WTA Australian Open 2003 Draw, Results & Schedule

Serena Williams won the 2003 Australian Open, defeating Venus Williams 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 13 to January 27, 2003. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Australian Open opens the Grand Slam season in Melbourne and has been played at Melbourne Park since 1988.

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Champion
Serena Williams
def. Venus Williams , 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4
Dates
Jan 13 — Jan 27
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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Results

Australian Open 2003 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Serena Williams #1 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 Venus Williams #2 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2003* F
SF (2)
Venus Williams #2 6-3 6-3 Justine Henin #5 H2H Match data Jan 26, 2003* SF
Serena Williams #1 4-6 6-3 7-5 Kim Clijsters #4 H2H Match data Jan 26, 2003* SF
QF (4)
Kim Clijsters #4 6-2 6-4 Anastasia Myskina #12 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2003* QF
Justine Henin #5 6-2 6-2 Virginia Ruano Pascual #63 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2003* QF
Serena Williams #1 6-2 6-2 Meghann Shaughnessy #33 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2003* QF
Venus Williams #2 6-4 6-3 Daniela Hantuchova #8 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2003* QF
R16 (8)
Serena Williams #1 6-4 6-1 Eleni Daniilidou #20 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2003* R16
Justine Henin #5 7-5 5-7 9-7 Lindsay Davenport #10CH H2H Match data Jan 22, 2003* R16
Virginia Ruano Pascual #63 6-3 6-3 Denisa Chladkova #62 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2003* R16
Meghann Shaughnessy #33 5-7 6-2 6-4 Elena Bovina #23 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2003* R16
Venus Williams #2 6-3 6-2 Nicole Pratt #54 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2003* R16
Daniela Hantuchova #8 7-5 6-3 Patty Schnyder #15 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2003* R16
Kim Clijsters #4 6-3 6-1 Amanda Coetzer #22 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2003* R16
Anastasia Myskina #12 4-6 6-4 6-1 Chanda Rubin #13 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2003* R16
R32 (16)
Denisa Chladkova #62 6-3 6-2 Evie Dominikovic #115 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Daniela Hantuchova #8 6-4 6-2 Samantha Stosur #244 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Serena Williams #1 6-1 6-1 Tamarine Tanasugarn #32 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Meghann Shaughnessy #33 6-1 6-3 Klara Koukalova #113 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Virginia Ruano Pascual #63 6-1 4-6 6-4 Marlene Weingartner #90 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Patty Schnyder #15 6-2 4-6 6-3 Nadia Petrova #148 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Amanda Coetzer #22 6-0 6-2 Anna Smashnova #17 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Kim Clijsters #4 6-2 6-1 Tatiana Poutchek #108 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Chanda Rubin #13 6-3 6-2 Barbara Schwartz #141 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Venus Williams #2 6-1 6-4 Anca Barna #69 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Justine Henin #5 6-2 6-0 Katarina Srebotnik #34 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Anastasia Myskina #12 6-3 3-6 6-3 Clarisa Fernandez #29 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Lindsay Davenport #10CH 6-2 6-1 Tatiana Panova #24 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Eleni Daniilidou #20 6-4 6-3 Nathalie Dechy #18 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Elena Bovina #23 7-5 4-6 7-5 Magdalena Maleeva #14 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
Nicole Pratt #54 7-5 6-4 Paola Suarez #27 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2003* R32
R64 (32)
Anna Smashnova #17 5-1 (ret.) Maja Matevzic #49 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Lindsay Davenport #10CH 6-7(7) 6-4 7-5 Iroda Tulyaganova #57 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Tamarine Tanasugarn #32 6-2 3-6 6-3 Alina Jidkova #101 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Katarina Srebotnik #34 6-1 6-7(4) 6-3 Virginie Razzano #78 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Justine Henin #5 6-0 6-1 Anna Kournikova #42 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Paola Suarez #27 6-0 3-0 (ret.) Tathiana Garbin #61 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Samantha Stosur #244 6-4 6-1 Vanessa Webb #138 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Elena Bovina #23 6-1 6-2 Rita Grande #48 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Magdalena Maleeva #14 2-6 6-4 6-1 Yoon Jeong Cho #64 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Daniela