2003 US Open
Champion :		Justine Henin
Runner-up :		Kim Clijsters
Final score :		7–5, 6–1
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men		women		mixed
WC Singles		men		women		quad
WC Doubles		men		women		quad

The women's singles competition at the 2003 US Open started on Monday, August 25, 2003 in New York City.^[1] Serena Williams was the champion in 2002; however, she did not participate in 2003 because of injury.

Contents 1 Seeds 2 Draw 2.1 Key 2.2 Last three rounds 2.3 Top Half 2.3.1 Section 1 2.3.2 Section 2 2.3.3 Section 3 2.3.4 Section 4 2.4 Bottom Half 2.4.1 Section 5 2.4.2 Section 6 2.4.3 Section 7 2.4.4 Section 8 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Seeds

Kim Clijsters (Runner-up) Justine Henin (Champion) Lindsay Davenport (Semifinals) Serena Williams (Withdrew before the tournament began because of injury) Amelie Mauresmo (Quarterfinals) Jennifer Capriati (Semifinals) Anastasia Myskina (Quarterfinals) Chanda Rubin (First Round) Daniela Hantuchova (Third Round) Magdalena Maleeva (First Round) Elena Dementieva (Fourth Round) Conchita Martinez (Second Round) Vera Zvonareva (Third Round) Amanda Coetzer (Third Round) Ai Sugiyama (Fourth Round) Elena Bovina (First Round)

Meghann Shaughnessy (Fourth Round) Patty Schnyder (Second Round) Nadia Petrova (Third Round) Silvia Farina Elia (Second Round) Anna Pistolesi (First Round) Jelena Dokic (Second Round) Nathalie Dechy (Second Round) Paola Suarez (Quarterfinals) Eleni Danilidou (First Round) Lina Krasnoroutskaya (First Round) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Third Round) Lisa Raymond (Second Round) Francesca Schiavone (Quarterfinals) Magui Serna (Second Round) Alexandra Stevenson (First Round) Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian (Second Round) Katarina Srebotnik (Second Round)

[edit] Draw

[edit] Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

ALT = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

[edit] Last three rounds

	Quaterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Kim Clijsters	6	6
	5	Amelie Mauresmo	1	4
								1	Clijsters	6	6
								3	Davenport	2	3
	3	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
	24	Paola Suarez	4	0
															1	Clijsters	5	1
															2	Henin	7	6
	6	Jennifer Capriati	6	6
	29	Francesca Schiavone	1	3
								6	Capriati	6	5	64
								2	Henin	4	7	7
	7	Anastasia Myskina	2	3
	2	Justine Henin	6	6

[edit] Top Half

[edit] Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
1	Kim Clijsters	6	6
	Amber Liu	2	3				1	Clijsters	6	6
	Laura Granville	6	6					Granville	1	1
	Ansley Cargill	4	0											1	Clijsters	6	6
	Petra Mandula	7	6											27	Kuznetsova	3	2
	Cara Black	5	2					Mandula	3	3
	Flavia Pennetta	1	1				27	Kuznetsova	6	6
27	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	6																		1	Clijsters	6	6
17	Meghann Shaughnessy	6	6																		17	Shaughnessy	2	4
	Karolina Sprem	3	2				17	Shaughnessy	6	7
	Corina Morariu	3	5					Matevzic	3	5
	Maja Matevzic	6	7											17	Shaughnessy	4	6	6
	Vera Douchevina	4	2											13	Zvonareva	6	4	2
	Ashley Harkleroad	6	6					Harkleroad	3	6	1
	Lubomira Kurhajcova	3	2				13	Zvonareva	6	4	6
13	Vera Zvonareva	6	6

[edit] Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
9	Daniela Hantuchova	6	6
	Marion Bartoli	3	2				9	Hantuchova	6	6
	Julia Vakulenko	7	6					Vakulenko	3	2
	Barbara Rittner	5	2											9	Hantuchova	2	4
	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6	7												Tanasugarn	6	6
	Rita Grande	0	5					Tanasugarn	6	6
	Bea Bielik	1	4				18	Schnyder	4	3
18	Patty Schnyder	6	6																			Tanasugarn	2	2
26	Lina Krasnoroutskaya	1	6	3																	5	Mauresmo	6	6
	Anca Barna	6	0	6				Barna	6	64	5
	Theresa Logar	4	2					Kirilenko	3	7	7
	Maria Kirilenko	6	6												Kirilenko	4	2
	Stephanie Cohen-Aloro	6	6											5	Mauresmo	6	6
	Alina Jidkova	2	4					Cohen-Aloro	2	2
	Angelique Widjaja	0	2				5	Mauresmo	6	6
5	Amelie Mauresmo	6	6

[edit] Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
3	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
	Els Callens	1	0				3	Davenport	6	6
	Daja Bedanova	4	0					Camerin	2	4
	Maria Elena Camerin	6	6											3	Davenport	6	6
	Clarisa Fernandez	6	1	5											Czink	0	2
	Melinda Czink	3	6	7				Czink	4	6	6
	Tatiana Poutchek	3	61				28	Raymond	6	4	1
28	Lisa Raymond	6	7																		3	Davenport	6	66	6
19	Nadia Petrova	6	6																		19	Petrova	0	7	2
	Catalina Castano	4	0				19	Petrova	6	6
	Denisa Chladkova	6	1	6				Chladkova	1	2
	Adriana Serra Zanetti	4	6	1										19	Petrova	6	6
	Barbara Schett	7	7											14	Coetzer	0	1
	Janette Husarova	63	5					Schett	6	5	2
	Gabriela Lastra	0	2				14	Coetzer	3	7	6
14	Amanda Coetzer	6	6

