2003 WTA Tier I Series

{{Short description|2003 WTA Tier I circuit.}}

{{ Infobox tennis circuit season

| name = 2003 WTA Tier I Series

| duration = January 27 – October 29

| edition = 14th

| tournaments = 9

| most_tournament_titles = {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Justine Henin (4)

| most_tournament_finals = {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Justine Henin (4)

| previous = 2002

| next = 2004

}}

{{main article|2003 WTA Tour}}

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.{{Cite web |title=2003 Tournaments {{!}} WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220920184651/https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/2003|archive-date=2022-09-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}

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Tournaments

class="wikitable plainrowheaders nowrap"
scope="col"|Tournament

!scope="col"|Country

!scope="col"|Location

!scope="col"|Surface

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Prize money{{Cite web |title=2003 WTA Calendar Prize Money |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/TournamentArchive/0,,12781~0~2003,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805041007/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/TournamentArchive/0,,12781~0~2003,00.html |archive-date=5 August 2009}}

scope="row"| Toray Pan Pacific Open{{Cite web |title=2003 Tokyo Open Draw |url=https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2003/1056.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704190000/https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2003/1056.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2022}}

|Japan

|Tokyo

|align="center" |Carpet (i)

|Jan 27 – Feb 2

|align="center" |$1,300,000

scope="row"| Pacific Life Open

|United States

|Indian Wells

|align="center" |Hard

|Mar 3 – 16

|align="center" |$2,100,000

scope="row"| NASDAQ-100 Open

|United States

|Key Biscayne

|align="center" |Hard

|Mar 17 – 30

|align="center" |$2,960,000

scope="row"| Family Circle Cup

|United States

|Charleston

|align="center" |Clay (green)

|Apr 7 – 13

|align="center" |$1,300,000

scope="row"| MasterCard German Open{{Cite web |title=Berlin 2003 Tennis Tournament {{!}} ITF |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/berlin/ger/2003/w-t1-ger-01a-2003/draws-and-results/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220922172639/https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/berlin/ger/2003/w-t1-ger-01a-2003/draws-and-results/ |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date= |website=www.itftennis.com}}

|Germany

|Berlin

|align="center" |Clay

|May 5 – 11

|align="center" |$1,224,000

scope="row"| Telecom Italia Masters{{cite book |author=Bud Collins |title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis |publisher=New Chapter Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0942257700 |edition=2nd |location=New York City |pages=740–741}}

|Italy

|Rome

|align="center" |Clay

|May 12 – 18

|align="center" |$1,300,000

scope="row"| Rogers AT&T Cup

|Canada

|Toronto

|align="center" |Hard

|Aug 11 – 17

|align="center" |$1,325,000

scope="row"| Ladies Kremlin Cup

|Russia

|Moscow

|align="center" |Carpet (i)

|Sep 29 – Oct 5

|align="center" |$1,300,000

scope="row"| Swisscom Challenge

|Switzerland

|Zürich

|align="center" |Hard (i)

|Oct 13 – 19

|align="center" |$1,300,000

Results

{{Legend|#ddfddd|text=*|First-time champion}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" style="min-width:7em"| Tournament

! scope="col"| Singles champions

! scope="col"| Runners-up

! scope="col"| Score

! scope="col"| Doubles champions

! scope="col"| Runners-up

! scope="col"| Score

scope="row" | Tokyo

{{small|SinglesDoubles}}

| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Lindsay Davenport

| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Monica Seles

| 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–2

| {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Elena Bovina
{{flagg|cxxlo|AUS}} Rennae Stubbs

| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Lindsay Davenport
{{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Lisa Raymond

| 6–3, 6–4

scope="row" | Indian Wells

{{small|SinglesDoubles}}

| style="background:#ddfddd"| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Kim Clijsters

| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Lindsay Davenport

| 6–4, 7–5

| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Lindsay Davenport
{{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Lisa Raymond

| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Kim Clijsters
{{flagg|cxxlo|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama

| 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)

scope="row" | Miami

{{small|SinglesDoubles}}

| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Serena Williams

| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Jennifer Capriati

| 4–6, 6–4, 6–1

| style="background:#ddfddd"| {{flagg|cxxlo|RSA}} Liezel Huber
{{flagg|cxxlo|BUL}} Magdalena Maleeva

| {{flagg|cxxlo|JPN}} Shinobu Asagoe
{{flagg|cxxlo|JPN}} Nana Miyagi

| 6–4, 3–6, 7–5

scope="row" | Charleston

{{small|SinglesDoubles}}

| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Justine Henin

| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Serena Williams

| 7–6(7–5), 6–4

| {{flagg|cxxlo|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual
{{flagg|cxxlo|ARG}} Paola Suárez

| {{flagg|cxxlo|SVK}} Janette Husárová
{{flagg|cxxlo|ESP}} Conchita Martínez

| 6–0, 6–3

scope="row" | Berlin

{{small|SinglesDoubles}}

| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Justine Henin

| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Kim Clijsters

| 6–4, 4–6, 7–5

| {{flagg|cxxlo|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual
{{flagg|cxxlo|ARG}} Paola Suárez

| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Kim Clijsters
{{flagg|cxxlo|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama

| 6–3, 4–6, 6–4

scope="row" rowspan=2| Rome

{{small|SinglesDoubles}}

| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Kim Clijsters

| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo

| rowspan="2" | 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0

| style="background:#ddfddd"| {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova*

| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|FR Yugoslavia}} Jelena Dokić
{{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Nadia Petrova

| rowspan="2" | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2

{{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Martina Navratilova
scope="row" | Toronto

{{small|SinglesDoubles}}

| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Justine Henin

| {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Lina Krasnoroutskaya

| 6–1, 6–0

| {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova
{{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Martina Navratilova

| {{flagg|cxxlo|VEN}} María Vento-Kabchi
{{flagg|cxxlo|INA}} Angelique Widjaja

| 3–6, 6–1, 6–1

scope="row" rowspan=2| Moscow

{{small|SinglesDoubles}}

| rowspan="2" style="background:#ddfddd" | {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Anastasia Myskina

| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo

| rowspan="2" | 6–2, 6–4

| style="background:#ddfddd"| {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Nadia Petrova*

| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Anastasia Myskina
{{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Vera Zvonareva

| rowspan="2" | 6–3, 6–4

{{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Meghann Shaughnessy
scope="row" rowspan=2| Zürich

{{small|SinglesDoubles}}

| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Justine Henin

| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|Serbia and Montenegro}} Jelena Dokić

| rowspan="2" | 6–0, 6–4

| style="background:#ddfddd"| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Kim Clijsters*

| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual
{{flagg|cxxlo|ARG}} Paola Suárez

| rowspan="2" | 7–6(7–3), 6–2

{{flagg|cxxlo|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama

See also

References

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