2003 WTA Tour Championships

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2003 WTA Tour Championships
DateNovember 4 – 10
Edition33rd
CategoryYear-end championships
Draw8S (round robin) / 4D
Prize money$3,000,000
SurfaceHard/indoor
Location Los Angeles, United States
Venue Staples Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez
  2002  · WTA Finals ·  2004  

The 2003 WTA Tour Championships , also known by its sponsored name Bank of America WTA Tour Championships Presented by Porsche, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, United States. It was the 33rd edition of the year-end singles championships, the 28th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2003 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between November 4 and November 10, 2003. First-seeded Kim Clijsters won the singles event and earned $1,000,030 [lower-alpha 1] first-prize money as well as 485 ranking points. [2] With her victory Clijsters became the first female tennis player to earn $US4 million in a season. [3] For the first time since 1978 a round robin system was used, after the men's Tennis Masters Cup. Two groups of four players were formed and each contender had to play three matches. [4] Also, for singles, instead of the top sixteen players qualifying, only top eight qualified for the WTA Tour Championships. For doubles, the top four pairs (previously top eight) pairs qualified for the WTA Tour Championships, but still continued with the single elimination format.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters defeated Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo, 6–2, 6–0.

Doubles

Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez defeated Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.

Notes

  1. The added $30 represented the WTA Tour's celebration of its 30th anniversary. [1]

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