2003 Australian Open

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2003 Australian Open
Date13 January – 26 January 2003
Edition91st
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt (Rebound Ace)
Location Melbourne, Australia
Venue Melbourne Park
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Flag of France.svg Michaël Llodra / Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams / Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of India.svg Leander Paes
Wheelchair men's singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Hall
Wheelchair women's singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Esther Vergeer
Boys' singles
Flag of Cyprus.svg Marcos Baghdatis
Girls' singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
Boys' doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Oudsema / Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Simmonds
Girls' doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Dellacqua / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adriana Szili
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The 2003 Australian Open was a tennis tournament held in 2003. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2003 ATP Tour and the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 91st edition of the event and attracted 512,225 spectators. [1]

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Thomas Johansson could not defend his 2002 title due to an injury which would rule him out for all of 2003. Jennifer Capriati was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the first round by German Marlene Weingärtner. Andre Agassi won his fourth Australian Open and final Grand Slam title, defeating Rainer Schüttler in a lopsided final. Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus in the final in three sets, to win her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once.

Seniors

Men's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi defeated Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Schüttler, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1

Women's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams [2] defeated Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams, 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4

Men's doubles

Flag of France.svg Michaël Llodra / Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro defeated Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Women's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams / Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams defeated Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of India.svg Leander Paes defeated Flag of Greece.svg Eleni Daniilidou / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge, 6–4, 7–5

Juniors

Boys' singles

Flag of Cyprus.svg Marcos Baghdatis [3] def. Flag of Romania.svg Florin Mergea, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' singles

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová defeated Flag of Ukraine.svg Viktoriya Kutuzova, 0–6, 6–2, 6–2

Boys' doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Scott Oudsema / Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Simmonds defeated Flag of Romania.svg Florin Mergea / Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Dellacqua / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adriana Szili defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Cetkovská / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 4–4, ret.

Wheelchair

Men's wheelchair singles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Hall defeated Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Ammerlaan, 6–1, 7-6

Women's wheelchair singles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Esther Vergeer defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniela Di Toro, 2–6, 6–0, 6-3

Seeds

Withdrawn players: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Henman, Flag of Germany.svg Tommy Haas, Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson, Flag of Chile.svg Marcelo Ríos, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greg Rusedski, Flag of France.svg Paul-Henri Mathieu, Flag of France.svg Arnaud Clément; Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis, Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo, Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Jelena Dokic.

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References

  1. "Tennis Australia Annual Report 2002-2003" (PDF). Clearinghouse for Sports. Tennis Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. Serena completed the "Serena Slam", winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in a row.
  3. Baghdatis reached the 2006 men's singles final, but lost to Roger Federer.
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