2003 WTA Tour
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2003 WTA Tour
 Kim Clijsters won nine titles in the year. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | December 30, 2002 - November 20, 2003 |
| Edition | 33rd |
| Tournaments | 60 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (17) WTA Tier III (17) WTA Tier IV (6) WTA Tier V (6) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Kim Clijsters (9) |
| Most tournament finals | Kim Clijsters (15) |
| Prize money leader | Justine Henin ($4,466,345) |
| Points leader | Justine Henin (6,628) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Justine Henin |
| Doubles team of the year |  Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez |
| Most improved player of the year |  Nadia Petrova |
| Newcomer of the year | Maria Sharapova |
| Comeback player of the year |  Amélie Mauresmo |
← 2002 2004 → | |
The 2003 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2003 tennis season. The 2003 WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events. ITF tournaments were not part of the 2003 WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Schedule
The table below shows the 2003 WTA Tour schedule.
Key
| Grand Slam events |
| Year-end championships |
| Tier I events |
| Tier II events |
| Tier III events |
| Tier IV and V events |
| Team events |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov | WTA Tour Championships Los Angeles, United States Year-end Championship $3,000,000 - Hard - 8S (round robin)/4D Singles - Doubles |
Kim Clijsters 6-2, 6-0 |
Amélie Mauresmo |
 Jennifer Capriati Justine Henin-Hardenne |
Chanda Rubin Elena Dementieva Anastasia Myskina Ai Sugiyama
|
| Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 |
Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama
| ||||
| Volvo Women's Open Pattaya, Thailand Tier V event $110,000 - Hard - 32S/28Q/16D Singles - Doubles |
 Henrieta Nagyová 6-4, 6-2 |
?ubomíra Kurhajcová |
 Tamarine Tanasugarn Anca Barna |
Anastasia Rodionova  Elena Tatarkova  Jelena Kostani? Saori Obata
| |
 Li Ting Sun Tiantian6-4, 6-3 |
 Wynne Prakusya Angelique Widjaja
| ||||
| 14 Nov | Fed Cup: Final Moscow, Russia, Carpet (i) |
France 4-1 |
United States |
Belgium 1-4 Russia 2-3 |
Rankings
Below are the 2003 WTA year-end rankings:
| No | Player Name | Nation | Points | 2002 | Change |
| 1 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | BEL
|
6,628 | 5 | +4 |
| 2 | Kim Clijsters | BEL
|
6,553 | 4 | +2 |
| 3 | Serena Williams | USA
|
3,916 | 1 | -2 |
| 4 | Amélie Mauresmo | FRA
|
3,194 | 6 | +2 |
| 5 | Lindsay Davenport | USA
|
2,990 | 12 | +7 |
| 6 | Jennifer Capriati | USA
|
2,766 | 3 | -3 |
| 7 | Anastasia Myskina | RUS
|
2,581 | 11 | +4 |
| 8 | Elena Dementieva | RUS
|
2,383 | 19 | +11 |
| 9 | Chanda Rubin | USA
|
2,328 | 13 | +4 |
| 10 | Ai Sugiyama | JPN
|
2,235 | 24 | +14 |
| 11 | Venus Williams | USA
|
2,211 | 2 | -9 |
| 12 | Nadia Petrova | RUS
|
1,994 | 111 | +99 |
| 13 | Vera Zvonareva | RUS
|
1,808 | 45 | +32 |
| 14 | Paola Suárez | ARG
|
1,526 | 27 | +13 |
| 15 | Jelena Doki? |  YUG
|
1,405 | 9 | -6 |
| 16 | Anna Pistolesi |  ISR
|
1,353 | 16 | = |
| 17 | Meghann Shaughnessy | USA
|
1,350 | 30 | +13 |
| 18 | Conchita Martínez | ESP
