2003 Pacific Life Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2003 Pacific Life Open
Champion	Kim Clijsters
Runner-up	Lindsay Davenport
Score	6–4, 7–5
Draw	96 (8WC/12Q)
Seeds	32

Kim Clijsters defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2003 Indian Wells Masters.

Daniela Hantuchová was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Amanda Coetzer.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.

1. Kim Clijsters (champion)
2. Jennifer Capriati (semifinals)
3. Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round)
4. Lindsay Davenport (final)
5. Amélie Mauresmo (quarterfinals)
6. Jelena Dokić (second round)
7. Anastasia Myskina (second round)
8. Chanda Rubin (quarterfinals)
9. Patty Schnyder (second round)
10. Magdalena Maleeva (third round)
11. Anna Pistolesi (second round)
12. Eleni Daniilidou (third round)
13. Elena Bovina (fourth round)
14. Elena Dementieva (fourth round)
15. Nathalie Dechy (fourth round)
16. Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
17. Silvia Farina Elia (third round)
18. Lisa Raymond (third round)
19. Tatiana Panova (second round)
20. Paola Suárez (second round)
21. Ai Sugiyama (fourth round)
22. Alexandra Stevenson (second round)
23. Meghann Shaughnessy (fourth round)
24. Clarisa Fernández (second round)
25. Elena Likhovtseva (third round)
26. Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
27. Katarina Srebotnik (third round)
28. Iva Majoli (second round)
29. Tamarine Tanasugarn (third round)
30. Laura Granville (second round)
31. Francesca Schiavone (third round)
32. Janette Husárová (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Kim Clijsters	6	6
	8	Chanda Rubin	2	3
								1	Kim Clijsters	6	6
								26	Conchita Martínez	3	2
	16	Amanda Coetzer	2	1
	26	Conchita Martínez	6	6
															1	Kim Clijsters	6	7
															4	Lindsay Davenport	4	5
	5	Amélie Mauresmo
	4	Lindsay Davenport	w/o
								4	Lindsay Davenport	6	4	6
								2	Jennifer Capriati	4	6	4
		Vera Zvonareva	5	2
	2	Jennifer Capriati	7	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	K Clijsters	6	7
		J Craybas	6	3	2				F Zuluaga	3	5
		F Zuluaga	2	6	6										1	K Clijsters	7	6
	WC	T Golovin	6	6											31	F Schiavone	5	4
	WC	G Dulko	2	3				WC	T Golovin	5	5
								31	F Schiavone	7	7
																						1	K Clijsters	6	3	6
																						15	N Dechy	3	6	1
								17	S Farina Elia	6	6
		A Jidkova	7	6					A Jidkova	4	0
	Q	S Cacic	5	1											17	S Farina Elia	6	4	4
	Q	E Kulikovskaya	6	6											15	N Dechy	3	6	6
		R Grande	4	1				Q	E Kulikovskaya	2	1
								15	N Dechy	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								10	M Maleeva	6	2	77
		B Schett	6	1	3			WC	S Cohen-Aloro	3	6	61
	WC	S Cohen-Aloro	4	6	6										10	M Maleeva	4	3
	WC	S Peng	3	4											21	A Sugiyama	6	6
	Q	C Schaul	6	6				Q	C Schaul	4	4
								21	A Sugiyama	6	6
																						21	A Sugiyama	6	4	4
																						8	C Rubin	0	6	6
								32	J Husárová	3	77	2
		J Kostanić	4	6	6				J Kostanić	6	64	6
		C Torrens Valero	6	4	2											J Kostanić	1	3
		H Nagyová	1	4											8	C Rubin	6	6
	Q	M Bartoli	6	6				Q	M Bartoli	4	3
								8	C Rubin	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								3	D Hantuchová	6	6
	WC	J Janković	4	2				Q	P Mandula	2	3
	Q	P Mandula	6	6											3	D Hantuchová	77	6
		Å Svensson	6	4	4										27	K Srebotnik	64	2
		E Callens	2	6	6				E Callens	4	0
								27	K Srebotnik	6	6
																						3	D Hantuchová	4	4
																						16	A Coetzer	6	6
								18	L Raymond	3	6	6
		S Talaja	6	3	6				S Talaja	6	3	2
		J Kruger	2	6	2										18	L Raymond	0	3
		M Marrero	4	3											16	A Coetzer	6	6
		K Koukalová	6	6					K Koukalová	2	2
								16	A Coetzer	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								11	A Pistolesi	63	3
		C Black	6	6					C Black	77	6
		S Taylor	0	4												C Black	63	0
		E Gagliardi	7	6												E Gagliardi	77	6
	WC	M Lučić	5	3					E Gagliardi	4	6	6
								19	T Panova	6	4	4
																							E Gagliardi	1	2
																						26	C Martínez	6	6
								26	C Martínez	5	77	6
	Q	Ľ Cervanová	0	1					V Razzano	7	65	3
		V Razzano	6	6											26	C Martínez	0	6	6
		B Rittner	3	6	77											B Rittner	6	3	3
	Q	M Drake	6	4	65				B Rittner	6	5	6
								6	J Dokić	1	7	3

