2003 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

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2003 Sparkassen Cup
Date22–28 September
Edition14th
Category Tier II
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$585,000
Surface Hard / indoor
Location Leipzig, Germany
Champions
Singles
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina
Doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova
  2002  · Sparkassen Cup

The 2003 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 14th and last edition of the tournament and was held from 22 September until 28 September 2003.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kim Clijsters 11
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Justine Henin-Hardenne 22
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Myskina 103
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Magdalena Maleeva 114
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 125
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 156
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Meghann Shaughnessy 177
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Silvia Farina Elia 208

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova Flag of the United States.svg  USA Martina Navratilova 151
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Likhovtseva Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 242
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Els Callens Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Janette Husárová 413
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic 474

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

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