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2003 Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open | |
Champion | Roger Federer |
Runner-up | Jiří Novák |
Score | 6–1, 7–6(7–2) |
Draw | 32 |
Seeds | 8 |
Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Sjeng Schalken.
Roger Federer won in the final 6–1, 7–6(7–2) against Jiří Novák. He did not lose a single set in the entire tournament.
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
Roger Federer defeated Marat Safin in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–4, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2004 Australian Open. It was his first Australian Open title and second major title overall. With the win, Federer gained the world No. 1 ranking for the first time in his career, and would hold the position for a record 237 consecutive weeks.
Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated Martin Verkerk in the final, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2003 French Open. It was his first and only major singles title.
Andy Roddick defeated David Nalbandian in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2003 Canada Masters.
Second-seeded Magnus Norman defeated Michael Chang 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the singles competition at the 2000 Heineken Open men's tennis tournament. Tommy Haas was the defending champion. but lost in the second round to Juan Balcells
Dominik Hrbatý was the defending champion of the singles event at the Heineken Open tennis tournament, held in Auckland, New Zealand, but lost in the first round to Gilles Elseneer.
Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion of the singles event at the Heineken Open tennis tournament, held in Auckland, New Zealand, but lost in the semifinals to Dominik Hrbatý.
Nicolas Escudé was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals against Sébastien Grosjean.
Max Mirnyi was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Andre Agassi won the inaugural singles tennis title at the 2002 Madrid Open after Jiří Novák withdrew from the final.
Marat Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2002 Paris Masters. It was his second Paris Masters title.
Félix Mantilla defeated Roger Federer in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 7–6(10–8) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2003 Italian Open.
Andy Roddick defeated Mardy Fish in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) to win the singles tennis title at the 2003 Cincinnati Masters.
Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated Nicolás Massú in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2003 Madrid Open.
Tim Henman defeated Andrei Pavel in the final, 6–2, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–2) to win the singles tennis title at the 2003 Paris Masters.
Roger Federer defeated Tim Henman in the final, 6–3, 6–3, to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2004 Indian Wells Masters.
Andy Roddick won the men's singles tennis title at the 2004 Miami Open after Guillermo Coria retired in the final, with the scoreline at 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–1.
Carlos Moyá defeated David Nalbandian in the final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2004 Italian Open.
Roger Federer defeated the defending champion Guillermo Coria in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2004 Hamburg European Open.
Tommy Haas was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Jürgen Melzer.
Sjeng Schalken was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Arnaud Clément.