2003 China Open (tennis)

2003 China Open
Date 15–21 September 2003
Edition 5th
Category WTA Tier II
Draw 28S / 16D
Prize money USD $585,000
Surface Hard, outdoor
Location Shanghai, China
Champions
Singles
Russia Elena Dementieva
Doubles
France Émilie Loit / Australia Nicole Pratt

The 2003 China Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Shanghai, China. It was the 5th edition of the China Open, and was a Tier II tournament on the 2003 WTA Tour. The tournament was played between 15 – 21 September 2003. First-seeded Elena Dementieva won the singles title.

The tournament was not part of the 2003 ATP Tour, as no male events took place.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Elena Dementieva 9 1
 USA Chanda Rubin 10 2
 JPN Ai Sugiyama 12 3
 ESP Conchita Martínez 13 4
 FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic 21 5
 AUS Alicia Molik 38 6
 FRA Émilie Loit 41 7
 ZIM Cara Black 44 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 8 September 2003.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Conchita Martínez  INA Angelique Widjaja 51 1
 ZIM Cara Black  AUS Alicia Molik 57 2
 HUN Petra Mandula  AUT Barbara Schett 60 3
  SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi  USA Chanda Rubin 65 4
  • 1 Rankings as of 8 September 2003.

Other entrants

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following pairs received entry as lucky losers into the doubles main draw:

  • China Dong Yanhua / China Zhang Yao

Champions

Singles

Russia Elena Dementieva def. United States Chanda Rubin, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)

Women's Doubles

France Émilie Loit / Australia Nicole Pratt def. Japan Ai Sugiyama / Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn, 6–3, 6–3

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