2003 Generali Ladies Linz
| 2003 Generali Ladies Linz | |
|---|---|
| Date | 20–26 October |
| Edition | 17th |
| Category | Tier II Series |
| Prize money | USD $585,000 |
| Surface | Hard (indoor) |
| Location | Linz, Austria |
| Venue | TipsArena Linz |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Japan Ai Sugiyama | |
| Doubles | |
| South Africa Liezel Huber / Japan Ai Sugiyama | |
The 2003 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2003 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from 20 October until 26 October 2003 at the TipsArena Linz. Second-seeded Ai Sugiyama won the singles title.
Finals
[edit | edit source]Singles
[edit | edit source]Japan Ai Sugiyama defeated Russia Nadia Petrova, 7–5, 6–4.[1]
- It was Sugiyama's 5th WTA singles title, and second title of the year.
Doubles
[edit | edit source]South Africa Liezel Huber / Japan Ai Sugiyama defeated France Marion Bartoli / Italy Silvia Farina Elia, 6–2, 7–6(8–6).
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- It was Huber's 9th WTA doubles title, and fifth of the year. It was Sugiyama's 28th WTA doubles title, and eighth of the year. This was the first and only doubles titles they won together as a pair.
Points and prize money
[edit | edit source]Point distribution
[edit | edit source]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 25 | 1 | 11.75 | 6.75 | 4 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit | edit source]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $95,500 | $51,000 | $27,300 | $14,600 | $7,820 | $4,175 | $2,230 | $1,195 | $640 |
| Doubles * | $30,000 | $16,120 | $8,620 | $4,610 | $2,465 | — | — | — | — |
* per team
Singles main draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Anastasia Myskina | 9 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 11 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 12 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Nadia Petrova | 14 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 15 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Israel.svg ISR | Anna Pistolesi | 16 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG | Paola Suárez | 17 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg SUI | Patty Schnyder | 18 | 8 |
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Rankings are as of 10 October 2003.
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Slovakia Ľudmila Cervanová
- Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan
- Czech Republic Klára Koukalová
- Slovenia Maja Matevžič
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Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]- Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne → replaced by France Marion Bartoli
- Spain Conchita Martínez → replaced by Switzerland Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian
- United States Serena Williams → replaced by United States Alexandra Stevenson
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Doubles main draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Player 1 Rank | Player 2 Rank | Seed |
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| File:Flag of South Africa.svg RSA | Liezel Huber | File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Elena Likhovtseva | File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Nadia Petrova | 10 | 11 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP | Magüi Serna | 26 | 39 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Austria.svg AUT | Barbara Schett | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg SUI | Patty Schnyder | 37 | 40 | 4 |
Rankings are as of 10 October 2003
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Austria Verena Amesbauer / Austria Daniela Kix
References
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