2003 Qatar Total Fina Elf Open – Singles

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Singles
2003 Qatar Total Fina Elf Open
Champion Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina
Runner-up Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva
Final score6–3, 6–1
Events
Singles Doubles
  2002  · Qatar Ladies Open ·  2004  

Monica Seles was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Lina Krasnoroutskaya.

Contents

Anastasia Myskina won the title, defeating Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, 6–1 in an all-Russian final. [1] [2]

Singles results

Seeds

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Monica Seles (second round)
  2. Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina (champion)
  3. Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn (first round)
  5. Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva (finals)
  6. Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone (first round)
  7. Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Pratt (quarterfinals)

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
WC Flag of Russia.svg Lina Krasnoroutskaya 4 3  
5 Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva 66 
5 Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva 3 1  
2 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina 66 
Flag of Austria.svg Patricia Wartusch 3 3
2 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina 66

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of the United States.svg M Seles 5 5
Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg J Zheng 3 2 WC Flag of Russia.svg L Krasnoroutskaya 77
WC Flag of Russia.svg L Krasnoroutskaya 66WC Flag of Russia.svg L Krasnoroutskaya 774
Flag of Germany.svg M Müller 6563 7 Flag of Spain.svg C Martínez 650r
Q Flag of the United Kingdom.svg L Ahl 774 6Q Flag of the United Kingdom.svg L Ahl 0 2
  Flag of Croatia.svg J Kostanić 2 2 7 Flag of Spain.svg C Martínez 66
7 Flag of Spain.svg C Martínez 66WC Flag of Russia.svg L Krasnoroutskaya 4 3
3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg M Maleeva 665 Flag of Russia.svg E Likhovtseva 66
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg R de los Ríos 2 1 3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg M Maleeva 66
  Flag of Slovakia.svg M Suchá 6686  Flag of Slovakia.svg M Suchá 4 2
  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg E Gagliardi 4 7104 3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg M Maleeva 4 2
  Flag of Italy.svg An Serra Zanetti 3 635 Flag of Russia.svg E Likhovtseva 66
  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg I Tulyaganova 677  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg I Tulyaganova 1 4
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg C Black 2 4 5 Flag of Russia.svg E Likhovtseva 66
5 Flag of Russia.svg E Likhovtseva 66

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Pratt 62 6
Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg T Sun 3 63 8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Pratt 4 66
  Flag of Indonesia.svg A Widjaja 776 Flag of Indonesia.svg A Widjaja 64 1
Flag of Croatia.svg S Talaja 644 8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Pratt 62 4
Flag of Austria.svg P Wartusch 66  Flag of Austria.svg P Wartusch 0 66
Q Flag of Spain.svg A Parra Santonja 3 1 Flag of Austria.svg P Wartusch 0 66
WC Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg M Vento-Kabchi 66WC Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg M Vento-Kabchi 63 4
4 Flag of Thailand.svg T Tanasugarn 2 2   Flag of Austria.svg P Wartusch 3 3
6 Flag of Italy.svg F Schiavone 2 3 2 Flag of Russia.svg A Myskina 66
Flag of Russia.svg S Kuznetsova 66 Flag of Russia.svg S Kuznetsova 4 3
  Flag of Russia.svg D Safina 678  Flag of Russia.svg D Safina 66
  Flag of Italy.svg Ad Serra Zanetti 2 66 Flag of Russia.svg D Safina 2 5
  Flag of Germany.svg A Barna 2 63 2 Flag of Russia.svg A Myskina 67
  Flag of France.svg M Pierce 62 6  Flag of France.svg M Pierce 5 4
2 Flag of Russia.svg A Myskina 76

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. n/a
  2. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evie Dominikovic (first round)
  3. Flag of Spain.svg María Sánchez Lorenzo (qualifying competition)
  4. Flag of Hungary.svg Petra Mandula (first round)
  5. n/a
  6. Flag of Indonesia.svg Wynne Prakusya (second round)
  7. Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľubomíra Kurhajcová (second round)
  8. Flag of Italy.svg Mara Santangelo (first round)

Qualifiers

Draw

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
Alt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trudi Musgrave 3 4
  Flag of Slovakia.svg Eva Fislová 66
  Flag of Slovakia.svg Eva Fislová 62 3
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie 3 66
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie 66 
  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Janet Lee 3 3  
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie 66
  Flag of Hungary.svg Kyra Nagy 0 3
Flag of Hungary.svg Kyra Nagy 66
  Flag of Tunisia.svg Selima Sfar 3 4
  Flag of Hungary.svg Kyra Nagy 61 6
6 Flag of Indonesia.svg Wynne Prakusya 2 61
  Flag of the United States.svg Sunitha Rao 2 2
6 Flag of Indonesia.svg Wynne Prakusya 66

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evie Dominikovic 2 4
  Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja 66
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja 66 
  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Irina Selyutina 2 0  
  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Irina Selyutina 66 
  Flag of Poland.svg Joanna Sakowicz 1 2  
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja 3 66
Flag of Russia.svg Galina Fokina 62 4
Flag of Russia.svg Galina Fokina 4 66
WC Flag of Lithuania.svg Aurelija Misevičiūtė 64 3
  Flag of Russia.svg Galina Fokina 60  
Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandra Kravets 3 0r 
  Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandra Kravets 4 77
8 Flag of Italy.svg Mara Santangelo 65 5

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
3 Flag of Spain.svg María Sánchez Lorenzo 76 
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Renata Voráčová 5 2  
3 Flag of Spain.svg María Sánchez Lorenzo 66 
WC Flag of Portugal.svg Frederica Piedade 0 3  
  Flag of Germany.svg Adriana Barna 3 5
WC Flag of Portugal.svg Frederica Piedade 67 
3 Flag of Spain.svg María Sánchez Lorenzo 3 61
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian 63 6
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian 66 
Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliana Fedak 2 1  
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian 66
7 Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľubomíra Kurhajcová 4 4
  Flag of South Africa.svg Natalie Grandin 3 4  
7 Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľubomíra Kurhajcová 66 

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 Flag of Hungary.svg Petra Mandula 63 2
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucie Ahl 4 66
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucie Ahl 5 66
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Olga Blahotová 73 1
WC Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza 4 61
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Olga Blahotová 63 6
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucie Ahl 66 
  Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Zaporozhanova 1 3  
  Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Zaporozhanova 76 
  Flag of Spain.svg Gala León García 5 2  
  Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Zaporozhanova 66
Alt Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi 3 3
WC Flag of Egypt.svg Yomna Farid 3 1
Alt Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi 66

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