2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open

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{{TennisEventInfo|2003|AP Tourism Hyderabad Open|

| date=3–9 February

| edition=1st

| surface=Hard / outdoor

| location=Hyderabad, India

| champs={{flagicon|THA}} Tamarine Tanasugarn

| champd={{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva / {{flagicon|UZB}} Iroda Tulyaganova

}}

The 2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open was the first edition of the WTA tournament held in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India organized for women's professional tennis.{{Cite news |date=2023-02-22 |title=Sania Mirza's initial statement of intent: The Hyderabad Open title |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/sania-mirzas-initial-statement-of-intent-the-hyderabad-open-title/articleshow/98146493.cms |access-date=2025-07-01 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} It was held from 3 February until 9 February 2003 on outdoor hardcourts. Tamarine Tanasugarn won the singles title. Indian star Sania Mirza made her debut at this tournament in her hometown Hyderabad.{{Cite web |last=Joshi |first=Akshat |date=2022-02-28 |title=Sania Mirza: Height, Age, Net Worth, Cars Collection, Controversies, Unknown Facts And More |url=https://thesportslite.com/tennis/sania-mirza-height-age-net-worth-cars-collection-controversies-unknown-facts-and-more/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=The SportsLite |language=en-US}}

Finals

=Singles=

{{main|2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Singles}}

=Doubles=

{{main|2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Doubles}}

WTA entrants

=Seeds=

class="wikitable"
Seed

! width="65"| Country

! width="150"| Player

! Rank

1

|{{flag|ARG}}

|Clarisa Fernández

|28

2

|{{flag|THA}}

|Tamarine Tanasugarn

|32

3

|{{flag|RUS}}

|Elena Likhovtseva

|36

4

|{{flag|FRA}}

|Mary Pierce

|49

5

|{{flag|UZB}}

|Iroda Tulyaganova

|57

6

|{{flag|ESP}}

|Cristina Torrens Valero

|66

7

|{{flag|INA}}

|Angelique Widjaja

|62

8

|{{flag|CRO}}

|Silvija Talaja

|79

  • Rankings as of 25 January 2003.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry through the lucky loser spot:

References