2003 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles

2003 Dubai Tennis Championships
and the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open
2002 champion   Fabrice Santoro
Champion   Roger Federer
Runner-up   Jiří Novák
Final score   6–1, 7–6 (7–2)
Events
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women

Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Sjeng Schalken.

Roger Federer won in the final 6–1, 7–6 (7–2) against Jiří Novák.

Contents

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. Roger Federer (Champion)
  2. Marat Safin (Second Round)
  3. Jiří Novák (Final)
  4. Tim Henman (First Round)
  1. Rainer Schüttler (Quarterfinals)
  2. Sjeng Schalken (Quarterfinals)
  3. Younes El Aynaoui (Second Round)
  4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Second Round)

Draw

Key

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1   R Federer 6 6    
    I Labadze 3 3       1   R Federer 6 7    
Q   M Abel 0       Q   M Abel 4 5    
    I Heuberger 1 r         1   R Federer 7 6    
WC   H Arazi 6 6         WC   H Arazi 5 3    
    J Vacek 2 1       WC   H Arazi 6 4 6
    J van Lottum 2 6 3   8   Y Kafelnikov 4 6 3  
8   Y Kafelnikov 6 4 6       1   R Federer 6 6    
4   T Henman 7 63 4           I Ljubičić 3 2    
    A Sávolt 5 77 6         A Sávolt 4 4    
Q   W Black 5 3         I Ljubičić 6 6    
    I Ljubičić 7 6             I Ljubičić 6 6  
    A Voinea 4 2         5   R Schüttler 3 4    
    M Mirnyi 6 6           M Mirnyi 66 6 68
    Ž Krajan 4 6 3   5   R Schüttler 78 4 710  
5   R Schüttler 6 2 6       1   Roger Federer 6 77  
6   S Schalken 7 6         3   Jiří Novák 1 62  
    M Youzhny 5 0       6   S Schalken 3 77 77  
    F Santoro 61 6 6       F Santoro 6 62 65  
    S Koubek 77 2 0       6   S Schalken 4 4    
WC   G Ivanišević 6 r         3   J Novák 6 6    
Q   A Stoliarov 6         Q   A Stoliarov 1 1  
    D Hrbatý 1 6 3   3   J Novák 6 6    
3   J Novák 6 3 6       3   J Novák 6 6  
7   Y El Aynaoui 6 6             T Robredo 4 1    
WC   O Bahrouzyan 0 3       7   Y El Aynaoui 62 65    
Q   V Kutsenko 65 2         F López 77 77    
    F López 77 6             F López 77 3 4
    J Björkman 2 3             T Robredo 64 6 6  
    T Robredo 6 6           T Robredo 7 4 77
    A Waske 4 2     2   M Safin 5 6 63  
2   M Safin 6 6    

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