[edit] Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
12	Conchita Martinez	6	6
	Sarah Taylor	3	4				12	Martinez	5	4
	Alicia Molik	7	6					Molik	7	6
	Jelena Kostanic	64	3												Molik	4	6	2
	Zuzana Ondraskova	2	1											24	Suarez	6	4	6
	Milagros Sequera	6	6					Sequera	1	0
	Angelika Roesch	3	3				24	Suarez	6	6
24	Paola Suarez	6	6																		24	Suarez	6	3	7
25	Eleni Danilidou	3	1																			Likhovtseva	2	6	5
	Myriam Casanova	6	6					Casanova	5	3
	Fabiola Zuluaga	6	6					Zuluaga	7	6
	Akiko Morigami	1	4												Zuluaga	64	4
	Elena Likhovtseva	6	6												Likhovtseva	7	6
	Iva Majoli	1	1					Likhovtseva	7	6
	Maria Vento-Kabchi	6	6					Vento-Kabchi	5	3
8	Chanda Rubin	4	4

[edit] Bottom Half

[edit] Section 5

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
6	Jennifer Capriati	6	6
	Cristina Torrens Valero	0	1				6	Capriati	6	6
	Marissa Irvin	2	65					Sucha	1	1
	Martina Sucha	6	7											6	Capriati	6	2	6
	Maria Sharapova	6	6												Loit	2	6	2
	Virginia Ruano-Pascual	1	1					Sharapova	3	4
	Emilie Loit	6	5	6				Loit	6	6
31	Alexandra Stevenson	2	7	4																	6	Capriati	6	7
23	Nathalie Dechy	3	6	6																	11	Dementieva	2	5
	Bethanie Mattek	6	4	4			23	Dechy
	Shenay Perry	3	1					Frazier	w/o
	Amy Frazier	6	6												Frazier	61	63
	Tatiana Perebiynis	6	6											11	Dementieva	7	7
	Marta Marrero	1	4					Perebiynis	7	4	0
	Alena Vaskova	2	3				11	Dementieva	5	6	6
11	Elena Dementieva	6	6

[edit] Section 6

FIrst Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
15	Ai Sugiyama	6	6
	Conchita Martinez Granados	1	0				15	Sugiyama	1	6	6
	Gala Leon Garcia	1	0					Razzano	6	3	3
	Virginie Razzano	6	6											15	Sugiyama	3	6	6
	Jill Craybas	5	0												Pratt	6	4	3
	Nicole Pratt	7	6					Pratt	7	4	6
	Maria Emilia Salerni	4	1				20	Farina Elia	65	6	1
20	Silvia Farina Elia	6	6																		15	Sugiyama	7	5	2
29	Francesca Schiavone	6	6																		29	Schiavone	65	7	6
	Eva Frislova	4	4				29	Schiavone	6	6
	Arantxa Parra	6	1	6				Parra	4	3
	Klara Koukalova	2	6	2										29	Schiavone	7	7
	Tina Pisnik	6	6												Pisnik	5	69
	Angela Haynes	4	2					Pisnik	7	6
	Maureen Drake	6	62	1			33	Srebotnik	5	0
33	Katarina Srebotnik	0	7	6

[edit] Section 7

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
7	Anastasia Myskina	6	3	6
	Henrieta Nagyova	2	6	1			7	Myskina	6	2	7
	Stephanie Foretz	6	5	4				Zanetti	2	6	63
	Antonella Serra Zanetti	3	7	6										7	Myskina	2	6	6
	Yulia Beygelzimer	610	5												Sanchez Lorenzo	6	4	3
	Maria Sanchez Lorenzo	7	7					Sanchez Lorenzo	7	6
	Yoon Jeong Cho	6	2	1			30	Serna	5	1
30	Magui Serna	3	6	6																	7	Myskina	7	6
22	Jelena Dokic	6	6																			Pierce	62	1
	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	4	2				22	Dokic	2	7	65
	Mary Pierce	6	6					Pierce	6	65	7
	Stephanie Gehrlein	3	2												Pierce	6	6
	Tathiana Garbin	4	7	6											Asagoe	4	1
	Mara Santangelo	6	66	4				Garbin	2	6	2
	Shinobu Asagoe	6	6					Asagoe	6	3	6
10	Magdalena Maleeva	4	3

[edit] Section 8

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
16	Elena Bovina	6	63	4
	Ludmila Cervanova	4	7	6				Cervanova	4	1
	Dinara Safina	7	6					Safina	6	6
	Carly Gullickson	5	2												Safina	6	7
	Samantha Reeves	6	6												Schaul	4	5
	Iveta Benesova	1	1					Reeves	1	6	3
	Claudine Schaul	7	6					Schaul	6	4	6
21	Anna Pistolesi	65	2																			Safina	0	3
32	Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian	6	6																		2	Henin	6	6
	Marlene Weingartner	3	1				32	Mikaelian	5	4
	Tian Tian Sun	2	5					Obata	7	6
	Saori Obata	6	6												Obata	1	2
	Dally Randriantefy	3	0											2	Henin	6	6
	Silvija Talaja	6	6					Talaja	1	2
	Aniko Kapros	5	3				2	Henin	6	6
2	Justine Henin	7	6

[edit] See also

• 2003 Men's Singles
• 2003 Men's Doubles
• 2003 Women's Doubles

[edit] References