2003 US Open – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
2003 US Open
Champion	Justine Henin-Hardenne
Runner-up	Kim Clijsters
Final score	7–5, 6–1

The women's singles competition at the 2003 US Open started on Monday, August 25, 2003 in New York City.^[1] Justine Henin-Hardenne was the Champion defeating fellow compatriot Kim Clijsters in the final, 7-5, 6-1. Henin-Hardenne dropped only one set in the whole tournament and that was to American Jennifer Capriati in the semi-finals. Serena Williams was the defending champion, but withdrew due to injury. Future champion Flavia Pennetta entered her first US Open appearance in the main draw.

Seeds

1. Kim Clijsters (Final)
2. Justine Henin-Hardenne (Champion)
3. Lindsay Davenport (Semifinals)
4. Venus Williams (Withdrew)
5. Amélie Mauresmo (Quarterfinals)
6. Jennifer Capriati (Semifinals)
7. Anastasia Myskina (Quarterfinals)
8. Chanda Rubin (First Round)
9. Daniela Hantuchová (Third Round)
10. Magdalena Maleeva (First Round)
11. Elena Dementieva (Fourth Round)
12. Conchita Martínez (Second Round)
13. Vera Zvonareva (Third Round)
14. Amanda Coetzer (Third Round)
15. Ai Sugiyama (Fourth Round)
16. Elena Bovina (First Round)
17. Meghann Shaughnessy (Fourth Round)
18. Patty Schnyder (Second Round)
19. Nadia Petrova (Third Round)
20. Silvia Farina Elia (Second Round)
21. Anna Pistolesi (First Round)
22. Jelena Dokić (Second Round)
23. Nathalie Dechy (Second Round)
24. Paola Suárez (Quarterfinals)
25. Eleni Daniilidou (First Round)
26. Lina Krasnoroutskaya (First Round)
27. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Third Round)
28. Lisa Raymond (Second Round)
29. Francesca Schiavone (Quarterfinals)
30. Magüi Serna (Second Round)
31. Alexandra Stevenson (First Round)
32. Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian (Second Round)
33. Katarina Srebotnik (Second Round)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Kim Clijsters	6	6
	5	Amélie Mauresmo	1	4
								1	Kim Clijsters	6	6
								3	Lindsay Davenport	2	3
	3	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
	24	Paola Suárez	4	0
															1	Kim Clijsters	5	1
															2	Justine Henin-Hardenne	7	6
	6	Jennifer Capriati	6	6
	29	Francesca Schiavone	1	3
								6	Jennifer Capriati	6	5	6^4
								2	Justine Henin-Hardenne	4	7	7^7
	7	Anastasia Myskina	2	3
	2	Justine Henin-Hardenne	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	1	K Clijsters	6	6
	WC	A Liu	2	3				1	K Clijsters	6	6
		L Granville	6	6					L Granville	1	1
		A Cargill	4	0											1	K Clijsters	6	6
		P Mandula	7	6											27	S Kuznetsova	3	2
		C Black	5	2					P Mandula	3	3
		F Pennetta	1	1				27	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	27	S Kuznetsova	6	6																		1	K Clijsters	6	6
	17	M Shaughnessy	6	6																		17	M Shaughnessy	2	4
		K Šprem	3	2				17	M Shaughnessy	6	7
	WC	C Morariu	3	5					M Matevžič	3	5
		M Matevžič	6	7											17	M Shaughnessy	4	6	6
	Q	V Douchevina	4	2											13	V Zvonareva	6	4	2
		A Harkleroad	6	6					A Harkleroad	3	6	1
		Ľ Kurhajcová	3	2				13	V Zvonareva	6	4	6
	13	V Zvonareva	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	9	D Hantuchová	6	6
		M Bartoli	3	2				9	D Hantuchová	6	6
		J Vakulenko	7	6					J Vakulenko	3	2
		B Rittner	5	2											9	D Hantuchová	2	4
		T Tanasugarn	6	7												T Tanasugarn	6	6
		R Grande	0	5					T Tanasugarn	6	6
	WC	B Bielik	1	4				18	P Schnyder	4	3
	18	P Schnyder	6	6																			T Tanasugarn	2	2
	26	L Krasnoroutskaya	1	6	3																	5	A Mauresmo	6	6
		A Barna	6	0	6				A Barna	6	6^4	5
	WC	T Logar	4	2				Q	M Kirilenko	3	7^7	7
	Q	M Kirilenko	6	6											Q	M Kirilenko	4	2
		S Cohen-Aloro	6	6											5	A Mauresmo	6	6
	Q	A Jidkova	2	4					S Cohen-Aloro	2	2
		A Widjaja	0	2				5	A Mauresmo	6	6
	5	A Mauresmo	6	6

