2003 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Serena Williams defeated Venus Williams 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2003 Australian Open. This was her fourth straight Grand Slam triumph and also with this victory she completed the "Serena Slam", despite being 1–5 down in the third set & facing two match points against Kim Clijsters in the semifinals. This was the first Australian Open final that did not feature Martina Hingis since 1996.

Women's Singles
2003 Australian Open
Champion Serena Williams
Runner-up Venus Williams
Final score7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4
Draw128
Seeds32

Jennifer Capriati was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Marlene Weingärtner in the first round. Capriati's first round loss marked the first time that a defending Australian Open champion had lost in the first round. It was also the first time at any Grand Slam event that a defending Grand Slam champion has lost in the first round since Steffi Graf at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships.

This was notably the first Grand Slam appearance of two future world No. 1s: five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova and Jelena Janković competed in the main draw, losing to Klára Koukalová and Amanda Coetzer in the first and second rounds respectively. It was also the Grand Slam main draw debut of future US Open champion Flavia Pennetta, who lost to compatriot Silvia Farina Elia in the first round.

Seeds
  1. Serena Williams (Champion)
  2. Venus Williams (Final)
  3. Jennifer Capriati (First round)
  4. Kim Clijsters (Semifinals)
  5. Justine Henin-Hardenne (Semifinals)
  6. Monica Seles (Second round)
  7. Daniela Hantuchová (Quarterfinals)
  8. Anastasia Myskina (Quarterfinals)
  9. Lindsay Davenport (Fourth round)
  10. Chanda Rubin (Fourth round)
  11. Magdalena Maleeva (Third round)
  12. Patty Schnyder (Fourth round)
  13. Silvia Farina Elia (Second round)
  14. Anna Pistolesi (Third round)
  15. Alexandra Stevenson (Second round)
  16. Nathalie Dechy (Third round)
  17. Elena Dementieva (First round)
  18. Eleni Daniilidou (Fourth round)
  19. Amanda Coetzer (Fourth round)
  20. Elena Bovina (Fourth round)
  21. Ai Sugiyama (Second round)
  22. Anne Kremer (Second round)
  23. Paola Suárez (Third round)
  24. Tatiana Panova (Third round)
  25. Meghann Shaughnessy (Quarterfinals)
  26. Tamarine Tanasugarn (Third round)
  27. Lisa Raymond (Second round)
  28. Clarisa Fernández (Third round)
  29. Iva Majoli (First round)
  30. Janette Husárová (Second round)
  31. Conchita Martínez (First round)
  32. Katarina Srebotnik (Third round)

Qualifying
Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Serena Williams 6 6
25 Meghann Shaughnessy 2 2
1 Serena Williams 4 6 7
4 Kim Clijsters 6 3 5
4 Kim Clijsters 6 6
8 Anastasia Myskina 2 4
1 Serena Williams 77 3 6
2 Venus Williams 64 6 4
5 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6 6
  Virginia Ruano Pascual 2 2
5 Justine Henin-Hardenne 3 3
2 Venus Williams 6 6
7 Daniela Hantuchová 4 3
2 Venus Williams 6 6

Top half

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 S Williams 3 77 7
É Loit 6 65 5 1 S Williams 6 6
E Callens 6 6 E Callens 4 0
M Suchá 0 2 1 S Williams 6 6
A Jidkova 2 6 6 26 T Tanasugarn 1 1
L Granville 6 4 0 A Jidkova 2 6 3
M Drake 0 2 26 T Tanasugarn 6 3 6
26 T Tanasugarn 6 6 1 S Williams 6 6
18 E Daniilidou 78 6 18 E Daniilidou 4 1
M Irvin 66 3 18 E Daniilidou 6 6
C Martínez Granados 0 1 A Frazier 1 2
A Frazier 6 6 18 E Daniilidou 6 6
D Bedáňová 6 5 6 16 N Dechy 4 3
I Benešová 3 7 4 D Bedáňová 3 3
S Taylor 2 3 16 N Dechy 6 6
16 N Dechy 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
11 M Maleeva 6 6
M Bartoli 4 1 11 M Maleeva 2 6 6
E Dyrberg 3 3 Y-j Cho 6 4 1
Y-j Cho 6 6 11 M Maleeva 5 6 5
A Kapros 0 1 20 E Bovina 7 4 7
R Grande 6 6 R Grande 1 2
V Zvonareva 2 1 20 E Bovina 6 6
20 E Bovina 6 6 20 E Bovina 7 2 4
25 M Shaughnessy 4 6 6 25 M Shaughnessy 5 6 6
Q N Llagostera Vives 6 3 3 25 M Shaughnessy 6 6
M Díaz-Oliva 62 2 Ľ Cervanová 1 1
Ľ Cervanová 77 6 25 M Shaughnessy 6 6
Q K Koukalová 6 78 Q K Koukalová 1 3
Q M Sharapova 4 66 Q K Koukalová 66 7 6
Ľ Kurhajcová 0 1 6 M Seles 78 5 3
6 M Seles 6 6

