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.[ 1]
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.
United States Andre Agassi Germany Rainer Schüttler , 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
It was Agassi's 8th (and last) career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title (an Open Era record until it was broken by Novak Djokovic in 2015). United States Serena Williams [ 2] United States Venus Williams , 7–6(7–4) , 3–6, 6–4
It was Serena's 5th career Grand Slam title, her 4th in a row, and her 1st Australian Open title. this also marks Serena claiming a Career Grand Slam and first of two Serena Slams . France Michaël Llodra France Fabrice Santoro The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor , 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
United States Serena Williams United States Venus Williams Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez , 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
United States Martina Navratilova India Leander Paes Greece Eleni Daniilidou / Australia Todd Woodbridge , 6–4, 7–5
Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis [ 3] Romania Florin Mergea , 6–4, 6–4
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová Ukraine Viktoriya Kutuzova , 0–6, 6–2, 6–2
United States Scott Oudsema United States Phillip Simmonds Romania Florin Mergea / Romania Horia Tecău , 6–4, 6–4
Australia Casey Dellacqua Australia Adriana Szili Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová , 6–3, 4–4, ret.
Australia David Hall Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan , 6–1, 7-6
Netherlands Esther Vergeer Australia Daniela Di Toro , 2–6, 6–0, 6-3
Withdrawn players: United Kingdom Tim Henman , Germany Tommy Haas , Sweden Thomas Johansson , Chile Marcelo Ríos , United Kingdom Greg Rusedski , France Paul-Henri Mathieu , France Arnaud Clément ; Switzerland Martina Hingis , France Amélie Mauresmo , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic .
Australia Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round, lost to Younes El Aynaoui ) United States Andre Agassi (champion)Russia Marat Safin (third round, withdrew before match against Rainer Schüttler ) Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (quarterfinals, lost to Wayne Ferreira ) Spain Carlos Moyá (second round, lost to Mardy Fish ) Switzerland Roger Federer (fourth round, lost to David Nalbandian ) Czech Republic Jiří Novák (third round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny ) Spain Albert Costa (third round, lost to Félix Mantilla ) United States Andy Roddick (semifinals, lost to Rainer Schüttler ) David Nalbandian (quarterfinals, lost to Rainer Schüttler ) Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan (second round, lost to Mark Philippoussis ) France Sébastien Grosjean (quarterfinals, lost to Andre Agassi ) Chile Fernando González (second round, lost to Alberto Martín ) Guillermo Cañas (second round, lost to Guillermo Coria ) Spain Àlex Corretja (first round, lost to Feliciano López ) Netherlands Sjeng Schalken (second round, lost to Mario Ančić ) Gastón Gaudio (second round, lost to Sargis Sargsian ) Morocco Younes El Aynaoui (quarterfinals, lost to Andy Roddick ) Juan Ignacio Chela (second round, lost to Fernando Vicente ) Belgium Xavier Malisse (third round, lost to David Nalbandian ) Romania Andrei Pavel (first round, lost to Renzo Furlan , retired) Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen ) United States James Blake (fourth round, lost to Rainer Schüttler ) Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti (third round, lost to Sébastien Grosjean ) Russia Mikhail Youzhny (fourth round, lost to Andy Roddick ) Spain Tommy Robredo (first round, lost to Wayne Ferreira ) United States Jan-Michael Gambill (second round, lost to Félix Mantilla ) France Fabrice Santoro (third round, lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero ) France Nicolas Escudé (third round, lost to Andre Agassi ) Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (second round, lost to Radek Štěpánek ) Germany Rainer Schüttler (final, lost to Andre Agassi ) Austria Stefan Koubek (first round, lost to Andreas Vinciguerra )
United States Serena Williams (champion)United States Venus Williams (final, lost to Serena Williams ) United States Jennifer Capriati (first round, lost to Marlene Weingärtner ) Belgium Kim Clijsters (semifinals, lost to Serena Williams ) Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne (semifinals, lost to Venus Williams ) United States Monica Seles (second round, lost to Klára Koukalová ) Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová (quarterfinals, lost to Serena Williams ) Russia Anastasia Myskina (quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters ) United States Lindsay Davenport (fourth round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne ) United States Chanda Rubin (fourth round, lost to Anastasia Myskina ) Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva (third round, lost to Elena Bovina ) Switzerland Patty Schnyder (fourth round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová ) Italy Silvia Farina Elia (second round, lost to Nicole Pratt ) Israel Anna Smashnova (third round, lost to Amanda Coetzer ) United States Alexandra Stevenson (second round, lost to Denisa Chládková ) France Nathalie Dechy (third round, lost to Eleni Daniilidou ) Russia Elena Dementieva (first round, lost to Barbara Schwartz ) Greece Eleni Daniilidou (fourth round, lost to Serena Williams ) South Africa Amanda Coetzer (fourth round, lost to Kim Clijsters ) Russia Elena Bovina (fourth round, lost to Meghann Shaughnessy ) Japan Ai Sugiyama (second round, lost to Nadia Petrova ) Luxembourg Anne Kremer (second round, lost to Evie Dominikovic ) Paola Suárez (third round, lost to Nicole Pratt ) Russia Tatiana Panova (third round, lost to Lindsay Davenport ) United States Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals, lost to Serena Williams ) Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn (third round, lost to Serena Williams ) United States Lisa Raymond (second round, lost to Anca Barna ) Clarisa Fernández (third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina ) Croatia Iva Majoli (first round, lost to Cristina Torrens Valero ) Slovakia Janette Husárová (second round, lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual ) Spain Conchita Martínez (first round, lost to Amy Frazier ) Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (third round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne )
^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). ^ Serena completed the "Serena Slam ", winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in a row.
^ Baghdatis reached the 2006 men's singles final, but lost to Roger Federer .
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