2003 French Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2003 French Open
Final
Champion	Justine Henin-Hardenne
Runner-up	Kim Clijsters
Score	6–0, 6–4
Details
Seeds	32
Events

Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated her compatriot Kim Clijsters in the final, 6–0, 6–4, to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2003 French Open. Serena Williams was the defending champion, but she was defeated by Henin-Hardenne in the semifinals, ending her winning streak of thirty-three major matches.

Notably this was the final Grand Slam appearance of former world No. 1 and 9-time Grand Slam champion Monica Seles, as she was upset by Nadia Petrova in the first round. This was Seles' only first round loss in her Grand Slam career.

Seeds

Serena Williams (Semifinals)
Kim Clijsters (Final)
Venus Williams (Fourth Round)
Justine Henin-Hardenne (Champion)
Amélie Mauresmo (Quarterfinals)
Lindsay Davenport (Fourth Round)
Jennifer Capriati (Fourth Round)
Chanda Rubin (Quarterfinals)
Daniela Hantuchová (Second Round)
Jelena Dokić (Second Round)
Anastasia Myskina (Second Round)
Monica Seles (First Round)
Elena Dementieva (First Round)
Eleni Daniilidou (Third Round)
Magdalena Maleeva (Fourth Round)
Ai Sugiyama (Fourth Round)
Amanda Coetzer (First Round)
Meghann Shaughnessy (Third Round)
Patty Schnyder (Fourth Round)
Elena Bovina (Second Round)
Lisa Raymond (Second Round)
Vera Zvonareva (Quarterfinals)
Anna Pistolesi (Second Round)
Conchita Martínez (Quarterfinals)
Nathalie Dechy (Third Round)
Silvia Farina Elia (Third Round)
Alexandra Stevenson (First Round)
Clarisa Fernández (Second Round)
Elena Likhovtseva (First Round)
Paola Suárez (Third Round)
Laura Granville (Third Round)
Francesca Schiavone (Second Round)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Serena Williams	6	6

5	Amélie Mauresmo	1	2
					1	Serena Williams	2	6	5

					4	Justine Henin-Hardenne	6	4	7
4	Justine Henin-Hardenne	6	6

8	Chanda Rubin	3	2
										4	Justine Henin-Hardenne	6	6

										2	Kim Clijsters	0	4
	Nadia Petrova	6	4	6

22	Vera Zvonareva	1	6	3
						Nadia Petrova	5	1

					2	Kim Clijsters	7	6
24	Conchita Martínez	2	1

2	Kim Clijsters	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

1	S Williams	6	6
	B Rittner	2	1		1	S Williams	6	6
	A Widjaja	3	6	5		M-G Mikaelian	3	2
	M-G Mikaelian	6	4	7						1	S Williams	6	6
	A Morigami	6	4	0							B Schett	0	0
	B Schett	4	6	6		B Schett	6	5	6
	M Pierce	2	3		28	C Fernández	4	7	1
28	C Fernández	6	6											1	S Williams	7	6
18	M Shaughnessy	3	7	11										16	A Sugiyama	5	3
	S Kuznetsova	6	5	9	18	M Shaughnessy	6	7⁷
	E Callens	6⁴	3			Ľ Cervanová	3	6⁵
	Ľ Cervanová	7⁷	6							18	M Shaughnessy	1	4
	S Taylor	3	4							16	A Sugiyama	6	6
Q	S Kleinová	6	6		Q	S Kleinová	5	0
	V Ruano Pascual	6	4	4	16	A Sugiyama	7	6
16	A Sugiyama	4	6	6

Section 2

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

9	D Hantuchová	2	6	6
	A Jidkova	6	0	1	9	D Hantuchová	6²	6	7
	A Harkleroad	6	6			A Harkleroad	7⁷	4	9
	S Obata	4	2								A Harkleroad	6	1	2
Q	M Sharapova	3	3								M Serna	3	6	6
	M Serna	6	6			M Serna	6	3	6
WC	C Pin	1	1		23	A Pistolesi	4	6	3
23	A Pistolesi	6	6													M Serna	1	2
29	E Likhovtseva	3	2												5	A Mauresmo	6	6
	É Loit	6	6			É Loit	6⁶	6	7
	T Tanasugarn	0	2			F Zuluaga	7⁸	1	9
	F Zuluaga	6	6								F Zuluaga	3	4
	L Krasnoroutskaya	6	6							5	A Mauresmo	6	6
	J Craybas	1	3			L Krasnoroutskaya	1	2
	V Razzano	3	5		5	A Mauresmo	6	6
5	A Mauresmo	6	7

Section 3

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

4	J Henin-Hardenne	6	7
	P Wartusch	3	5		4	J Henin-Hardenne	6	6
	J Kostanić	7	6⁵	6		J Kostanić	2	2
WC	S Lefèvre	5	7⁷	4						4	J Henin-Hardenne	6	6
	S Foretz	6	7								D Randriantefy	1	1
Q	E Birnerová	4	5			S Foretz	2	1
	D Randriantefy	6	6			D Randriantefy	6	6
27	A Stevenson	3	3											4	J Henin-Hardenne	6	2	6
19	P Schnyder	6	6											19	P Schnyder	3	6	2
WC	V Pichet	1	0		19	P Schnyder	6	7⁷
Q	N Gussoni	1	5			S Cohen-Aloro	3	6⁴
	S Cohen-Aloro	6	7							19	P Schnyder	6	6
WC	C Wheeler	4	3							14	E Daniilidou	3	4
	T Garbin	6	6			T Garbin	0	6	2
	N Pratt	4	3		14	E Daniilidou	6	4	6
14	E Daniilidou	6	6