|
1,316 | 34 | +16 |
| 19 | Daniela Hantuchová | SVK
|
1,271 | 8 | -11 |
| 20 | Francesca Schiavone |  ITA
|
1,265 | 41 | +21 |
Number 1 ranking
| Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
|---|---|---|
| Serena Williams (USA)
|
Year-End 2002 | 10 August 2003 |
| Kim Clijsters (BEL)
|
11 August 2003 | 19 October 2003 |
| Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL)
|
20 October 2003 | 26 October 2003 |
| Kim Clijsters (BEL)
|
27 October 2003 | 9 November 2003 |
| Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL)
|
10 November 2003 | Year-End 2003 |
Statistics
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
Kim Clijsters - Sydney, Indian Wells, Rome, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stanford, Los Angeles, Filderstadt, Luxembourg and WTA Tour Championships (9)- Justine Henin-Hardenne - Dubai, Charleston, Berlin, French Open, San Diego, Toronto, U.S. Open and Zurich (8)
Anastasia Myskina - Doha, Sarasota, Leipzig and Moscow (4)
Serena Williams - Australian Open, Paris, Miami and Wimbledon (4)- Elena Dementieva - Amelia Island, Bali and Shanghai (3)
Amélie Mauresmo - Warsaw and Philadelphia (2)- Chanda Rubin - Madrid and Eastbourne (2)
Magüi Serna - Estoril and Budapest (2)- Maria Sharapova - Tokyo Japan Open and Quebec City (2)
Anna Pistolesi - Sopot and Helsinki (2)
Ai Sugiyama - Scottsdale and Linz (2)- Jennifer Capriati - New Haven (1)
Amanda Coetzer - Acapulco (1)
Eleni Daniilidou - Auckland (1)- Lindsay Davenport - Tokyo Pan Pacific (1)
- Nathalie Dechy - Gold Coast (1)
Silvia Farina Elia - Strasbourg (1)- Rita Grande - Casablanca (1)
Magdalena Maleeva - Birmingham (1)
Alicia Molik - Hobart (1)
Henrieta Nagyová - Pattaya City (1)- Lisa Raymond - Memphis (1)
- Virginia Ruano Pascual - Tashkent (1)
- Dinara Safina - Palermo (1)
- Meghann Shaughnessy - Canberra (1)
Paola Suárez - Vienna (1)
Tamarine Tanasugarn - Hyderabad (1)- Venus Williams - Antwerp (1)
Fabiola Zuluaga - Bogotá (1)- Vera Zvonareva - Bol (1)
The following players won their first title:
- Nathalie Dechy - Gold Coast
- Alicia Molik - Hobart
- Tamarine Tanasugarn - Hyderabad
- Elena Dementieva - Amelia Island
- Vera Zvonareva - Bol
- Maria Sharapova - Tokyo Japan Open
Titles won by nation:
- Belgium - 17 (Sydney, Dubai, Indian Wells, Charleston, Berlin, Rome, French Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles, Toronto, U.S. Open, Filderstadt, Zurich, Luxembourg and WTA Tour Championships)
- Russia - 11 (Doha, Sarasota, Amelia Island, Bol, Palermo, Bali, Shanghai, Leipzig, Moscow, Tokyo Japan Open and Quebec City)
- United States - 11 (Canberra, Australian Open, Tokyo Pan Pacific, Paris, Antwerp, Memphis, Miami, Madrid, Eastbourne, Wimbledon and New Haven)
- France - 3 (Gold Coast, Warsaw and Philadelphia)
- Spain - 3 (Estoril, Budapest and Tashkent)
- Israel - 2 (Sopot and Helsinki)
- Italy - 2 (Casablanca and Strasbourg)
- Japan - 2 (Scottsdale and Linz)
- Argentina - 1 (Vienna)
- Australia - 1 (Hobart)
- Bulgaria - 1 (Birmingham)
- Colombia - 1 (Bogotá)
- Greece - 1 (Auckland)
- South Africa - 1 (Acapulco)
- Slovakia - 1 (Pattaya City)
- Thailand - 1 (Hyderabad)
See also
External links
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