The 2003 Australian Open was a

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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. 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 Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 ...

won his fourth Australian Open and final Grand Slam title, defeating Rainer Schüttler in a lopsided final.

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...

defeated her sister

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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

defeated Rainer Schüttler, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 *It was Agassi's 8th (and last) career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title (an Open Era record until it was broken by Novak Djokovic in 2015).

Women's singles

defeated Venus Williams, 7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 6–4 *It was Serena's 5th career Grand Slam title, her 4th in a row, and her 1st Australian Open title. this also marks Serena claiming a Career Grand Slam and first of two Serena Slams.

Men's doubles

Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Women's doubles

/ Venus Williams defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova (, ; ; born October18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, singles for 332 weeks (List of WTA number ...

Leander Paes Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player and the first Asian man to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-tim ...

defeated Eleni Daniilidou / Todd Woodbridge, 6–4, 7–5

Juniors

Boys' singles

Marcos BaghdatisBaghdatis reached the 2006 men's singles final, but lost to

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. def. Florin Mergea, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' singles

Barbora Strýcová Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She won two Gra ...

defeated

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, 0–6, 6–2, 6–2

Boys' doubles

Scott Oudsema / Phillip Simmonds defeated Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Casey Dellacqua / Adriana Szili defeated Petra Cetkovská /

, 6–3, 4–4, ret.

Wheelchair

Men's wheelchair singles

David Hall defeated Robin Ammerlaan, 6–1, 7-6

Women's wheelchair singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Daniela Di Toro, 2–6, 6–0, 6-3

Seeds

Withdrawn players: Tim Henman, Tommy Haas, Thomas Johansson, Marcelo Ríos, Greg Rusedski, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Arnaud Clément; Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Jelena Dokic.

Men's singles

Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) fo ...

''(fourth round, lost to Younes El Aynaoui)'' #

(champion) # Marat Safin ''(third round, withdrew before match against Rainer Schüttler)'' # Juan Carlos Ferrero ''(quarterfinals, lost to Wayne Ferreira)'' # Carlos Moyá ''(second round, lost to Mardy Fish)'' #

''(fourth round, lost to David Nalbandian)'' # Jiří Novák ''(third round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny)'' # Albert Costa ''(third round, lost to Félix Mantilla)'' # Andy Roddick ''(semifinals, lost to Rainer Schüttler)'' # David Nalbandian ''(quarterfinals, lost to Rainer Schüttler)'' # Paradorn Srichaphan ''(second round, lost to Mark Philippoussis)'' # Sébastien Grosjean ''(quarterfinals, lost to

)'' #

Fernando González Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career, he reached at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major tournaments. He contested hi ...

''(second round, lost to Alberto Martín)'' # Guillermo Cañas ''(second round, lost to Guillermo Coria)'' # Àlex Corretja ''(first round, lost to Feliciano López)'' # Sjeng Schalken ''(second round, lost to Mario Ančić)'' # Gastón Gaudio ''(second round, lost to Sargis Sargsian)'' # Younes El Aynaoui ''(quarterfinals, lost to Andy Roddick)'' # Juan Ignacio Chela ''(second round, lost to Fernando Vicente)'' # Xavier Malisse ''(third round, lost to David Nalbandian)'' # Andrei Pavel ''(first round, lost to Renzo Furlan, retired)'' # Yevgeny Kafelnikov ''(second round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen)'' # James Blake ''(fourth round, lost to Rainer Schüttler)'' # Nicolás Lapentti ''(third round, lost to Sébastien Grosjean)'' # Mikhail Youzhny ''(fourth round, lost to Andy Roddick)'' # Tommy Robredo ''(first round, lost to Wayne Ferreira)'' # Jan-Michael Gambill ''(second round, lost to Félix Mantilla)'' # Fabrice Santoro ''(third round, lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero)'' # Nicolas Escudé ''(third round, lost to

)'' # Gustavo Kuerten ''(second round, lost to

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)'' # Rainer Schüttler ''(final, lost to

)'' # Stefan Koubek ''(first round, lost to Andreas Vinciguerra)''

Women's singles

(champion) # Venus Williams ''(final, lost to

)'' # Jennifer Capriati ''(first round, lost to Marlene Weingärtner)'' # Kim Clijsters ''(semifinals, lost to

)'' # Justine Henin-Hardenne ''(semifinals, lost to Venus Williams)'' #

Monica Seles Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a Serbian–American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

''(second round, lost to Klára Koukalová)'' #

Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Open, defeating Martin ...

''(quarterfinals, lost to

)'' # Anastasia Myskina ''(quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters)'' # Lindsay Davenport ''(fourth round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)'' # Chanda Rubin ''(fourth round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)'' # Magdalena Maleeva ''(third round, lost to Elena Bovina)'' # Patty Schnyder ''(fourth round, lost to

)'' # Silvia Farina Elia ''(second round, lost to Nicole Pratt)'' # Anna Smashnova ''(third round, lost to Amanda Coetzer)'' # Alexandra Stevenson ''(second round, lost to Denisa Chládková)'' # Nathalie Dechy ''(third round, lost to Eleni Daniilidou)'' #

Elena Dementieva Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Dem ...

''(first round, lost to Barbara Schwartz)'' # Eleni Daniilidou ''(fourth round, lost to

)'' # Amanda Coetzer ''(fourth round, lost to Kim Clijsters)'' # Elena Bovina ''(fourth round, lost to Meghann Shaughnessy)'' # Ai Sugiyama ''(second round, lost to Nadia Petrova)'' # Anne Kremer ''(second round, lost to Evie Dominikovic)'' # Paola Suárez ''(third round, lost to Nicole Pratt)'' # Tatiana Panova ''(third round, lost to Lindsay Davenport)'' # Meghann Shaughnessy ''(quarterfinals, lost to

)'' # Tamarine Tanasugarn ''(third round, lost to

)'' # Lisa Raymond ''(second round, lost to Anca Barna)'' # Clarisa Fernández ''(third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)'' # Iva Majoli ''(first round, lost to Cristina Torrens Valero)'' # Janette Husárová ''(second round, lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual)'' # Conchita Martínez ''(first round, lost to Amy Frazier)'' # Katarina Srebotnik ''(third round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)''

References

External links

Australian Open official website
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