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2003 Generali Ladies Linz | |
Champions | Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama |
Runners-up | Marion Bartoli Silvia Farina Elia |
Final score | 6–1, 7–6(8–6) |
Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova were the two-time defending champions, but Dokic did not participate in the doubles event at this tournament. Petrova partnered Elena Likhovtseva, but the pair withdrew before their semifinal match against Marion Bartoli and Silvia Farina Elia.
Liezel Huber and Ai Sugiyama won the title, defeating Bartoli and Farina Elia in the final 6–1, 7–6(8–6).
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | L Huber A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ľ Cervanová E Fislová | 2 | 1 | 1 | L Huber A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Myskina V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | A Myskina A Zvonareva | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | V Amesbauer D Kix | 1 | 1 | 1 | L Huber A Sugiyama | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | D Hantuchová M Serna | 6 | 3 | 6 | I Melzer M Paštiková | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
S Jeyaseelan M Matevžič | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | D Hantuchová M Serna | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
C Dhenin B Lamade | 3 | 6 | 5 | I Melzer M Paštiková | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
I Melzer M Paštiková | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | L Huber A Sugiyama | 6 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Haidner A Jerabek | 77 | 6 | M Bartoli S Farina Elia | 1 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D Klemenschits S Klemenschits | 65 | 4 | S Haidner A Jerabek | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Bartoli S Farina Elia | 5 | 6 | 6 | M Bartoli S Farina Elia | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | B Schett P Schnyder | 7 | 3 | 0 | M Bartoli S Farina Elia | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
Y Beygelzimer J Kostanić Tošić | 6 | 6 | 2 | E Likhovtseva N Petrova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
T Perebiynis S Talaja | 4 | 0 | Y Beygelzimer J Kostanić Tošić | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J Craybas C Schneider | 1 | 1 | 2 | E Likhovtseva N Petrova | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | E Likhovtseva N Petrova | 6 | 6 |
Defending champion Serena Williams successfully defended her title, defeating her sister Venus Williams in a rematch of the previous year's final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships. It was her second Wimbledon title and sixth major title overall.
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