokić 6–0, 6–4 Belgium Kim Clijsters* Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez		 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Japan Ai Sugiyama

See also

References
  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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