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	3	L Davenport	6	6
		E Callens	1	0				3	L Davenport	6	6
		D Bedáňová	4	0					ME Camerin	2	4
		ME Camerin	6	6											3	L Davenport	6	6
		C Fernández	6	1	5											M Czink	0	2
		M Czink	3	6	7				M Czink	4	6	6
	Q	T Poutchek	3	6^1				28	L Raymond	6	4	1
	28	L Raymond	6	7^7																		3	L Davenport	6	6^6	6
	19	N Petrova	6	6																		19	N Petrova	0	7^8	2
	Q	C Castaño	4	0				19	N Petrova	6	6
		D Chládková	6	1	6				D Chládková	1	2
	LL	Ad Serra Zanetti	4	6	1										19	N Petrova	6	6
		B Schett	7^7	7											14	A Coetzer	0	1
		J Husárová	6^3	5					B Schett	6	5	2
	Q	G Lastra	0	2				14	A Coetzer	3	7	6
	14	A Coetzer	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	12	C Martínez	6	6
		S Taylor	3	4				12	C Martínez	5	4
		A Molik	7^7	6					A Molik	7	6
	Q	J Kostanić	6^4	3												A Molik	4	6	2
		Z Ondrášková	2	1											24	P Suárez	6	4	6
	Q	M Sequera	6	6				Q	M Sequera	1	0
		A Rösch	3	3				24	P Suárez	6	6
	24	P Suárez	6	6																		24	P Suárez	6	3	7
	25	E Daniilidou	3	1																			E Likhovtseva	2	6	5
		M Casanova	6	6					M Casanova	5	3
		F Zuluaga	6	6					F Zuluaga	7	6
		A Morigami	1	4												F Zuluaga	6^4	4
		E Likhovtseva	6	6												E Likhovtseva	7^7	6
		I Majoli	1	1					E Likhovtseva	7	6
		M Vento-Kabchi	6	6					M Vento-Kabchi	5	3
	8	C Rubin	4	4

Bottom Half

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	6	J Capriati	6	6
		C Torrens Valero	0	1				6	J Capriati	6	6
		M Irvin	2	6^5					M Suchá	1	1
		M Suchá	6	7^7											6	J Capriati	6	2	6
		M Sharapova	6	6												É Loit	2	6	2
		V Ruano-Pascual	1	1					M Sharapova	3	4
		É Loit	6	5	6				É Loit	6	6
	31	A Stevenson	2	7	4																	6	J Capriati	6	7
	23	N Dechy	3	6	6																	11	E Dementieva	2	5
	WC	B Mattek	6	4	4			23	N Dechy
	WC	S Perry	3	1					A Frazier	w/o
		A Frazier	6	6												A Frazier	6^1	6^3
		T Perebiynis	6	6											11	E Dementieva	7^7	7^7
		M Marrero	1	4					T Perebiynis	7	4	0
	Q	A Vašková	2	3				11	E Dementieva	5	6	6
	11	E Dementieva	6	6

Section 6

	FIrst Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	15	A Sugiyama	6	6
		C Martínez Granados	1	0				15	A Sugiyama	1	6	6
		G León García	1	0					V Razzano	6	3	3
		V Razzano	6	6											15	A Sugiyama	3	6	6
		J Craybas	5	0												N Pratt	6	4	3
		N Pratt	7	6					N Pratt	7^7	4	6
	Q	ME Salerni	4	1				20	S Farina Elia	6^5	6	1
	20	S Farnia Elia	6	6																		15	A Sugiyama	7^7	5	2
	29	F Schiavone	6	6																		29	F Schiavone	6^5	7	6
		E Fislová	4	4				29	F Schiavone	6	6
		A Parra Santonja	6	1	6				A Parra Santonja	4	3
		K Koukalová	2	6	2										29	F Schiavone	7	7^11
		T Pisnik	6	6												T Pisnik	5	6^9
	WC	A Haynes	4	2					T Pisnik	7	6
	Q	M Drake	6	6^2	1			33	K Srebotnik	5	0
	33	K Srebotnik	0	7^7	6

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	7	A Myskina	6	3	6
		H Nagyová	2	6	1			7	A Myskina	6	2	7^7
		S Foretz	6	5	4				A Serra Zanetti	2	6	6^3
		A Serra Zanetti	3	7	6										7	A Myskina	2	6	6
	Q	Y Beygelzimer	6^10	5												M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	4	3
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	7^12	7					M Sánchez Lorenzo	7	6
		Y-j Cho	6	2	1			30	M Serna	5	1
	30	M Serna	3	6	6																	7	A Myskina	7^7	6
	22	J Dokić	6	6																			M Pierce	6^2	1
		E Gagliardi	4	2				22	J Dokić	2	7^7	6^5
		M Pierce	6	6					M Pierce	6	6^5	7^7
	Q	S Gehrlein	3	2												M Pierce	6	6
		T Garbin	4	7^8	6											S Asagoe	4	1
	Q	M Santangelo	6	6^6	4				T Garbin	2	6	2
		S Asagoe	6	6					S Asagoe	6	3	6
	10	M Maleeva	4	3

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	16	E Bovina	6	6^3	4
		Ľ Cervanová	4	7^7	6				Ľ Cervanová	4	1
		D Safina	7	6					D Safina	6	6
	WC	C Gullickson	5	2												D Safina	6	7
		S Reeves	6	6												C Schaul	4	5
		I Benešová	1	1					S Reeves	1	6	3
		C Schaul	7^7	6					C Schaul	6	4	6
	21	A Pistolesi	6^5	2																			D Safina	0	3
	32	M-G Mikaelian	6	6																		2	J Henin-Hardenne	6	6
		M Weingärtner	3	1				32	M-G Mikaelian	5	4
	Q	T Sun	2	5					S Obata	7	6
		S Obata	6	7												S Obata	1	2
		D Randriantefy	3	0											2	J Henin-Hardenne	6	6
		S Talaja	6	6					S Talaja	1	2
	Q	A Kapros	5	3				2	J Henin-Hardenne	6	6
	2	J Henin-Hardenne	7	6

See also

• 2003 Men's Singles
• 2003 Men's Doubles
• 2003 Women's Doubles

References

1. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/2003/905.pdf