Section 4

First Round					Second Round				Third Round					Fourth Round

11	A Myskina	6	6
	D Safina	2	2		11	A Myskina	3	4
	P Mandula	6	6			P Mandula	6	6
	M Marrero	2	3							P Mandula	6	6
	F Pennetta	6	6							F Pennetta	2	4
WC	A Dulon	4	4			F Pennetta	6	7⁷
	S Asagoe	1	5		21	L Raymond	3	6³
21	L Raymond	6	7												P Mandula	6	2	5
31	L Granville	1	6	6										8	C Rubin	4	6	7
	M Tu	6	1	4	31	L Granville	6	6
	Y-j Cho	6	5	0		I Majoli	1	2
	I Majoli	4	7	6					31	L Granville	6	1	3
	M Casanova	4	6	4					8	C Rubin	2	6	6
	C Black	6	4	6		C Black	6⁶	3
	H Nagyová	2	4		8	C Rubin	7⁸	6
8	C Rubin	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 5

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Fourth Round

7	J Capriati	6	6
PR	J Kruger	2	1		7	J Capriati	6	6
	R Neffa-de los Ríos	3	0			M Bartoli	3	0
	M Bartoli	6	6						7	J Capriati	6	6
Q	J Vakulenko	6	6						Q	J Vakulenko	1	2
	C Torrens Valero	1	1		Q	J Vakulenko	6	6
Q	J Schruff	6	3	2	32	F Schiavone	3	4
32	F Schiavone	3	6	6									7	J Capriati	3	6	3
17	A Coetzer	2	6	3										N Petrova	6	4	6
	K Srebotnik	6	4	6		K Srebotnik	4	5
	M Irvin	7⁷	2	6		M Irvin	6	7
LL	ME Camerin	6⁴	6	4						M Irvin	1	1
	S Talaja	6	6							N Petrova	6	6
	J Husárová	2	4			S Talaja	1	1
	N Petrova	6	6			N Petrova	6	6
12	M Seles	4	0

Section 6

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

13	E Dementieva	3	3
	M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6			M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	5	6
	A Barna	7	5	5		M Matevžič	2	7	3
	M Matevžič	5	7	7							M Sánchez Lorenzo	3	4
	D Chládková	6	6							22	V Zvonareva	6	6
WC	A Laurendon	0	1			D Chládková	2	3
	M Müller	1	3		22	V Zvonareva	6	6
22	V Zvonareva	6	6											22	V Zvonareva	2	6	6
26	S Farina Elia	6	6											3	V Williams	6	2	4
	C Martínez Granados	0	4		26	S Farina Elia	6	6
Q	B Mouhtassine	1	2			Z Ondrášková	1	2
	Z Ondrášková	6	6							26	S Farina Elia	1	2
	I Benešová	0	1							3	V Williams	6	6
	E Dominikovic	6	6			E Dominikovic	3	6	2
LL	S Reeves	2	4		3	V Williams	6	4	6
3	V Williams	6	6

Section 7

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

6	L Davenport	6	6
Q	W Prakusya	2	0		6	L Davenport	7	6
	I Tulyaganova	6	7			I Tulyaganova	5	1
	A Serra Zanetti	2	5							6	L Davenport	6	7
Q	G León García	6	4	7						25	N Dechy	3	5
Q	G Dulko	4	6	5	Q	G León García	3	4
	L Průšová	3	1		25	N Dechy	6	6
25	N Dechy	6	6											6	L Davenport	4	0	r.
24	C Martínez	6	6											24	C Martínez	6	2
Q	T Perebiynis	2	3		24	C Martínez	7	6
	T Poutchek	1	7⁷	3		E Gagliardi	5	2
	E Gagliardi	6	6²	6						24	C Martínez	6	6
	K Koukalová	6³	1								T Pisnik	3	3
	T Pisnik	7⁷	6			T Pisnik	4	6	6
	A Roesch	4	4		10	J Dokić	6	3	2
10	J Dokić	6	6

Section 8

First Round					Second Round				Third Round					Fourth Round

15	M Maleeva	6	3	6
	A Molik	3	6	1	15	M Maleeva	6	6
	E Kulikovskaya	6	6			E Kulikovskaya	3	2
WC	C Beigbeder	4	2						15	M Maleeva	6	2	6
	A Cargill	3	1							R Grande	3	6	3
	R Grande	6	6			R Grande	7	6
WC	T Golovin	4	1		20	E Bovina	5	3
20	E Bovina	6	6											15	M Maleeva	6	2	1
30	P Suárez	6	6											2	K Clijsters	0	6	6
Q	E Gallovits	1	0		30	P Suárez	6	6
	D Bedáňová	6	5	3	PR	C Morariu	1	1
PR	C Morariu	4	7	6					30	P Suárez	2	1
	M Weingärtner	6	7						2	K Clijsters	6	6
	L Lee-Waters	2	5			M Weingärtner	2	2
	A Frazier	2	0		2	K Clijsters	6	6
2	K Clijsters	6	6

External links

2003 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

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