2003 MercedesCup – Singles

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Singles
2003 MercedesCup
Final
Champion Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Coria
Runner-up Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo
Score6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Details
Draw48
Seeds16
Events
Singles Doubles
  2002  · Stuttgart Open ·  2004  

Mikhail Youzhny was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Guillermo Coria.

Contents

Coria won in the final 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 against Tommy Robredo.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Moyá (second round)
  2. Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Coria (champion)
  3. Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Schüttler (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of France.svg Sébastien Grosjean (second round)
  5. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák (third round)
  6. Flag of Chile.svg Fernando González (semifinals)
  7. Flag of Spain.svg Félix Mantilla (second round)
  8. Flag of Spain.svg Albert Costa (second round)
  9. Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo (final)
  10. Flag of Morocco.svg Younes El Aynaoui (third round)
  11. Flag of Finland.svg Jarkko Nieminen (third round)
  12. Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Youzhny (quarterfinals)
  13. Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi (third round)
  14. Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko (third round)
  15. Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Corretja (third round)
  16. Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Ljubičić (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
            
6 Flag of Chile.svg Fernando González 2 1r
9 Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo 64  
9 Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo 2 2 1   
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Coria 666  
  Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López 4 0  
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Coria 66 

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Flag of Spain.svg C Moyá 6562 
  Flag of France.svg J Boutter 62 1   Flag of Germany.svg T Behrend 7777 
  Flag of Germany.svg T Behrend 3 66  Flag of Germany.svg T Behrend 66 
Q Flag of Italy.svg P Starace 3 5  13 Flag of Belarus.svg M Mirnyi 4 4  
Q Flag of Spain.svg M López 67 Q Flag of Spain.svg M López 4 3  
13 Flag of Belarus.svg M Mirnyi 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg T Behrend 5 3  
6 Flag of Chile.svg F González 76 
11 Flag of Finland.svg J Nieminen 64 6
  Flag of Spain.svg A Martín 776   Flag of Spain.svg A Martín 2 64
  Flag of Paraguay.svg R Delgado 613  11 Flag of Finland.svg J Nieminen 62773
  Flag of Spain.svg R Nadal 76 6 Flag of Chile.svg F González 77656
WC Flag of Germany.svg P Petzschner 5 1    Flag of Spain.svg R Nadal 2 62
6 Flag of Chile.svg F González 63 6

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 Flag of France.svg S Grosjean 2 1  
  Flag of Italy.svg F Volandri 63    Flag of Italy.svg F Volandri 66 
  Flag of Spain.svg D Sánchez 0 0r  Flag of Italy.svg F Volandri 63 6
Q Flag of Italy.svg R Furlan 4 1  14 Flag of Russia.svg N Davydenko 3 61
  Flag of France.svg O Mutis 66   Flag of France.svg O Mutis 0 63 
14 Flag of Russia.svg N Davydenko 677 
  Flag of Italy.svg F Volandri 4 2  
9 Flag of Spain.svg T Robredo 66 
9 Flag of Spain.svg T Robredo 6767
  Flag of Germany.svg L Burgsmüller 67   Flag of Germany.svg L Burgsmüller 793 5
  Flag of Sweden.svg M Norman 4 5  9 Flag of Spain.svg T Robredo 6666
Q Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Vaněk 4 66Q Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Vaněk 2 783
WC Flag of Germany.svg S Greul 61 3 Q Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Vaněk 776 
8 Flag of Spain.svg A Costa 643  

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 Flag of Spain.svg F Mantilla 63 67
  Flag of Brazil.svg R Mello 1 4    Flag of Spain.svg F López 1 679
  Flag of Spain.svg F López 66   Flag of Spain.svg F López 3 66
WC Flag of Germany.svg A Popp 3 2  10 Flag of Morocco.svg Y El Aynaoui 64 3
Q Flag of Argentina.svg G Etlis 66 Q Flag of Argentina.svg G Etlis 644  
10 Flag of Morocco.svg Y El Aynaoui 776 
  Flag of Spain.svg F López 66 
3 Flag of Germany.svg R Schüttler 2 4  
15 Flag of Spain.svg À Corretja 4 67
  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg M Kratochvil 62 3   Flag of Belgium (civil).svg O Rochus 61 5
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg O Rochus 3 6615 Flag of Spain.svg À Corretja 4 4  
WC Flag of Germany.svg M Abel 2 6773 Flag of Germany.svg R Schüttler 66 
  Flag of France.svg A Dupuis 63 65WC Flag of Germany.svg M Abel 2 4  
3 Flag of Germany.svg R Schüttler 66 

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Novák 66 
  Flag of Brazil.svg F Saretta 4 2    Flag of Armenia.svg S Sargsian 4 4  
  Flag of Armenia.svg S Sargsian 66 5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Novák 614  
  Flag of Ecuador.svg N Lapentti 66 12 Flag of Russia.svg M Youzhny 776 
  Flag of Austria.svg S Koubek 4 2    Flag of Ecuador.svg N Lapentti 3 63
12 Flag of Russia.svg M Youzhny 62 6
12 Flag of Russia.svg M Youzhny 0 0  
2 Flag of Argentina.svg G Coria 66 
16 Flag of Croatia.svg I Ljubičić 631  
  Flag of Spain.svg D Ferrer 776   Flag of Spain.svg D Ferrer 776 
  Flag of Argentina.svg M Zabaleta 634    Flag of Spain.svg D Ferrer 1 1  
  Flag of France.svg P-H Mathieu 66 2 Flag of Argentina.svg G Coria 66 
Q Flag of the Czech Republic.svg T Zíb 1 2    Flag of France.svg P-H Mathieu 5 3  
2 Flag of Argentina.svg G Coria 76 

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