2003 Australian Open

The 2003 Australian Open was a tennis 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.[1]

2003 Australian Open
Date13 January – 26 January
Edition91st
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt (Rebound Ace)
LocationMelbourne, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Champions
Men's Singles
Andre Agassi
Women's Singles
Serena Williams
Men's Doubles
Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro
Women's Doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed Doubles
Martina Navratilova / Leander Paes
Boys' Singles
Marcos Baghdatis
Girls' Singles
Barbora Strýcová
Boys' Doubles
Scott Oudsema / Phillip Simmonds
Girls' Doubles
Casey Dellacqua / Adriana Szili
Wheelchair Men's Singles
David Hall
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Esther Vergeer

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 won his fourth Australian Open and final Grand Slam title, defeating Rainer Schüttler in a lopsided final. Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus 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
Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Men's Singles

Andre Agassi 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
Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Serena Williams[2] 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
Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Men's Doubles

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

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

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

Mixed Doubles
Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles

Martina Navratilova / Leander Paes defeated Eleni Daniilidou / Todd Woodbridge, 6–4, 7–5

Juniors

Boys' Singles
Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Boys' Singles

Marcos Baghdatis[3] def. Florin Mergea, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' Singles
Main article: 2003 Australian Open – Girls' Singles

Barbora Strýcová defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova, 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 / Barbora Strýcová, 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.

References
  1. "Tennis Australia Annual Report 2002-2003" (PDF). Clearinghouse for Sports. Tennis Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. Serena completed the "Serena Slam", winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in a row.
  3. Baghdatis reached the 2006 men's singles final, but lost to Roger Federer.
Preceded by
2002 US Open		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
2003 French Open
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