# Japan Open 2003

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/318/japan-open?season=2003
Tour: ATP

Rainer Schuettler won the 2003 Japan Open, defeating Sebastien Grosjean 7-6(5) 6-2 in the final. The ATP 250 event was played on hard courts in Tokyo, Japan, from September 29 to October 5, 2003. The match log contains 47 recorded singles results for this edition.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo Open, Rakuten Japan Open
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: hard
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Start date: 2003-09-29
- End date: 2003-10-05

## Champion
- Winner: Rainer Schuettler
- Runner-up: Sebastien Grosjean
- Final score: 7-6(5) 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Rainer Schuettler d. Sebastien Grosjean 7-6(5) 6-2

### SF
- Sebastien Grosjean d. Paradorn Srichaphan 4-6 6-3 6-4
- Rainer Schuettler d. Cyril Saulnier 6-3 6-2

### QF
- Cyril Saulnier d. Mark Philippoussis 5-2 RET
- Sebastien Grosjean d. Jan-Michael Gambill 6-3 7-6(4)
- Rainer Schuettler d. Scott Draper 6-3 6-3
- Paradorn Srichaphan d. Hyung-Taik Lee 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3

### R16
- Scott Draper d. Nicolas Kiefer 7-5 6-2
- Sebastien Grosjean d. Dennis van Scheppingen 6-3 7-6(3)
- Cyril Saulnier d. Jiri Novak 4-6 7-5 6-4
- Mark Philippoussis d. Mario Ancic 6-4 7-5
- Rainer Schuettler d. Robert Kendrick 6-3 6-2
- Paradorn Srichaphan d. Takao Suzuki 6-2 7-6(3)
- Hyung-Taik Lee d. Kenneth Carlsen 6-3 6-4
- Jan-Michael Gambill d. Michel Kratochvil 6-3 7-5

### R32
- Sebastien Grosjean d. Ivo Karlovic 6-3 7-6(8)
- Nicolas Kiefer d. Alex Bogomolov Jr 7-5 7-6(7)
- Jiri Novak d. Bjorn Phau 7-6(2) 6-2
- Scott Draper d. Eric Taino 6-2 7-6(5)
- Michel Kratochvil d. John Van Lottum 6-2 6-3
- Robert Kendrick d. Brian Vahaly 6-2 3-6 6-4
- Jan-Michael Gambill d. Bohdan Ulihrach 6-3 6-4
- Rainer Schuettler d. Satoshi Iwabuchi 6-0 6-4
- Cyril Saulnier d. Lars Burgsmuller 7-6(6) 7-6(4)
- Mario Ancic d. Tasuku Iwami 6-2 7-5
- Takao Suzuki d. Wesley Moodie 6-1 7-6(3)
- Dennis van Scheppingen d. Gregory Carraz 7-5 1-6 7-5
- Mark Philippoussis d. Federico Browne 6-4 6-3
- Kenneth Carlsen d. Gouichi Motomura 6-2 7-6(4)
- Hyung-Taik Lee d. Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3
- Paradorn Srichaphan d. Dick Norman 4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(2)

### R64
- Tasuku Iwami d. Werner Eschauer 6-0 6-4
- Dick Norman d. George Bastl 7-5 6-4
- Robert Kendrick d. Wayne Arthurs 7-6(3) 6-4
- Ivo Karlovic d. Robin Soderling 6-4 6-4
- Dennis van Scheppingen d. Andreas Vinciguerra 4-6 6-4 6-1
- Cyril Saulnier d. Justin Gimelstob 7-6(5) 3-6 6-1
- Fernando Verdasco d. Glenn Weiner 6-4 6-2
- Bjorn Phau d. Jeff Salzenstein 6-7(1) 7-6(4) 7-6(3)
- Michel Kratochvil d. Tomas Berdych 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3
- Alex Bogomolov Jr d. Ivo Heuberger 6-2 7-6(1)
- Satoshi Iwabuchi d. Cecil Mamiit 7-6(4) 6-2
- Gouichi Motomura d. Martin Vassallo Arguello 6-0 6-3
- Scott Draper d. Jan Vacek 6-3 7-6(4)
- Takao Suzuki d. Alexander Waske 7-6(5) 6-3
- Federico Browne d. Takahiro Terachi 6-3 6-4
- Bohdan Ulihrach d. Ivan Miranda 2-6 6-4 6-4

## Stats
- Total matches: 47
- Players: 48

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/318/japan-open?season=2003
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)