2003 WTA Tour
Kim Clijsters won nine titles in the year. | |
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Duration | December 30, 2001 - November 20, 2002 |
Edition | 33rd |
Tournaments | 59 |
Categories |
Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (17) WTA Tier III (16) WTA Tier IV (6) WTA Tier V (6) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles |
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Most tournament finals |
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Prize money leader |
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Points leader |
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Awards | |
Player of the year |
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Doubles Team of the year |
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Most improved player of the year |
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Newcomer of the year |
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Comeback player of the year |
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The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The 2003 WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Schedule
The table below shows the 2003 WTA Tour schedule.
Key
Grand Slam events |
Year-end championships |
Tier I events |
Tier II events |
Tier III events |
Tier IV and V events |
Team events |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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3 November | WTA Tour Championships![]() Year-end Championship $3,000,000 - Hard - 8S (Round Robin)/4D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | ![]() 6–2, 6–0 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Volvo Women’s Open![]() Tier V event $110,000 - Hard - 32S/28Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | ![]() 6–4, 6–2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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14 November | Fed Cup: Final![]() | ![]() 4–1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Rankings
Below are the 2003 WTA year-end rankings:
No | Player Name | Nation | Points | 2002 | Change |
1 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | ![]() |
6,628 | 5 | +4 |
2 | Kim Clijsters | ![]() |
6,553 | 4 | +2 |
3 | Serena Williams | ![]() |
3,916 | 1 | -2 |
4 | Amélie Mauresmo | ![]() |
3,194 | 6 | +2 |
5 | Lindsay Davenport | ![]() |
2,990 | 12 | +7 |
6 | Jennifer Capriati | ![]() |
2,766 | 3 | -3 |
7 | Anastasia Myskina | ![]() |
2,581 | 11 | +4 |
8 | Elena Dementieva | ![]() |
2,383 | 19 | +11 |
9 | Chanda Rubin | ![]() |
2,328 | 13 | +4 |
10 | Ai Sugiyama | ![]() |
2,235 | 24 | +14 |
11 | Venus Williams | ![]() |
2,211 | 2 | -9 |
12 | Nadia Petrova | ![]() |
1,994 | 111 | +99 |
13 | Vera Zvonareva | ![]() |
1,808 | 45 | +32 |
14 | Paola Suárez | ![]() |
1,526 | 27 | +13 |
15 | Jelena Dokić | ![]() |
1,405 | 9 | -6 |
16 | Anna Pistolesi | ![]() |
1,353 | 16 | = |
17 | Meghann Shaughnessy | ![]() |
1,350 | 30 | +13 |
18 | Conchita Martínez | ![]() |
1,316 | 34 | +16 |
19 | Daniela Hantuchová | ![]() |
1,271 | 8 | -11 |
20 | Francesca Schiavone | ![]() |
1,265 | 41 | +21 |
Number 1 ranking
Holder | Date Gained | Date Forfeited |
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Year-End 2002 | 10 August 2003 |
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11 August 2003 | 19 October 2003 |
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20 October 2003 | 26 October 2003 |
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27 October 2003 | 9 November 2003 |
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10 November 2003 | Year-End 2003 |
Statistics
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
Kim Clijsters - Sydney, Indian Wells, Rome, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stanford, Los Angeles, Filderstadt, Luxembourg and WTA Tour Championships (9)
Justine Henin-Hardenne - Dubai, Charleston, Berlin, French Open, San Diego, Toronto, U.S. Open and Zurich (8)
Anastasia Myskina - Doha, Sarasota, Leipzig and Moscow (4)
Serena Williams - Australian Open, Paris, Miami and Wimbledon (4)
Elena Dementieva - Amelia Island, Bali and Shanghai (3)
Amélie Mauresmo - Warsaw and Philadelphia (2)
Chanda Rubin - Madrid and Eastbourne (2)
Magüi Serna - Estoril and Budapest (2)
Maria Sharapova - Tokyo Japan Open and Quebec City (2)
Anna Pistolesi - Sopot and Helsinki (2)
Ai Sugiyama - Scottsdale and Linz (2)
Jennifer Capriati - New Haven (1)
Amanda Coetzer - Acapulco (1)
Eleni Daniilidou - Auckland (1)
Lindsay Davenport - Tokyo Pan Pacific (1)
Nathalie Dechy - Gold Coast (1)
Silvia Farina Elia - Strasbourg (1)
Rita Grande - Casablanca (1)
Magdalena Maleeva - Birmingham (1)
Alicia Molik - Hobart (1)
Henrieta Nagyová - Pattaya City (1)
Lisa Raymond - Memphis (1)
Virginia Ruano Pascual - Tashkent (1)
Dinara Safina - Palermo (1)
Meghann Shaughnessy - Canberra (1)
Paola Suárez - Vienna (1)
Tamarine Tanasugarn - Hyderabad (1)
Venus Williams - Antwerp (1)
Fabiola Zuluaga - Bogotá (1)
Vera Zvonareva - Bol (1)
The following players won their first title:
Nathalie Dechy - Gold Coast
Alicia Molik - Hobart
Tamarine Tanasugarn - Hyderabad
Elena Dementieva - Amelia Island
Vera Zvonareva - Bol
Maria Sharapova - Tokyo Japan Open
Titles won by nation:
Belgium - 17 (Sydney, Dubai, Indian Wells, Charleston, Berlin, Rome, French Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles, Toronto, U.S. Open, Filderstadt, Zurich, Luxembourg and WTA Tour Championships)
Russia - 11 (Doha, Sarasota, Amelia Island, Bol, Palermo, Bali, Shanghai, Leipzig, Moscow, Tokyo Japan Open and Quebec City)
United States - 11 (Canberra, Australian Open, Tokyo Pan Pacific, Paris, Antwerp, Memphis, Miami, Madrid, Eastbourne, Wimbledon and New Haven)
France - 3 (Gold Coast, Warsaw and Philadelphia)
Spain - 3 (Estoril, Budapest and Tashkent)
Israel - 2 (Sopot and Helsinki)
Italy - 2 (Casablanca and Strasbourg)
Japan - 2 (Scottsdale and Linz)
Argentina - 1 (Vienna)
Australia - 1 (Hobart)
Bulgaria - 1 (Birmingham)
Colombia - 1 (Bogotá)
Greece - 1 (Auckland)
South Africa - 1 (Acapulco)
Slovakia - 1 (Pattaya City)
Thailand - 1 (Hyderabad)
See also
External links
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