# Dubai Tennis Championships 2003

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/236/dubai-tennis-championships?season=2003
Tour: ATP

Roger Federer won the 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships, defeating Jiri Novak 6-1 7-6(2) in the final. The ATP 250 event was played on hard courts in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from February 24 to March 2, 2003. The match log contains 31 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Dubai Tennis Championships bring the ATP and WTA tours to the same hard-court venue in consecutive events.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Dubai Open, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: hard
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Start date: 2003-02-24
- End date: 2003-03-02

## Champion
- Winner: Roger Federer
- Runner-up: Jiri Novak
- Final score: 6-1 7-6(2)

## Knockout results
### F
- Roger Federer d. Jiri Novak 6-1 7-6(2)

### SF
- Jiri Novak d. Tommy Robredo 6-4 6-1
- Roger Federer d. Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-2

### QF
- Tommy Robredo d. Feliciano Lopez 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4
- Jiri Novak d. Sjeng Schalken 6-4 6-4
- Roger Federer d. Hicham Arazi 7-5 6-3
- Ivan Ljubicic d. Rainer Schuettler 6-3 6-4

### R16
- Hicham Arazi d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-4 4-6 6-3
- Rainer Schuettler d. Max Mirnyi 7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(8)
- Tommy Robredo d. Marat Safin 7-5 4-6 7-6(3)
- Jiri Novak d. Andrei Stoliarov 6-1 6-1
- Ivan Ljubicic d. Attila Savolt 6-4 6-4
- Feliciano Lopez d. Younes El Aynaoui 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
- Sjeng Schalken d. Fabrice Santoro 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
- Roger Federer d. Maximilian Abel 6-4 7-5

### R32
- Roger Federer d. Irakli Labadze 6-3 6-3
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. John Van Lottum 6-2 4-6 6-3
- Ivan Ljubicic d. Wayne Black 7-5 6-3
- Younes El Aynaoui d. Omar Alawadhi 6-0 6-3
- Feliciano Lopez d. Vadim Kutsenko 7-6(5) 6-2
- Sjeng Schalken d. Mikhail Youzhny 7-5 6-0
- Fabrice Santoro d. Stefan Koubek 6-7(1) 6-2 6-0
- Tommy Robredo d. Jonas Bjorkman 6-2 6-3
- Hicham Arazi d. Jan Vacek 6-2 6-1
- Rainer Schuettler d. Zeljko Krajan 6-4 2-6 6-3
- Maximilian Abel d. Ivo Heuberger 0-1 RET
- Jiri Novak d. Dominik Hrbaty 6-1 3-6 6-3
- Marat Safin d. Alexander Waske 6-4 6-2
- Max Mirnyi d. Adrian Voinea 6-4 6-2
- Attila Savolt d. Tim Henman 5-7 7-6(3) 6-4
- Andrei Stoliarov d. Goran Ivanisevic 6-6(0) RET

## Stats
- Total matches: 31
- Players: 32

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/236/dubai-tennis-championships?season=2003
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)