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								5	A Mauresmo	6	6
		M Müller	3	4					M Casanova	4	0
		M Casanova	6	6											5	A Mauresmo	6	5	6
		S Asagoe	77	6											29	T Tanasugarn	3	7	2
		I Tulyaganova	64	2					S Asagoe	2	0
								29	T Tanasugarn	6	6
																						5	A Mauresmo	6	6
																							M Serna	2	3
								24	C Fernández	6	4	1
		M Serna	6	6					M Serna	3	6	6
		É Loit	4	3												M Serna	7	6
		A Widjaja	5	6	6											A Widjaja	5	2
	Q	A Morigami	7	2	4				A Widjaja	6	6
								9	P Schnyder	4	2

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								13	E Bovina	6	5	6
	Q	M Suchá	1	3					Y-j Cho	4	7	1
		Y-j Cho	6	6											13	E Bovina	6	6
	WC	M Sharapova	3	6	0										Q	S Reeves	1	0
	Q	S Reeves	6	1	6			Q	S Reeves	4	6	6
								20	P Suárez	6	3	3
																						13	E Bovina	4	3
																						4	L Davenport	6	6
								25	E Likhovtseva	6	6
		M Tu	2	6	6				M Tu	2	2
		A Roesch	6	0	1										25	E Likhovtseva	3	0
		P Wartusch	3	2											4	L Davenport	6	6
		D Bedáňová	6	6					D Bedáňová	3	7	1
								4	L Davenport	6	5	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								7	A Myskina	4	79	3
	Q	J Kirkland	3	0					S Kuznetsova	6	67	6
		S Kuznetsova	6	6												S Kuznetsova	6	65	4
		V Zvonareva	6	7												V Zvonareva	3	77	6
		T Poutchek	2	5					V Zvonareva	6	3	6
								28	I Majoli	1	6	2
																							V Zvonareva	6	4	6
																						23	M Shaughnessy	3	6	2
								23	M Shaughnessy	6	66	6
	WC	B Mattek	0	6	1				F Pennetta	3	78	3
		F Pennetta	6	4	6										23	M Shaughnessy	6	6
		S Foretz	7	2	7										12	E Daniilidou	4	3
		A Barna	5	6	5				S Foretz	5	4
								12	E Daniilidou	7	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								14	E Dementieva	2	6	6
		T Pisnik	77	4	2				I Benešová	6	4	1
		I Benešová	62	6	6										14	E Dementieva	6	61	6
		V Ruano Pascual	6	6												V Ruano Pascual	3	77	3
		M Irvin	3	0					V Ruano Pascual	6	6
								22	A Stevenson	4	4
																						14	E Dementieva	4	6	1
																						2	J Capriati	6	4	6
								30	L Granville	3	0
		D Chládková	0	77	77				D Chládková	6	6
		D Safina	6	64	62											D Chládková	2	2
		Ad. Serra Zanetti	77	3	3										2	J Capriati	6	6
	Q	An. Serra Zanetti	63	6	6			Q	An. Serra Zanetti	4	2
								2	J Capriati	6	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