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
4 K Clijsters 6 6
S Reeves 2 1 4 K Clijsters 6 6
P Mandula 7 6 P Mandula 0 0
S Talaja 5 1 4 K Clijsters 6 6
T Poutchek 6 6 T Poutchek 2 1
T Pisnik 3 0 T Poutchek 2 6 6
C Torrens Valero 6 4 6 C Torrens Valero 6 4 4
29 I Majoli 3 6 4 4 K Clijsters 6 6
19 A Coetzer 6 6 19 A Coetzer 3 1
B Schett 4 3 19 A Coetzer 6 4 6
R Neffa-de los Ríos 3 3 Q J Janković 2 6 4
Q J Janković 6 6 19 A Coetzer 6 6
M Matevžič 66 6 6 14 A Pistolesi 0 2
WC C Dellacqua 78 2 2 M Matevžič 1r
M Tu 4 6 2 14 A Pistolesi 5
14 A Pistolesi 6 4 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
10 C Rubin 6 7
Q M Czink 4 5 10 C Rubin 0 6 6
P Wartusch 1 4 M Pierce 6 4 2
M Pierce 6 6 10 C Rubin 6 6
An Serra Zanetti 77 6 Q B Schwartz 3 2
M Müller 65 0 An Serra Zanetti 1 2
Q B Schwartz 5 6 6 Q B Schwartz 6 6
17 E Dementieva 7 4 2 10 C Rubin 6 4 1
28 C Fernández 6 7 8 A Myskina 4 6 6
WC A Szili 1 5 28 C Fernández 6 6
Å Svensson 4 6 5 M Serna 3 4
M Serna 6 3 7 28 C Fernández 3 6 3
M-G Mikaelian 1 0r 8 A Myskina 6 3 6
E Gagliardi 6 2 E Gagliardi 7 2 0
Q E Fislová 5 3 8 A Myskina 5 6 6
8 A Myskina 7 6

Bottom half

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
5 J Henin-Hardenne 6 6
M Casanova 3 4 5 J Henin-Hardenne 6 6
H Nagyová 1 2 A Kournikova 0 1
A Kournikova 6 6 5 J Henin-Hardenne 6 6
J Craybas 67 6 1 32 K Srebotnik 2 0
V Razzano 79 4 6 V Razzano 1 77 3
D Safina 6 3 3 32 K Srebotnik 6 64 6
32 K Srebotnik 3 6 6 5 J Henin-Hardenne 7 5 9
24 T Panova 77 3 6 9 L Davenport 5 7 7
A Rösch 62 6 2 24 T Panova 3 7 6
WC A Morigami 6 6 WC A Morigami 6 5 4
Q S Hrozenská 2 1 24 T Panova 2 1
I Tulyaganova 3 6 0 9 L Davenport 6 6
A Molik 6 4 0r I Tulyaganova 79 4 5
WC C Pin 2 1 9 L Davenport 67 6 7
9 L Davenport 6 6

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
15 A Stevenson 6 6
WC E Baltacha 1 4 15 A Stevenson 2 2
C Black 3 0 D Chládková 6 6
D Chládková 6 6 D Chládková 6 6
B Rittner 5 6 4 WC E Dominikovic 3 2
WC E Dominikovic 7 4 6 WC E Dominikovic 6 6
L Prusová 2 2 22 A Kremer 1 4
22 A Kremer 6 6 D Chládková 3 3
30 J Husárová 6 6 V Ruano Pascual 6 6
Q ME Salerni 3 0 30 J Husárová 7 5 0
S Asagoe 2 1 V Ruano Pascual 5 7 6
V Ruano Pascual 6 6 V Ruano Pascual 6 4 6
S Foretz 4 6 6 M Weingärtner 1 6 4
E Kulikovskaya 6 1 0 S Foretz 6 1 2
M Weingärtner 2 78 6 M Weingärtner 3 6 6
3 J Capriati 6 66 4

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
7 D Hantuchová 7 63 6
F Zuluaga 5 77 4 7 D Hantuchová 78 77
E Likhovtseva 66 4 Ad Serra Zanetti 66 63
Ad Serra Zanetti 78 6 7 D Hantuchová 6 6
Q V Webb 2 7 6 WC S Stosur 4 2
M Sánchez Lorenzo 6 5 3 Q V Webb 4 1
WC S Stosur 63 6 6 WC S Stosur 6 6
31 C Martínez 77 3 4 7 D Hantuchová 7 6
21 A Sugiyama 6 4 6 12 P Schnyder 5 3
A Widjaja 3 6 2 21 A Sugiyama 4 4
G Arn 2 1 N Petrova 6 6
N Petrova 6 6 N Petrova 2 6 3
M Marrero 79 6 12 P Schnyder 6 4 6
J Kostanić 67 1 M Marrero 3 1
W Prakusya 3 1 12 P Schnyder 6 6
12 P Schnyder 6 6

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
13 S Farina Elia 6 6
F Pennetta 4 2 13 S Farina Elia 3 2
M Washington 1 65 N Pratt 6 6
N Pratt 6 77 N Pratt 7 6
WC R McQuillan 4 63 23 P Suárez 5 4
T Garbin 6 77 T Garbin 0 0 r
D Randriantefy 6 6 23 P Suárez 6 3
23 P Suárez 4 3 N Pratt 3 2
27 L Raymond 77 6 2 V Williams 6 6
Q L Lee-Waters 63 3 27 L Raymond 3 1
A Barna 5 6 6 A Barna 6 6
F Schiavone 7 1 3 A Barna 1 4
PR A Medina Garrigues 1 2 2 V Williams 6 6
Q A Cargill 6 6 Q A Cargill 3 0
S Kuznetsova 4 2 2 V Williams 6 6
2 V Williams 6 6
Preceded by
2002 US Open – Women's Singles		 Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by
2003 French Open – Women's Singles
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