1. Conchita Martínez Granados (first round)
2. Petra Mandula (qualified)
3. Sarah Taylor (moved to Main Draw)
4. Marion Bartoli (qualified)
5. María Sánchez Lorenzo (first round)
6. Rossana de los Ríos (first round)
7. Antonella Serra Zanetti (qualified)
8. Marlene Weingärtner (first round)
9. Ľudmila Cervanová (qualified)
10. Evgenia Kulikovskaya (qualified)
11. Maureen Drake (qualified)
12. Mariana Díaz Oliva (qualifying competition)
13. Saori Obata (qualifying competition)
14. Lindsay Lee-Waters (qualifying competition)
15. Ansley Cargill (qualifying competition)
16. Nadia Petrova (qualifying competition)
17. Samantha Reeves (qualified)
18. Wynne Prakusya (qualifying competition)
19. Ľubomíra Kurhajcová (first round)
20. Milagros Sequera (qualifying competition)
21. Akiko Morigami (qualified)
22. Anikó Kapros (qualifying competition)
23. Tzipora Obziler (qualifying competition)
24. Martina Suchá (qualifying)
25. Gréta Arn (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Sandra Cacic
2. Petra Mandula
3. Jessica Kirkland
4. Marion Bartoli
5. Claudine Schaul
6. Akiko Morigami
7. Antonella Serra Zanetti
8. Samantha Reeves
9. Ľudmila Cervanová
10. Evgenia Kulikovskaya
11. Maureen Drake
12. Martina Suchá

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Conchita Martínez Granados	7	2	2
	PR	Sandra Cacic	5	6	6			PR	Sandra Cacic	0	77	3
		Mashona Washington	4	77	62			22	Anikó Kapros	6	63	1r
	22	Anikó Kapros	6	61	77

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Petra Mandula	6	6
	WC	Anne Yelsey	1	2				2	Petra Mandula	6	6
		Julia Vakulenko	6	65	3			20	Milagros Sequera	3	0
	20	Milagros Sequera	1	77	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	25	Gréta Arn	2	6	6
		Gala León García	6	2	4			25	Gréta Arn	3	6	4
	WC	Jessica Kirkland	6	6				WC	Jessica Kirkland	6	4	6
	19	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová	3	4

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Marion Bartoli	6	6
	WC	Alexandra Podkolzina	0	0				4	Marion Bartoli	6	6
		Tatiana Perebiynis	2	6	2			15	Ansley Cargill	2	4
	15	Ansley Cargill	6	4	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	María Sánchez Lorenzo	3	3
		Claudine Schaul	6	6					Claudine Schaul	6	6
		María Emilia Salerni	6	4	4			14	Lindsay Lee-Waters	3	4
	14	Lindsay Lee-Waters	2	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Rossana de los Ríos	4	2
		Seda Noorlander	6	6					Seda Noorlander	4	7	1
		Stanislava Hrozenská	4	2				21	Akiko Morigami	6	5	6
	21	Akiko Morigami	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Antonella Serra Zanetti	6	6
		Anastasia Rodionova	2	2				7	Antonella Serra Zanetti	6	6
		Zsófia Gubacsi	4	6	3			23	Tzipora Obziler	3	1
	23	Tzipora Obziler	6	2	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	8	Marlene Weingärtner	3	64
		Camille Pin	6	77					Camille Pin	79	2	1
	Alt	Alena Vašková	4	2				17	Samantha Reeves	67	6	6
	17	Samantha Reeves	6	6

Ninth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	9	Ľudmila Cervanová	6	0	6
		Renata Voráčová	3	6	3			9	Ľudmila Cervanová	6	65	6
		Jana Kandarr	2	64				18	Wynne Prakusya	2	77	1
	18	Wynne Prakusya	6	77

Tenth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	10	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	6	6
		Eva Fislová	2	2				10	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	6	6
	WC	Robyn Baker	1	0				16	Nadia Petrova	3	4
	16	Nadia Petrova	6	6

Eleventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	11	Maureen Drake	6	6
	WC	Cory Ann Avants	4	2				11	Maureen Drake	6	6
		Olga Barabanschikova	66	4				13	Saori Obata	2	1
	13	Saori Obata	78	6

Twelfth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	12	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6	3	6
	WC	Allison Bradshaw	4	6	4			12	Mariana Díaz Oliva	64	77	2
		Sandra Kleinová	2	3				24	Martina Suchá	77	65	6
	24	Martina Suchá	6	6

External links

• Official results archive (ITF)
• Official results archive (WTA)