Hantuchova #8 7-6(6) 7-6(3) Adriana Serra Zanetti #58 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Barbara Schwartz #141 6-1 6-2 Antonella Serra Zanetti #96 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Eleni Daniilidou #20 6-1 6-2 Amy Frazier #40 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Virginia Ruano Pascual #63 5-7 7-5 6-0 Janette Husarova #31 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Tatiana Panova #24 3-6 7-5 6-4 Akiko Morigami #127 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Denisa Chladkova #62 6-2 6-2 Alexandra Stevenson #21 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Anastasia Myskina #12 5-7 6-2 6-0 Emmanuelle Gagliardi #60 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Serena Williams #1 6-4 6-0 Els Callens #66 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Klara Koukalova #113 6-7(6) 7-5 6-3 Monica Seles #74× CH H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64 Upset: winner had a 4 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Clarisa Fernandez #29 6-3 6-4 Magui Serna #47 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Anca Barna #69 6-3 6-1 Lisa Raymond #28 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Marlene Weingartner #90 3-6 6-1 6-2 Stephanie Foretz Gacon H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Patty Schnyder #15 6-3 6-1 Marta Marrero #91 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Meghann Shaughnessy #33 6-1 6-1 Ludmila Cervanova #105 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Nathalie Dechy #18 6-3 6-3 Daja Bedanova #41 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Nadia Petrova #148 6-4 6-4 Ai Sugiyama #25 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Kim Clijsters #4 6-0 6-0 Petra Mandula #98 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Evie Dominikovic #115 6-1 6-4 Anne Kremer #26 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Chanda Rubin #13 0-6 6-4 6-2 Mary Pierce #50CH H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Tatiana Poutchek #108 2-6 6-4 6-4 Cristina Torrens Valero #80 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Nicole Pratt #54 6-3 6-2 Silvia Farina Elia #16 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Amanda Coetzer #22 6-2 4-6 6-4 Jelena Jankovic #192 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
Venus Williams #2 6-3 6-0 Ansley Cargill #118 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2003* R64
R128 (64)
Maja Matevzic #49 6-7(6) 6-2 6-2 Casey Dellacqua #385 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Antonella Serra Zanetti #96 7-6(5) 6-0 Martina Müller #76 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Anne Kremer #26 6-2 6-2 Libuse Prusova #107 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Nicole Pratt #54 6-1 7-6(5) Mashona Washington #111 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Els Callens #66 6-0 6-2 Martina Sucha #84 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Ai Sugiyama #25 6-3 4-6 6-2 Angelique Widjaja #68 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Serena Williams #1 3-6 7-6(5) 7-5 Emilie Loit #56 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Chanda Rubin #13 6-4 7-5 Melinda Czink #159 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Justine Henin #5 6-3 6-4 Myriam Casanova #53 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Stephanie Foretz Gacon 4-6 6-1 6-0 Evgenia Kulikovskaya #104 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Anna Kournikova #42 6-1 6-2 Henrieta Nagyova #67 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Akiko Morigami #127 6-2 6-1 Stanislava Hrozenska #160 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Virginia Ruano Pascual #63 6-2 6-1 Shinobu Asagoe #88 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Jelena Jankovic #192 6-3 6-3 Rossana De Los Ríos #89 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Virginie Razzano #78 7-6(7) 4-6 6-1 Jill Craybas #51 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Anastasia Myskina #12 7-5 6-3 Eva Fislova #144 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Lindsay Davenport #10CH 6-2 6-1 Camille Pin #135 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Janette Husarova #31 6-3 6-0 María Emilia Salerni #134 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Eleni Daniilidou #20 7-6(6) 6-3 Marissa Irvin #79 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Anca Barna #69 5-7 6-1 6-3 Francesca Schiavone #35 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Evie Dominikovic #115 7-5 4-6 6-4 Barbara Rittner #65 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Tatiana Panova #24 7-6(2) 3-6 6-2 Angelika Roesch #77 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Ansley Cargill #118 6-1 6-2 Anabel Medina Garrigues #194 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Petra Mandula #98 7-5 6-1 Silvija Talaja #85 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Ludmila Cervanova #105 7-6(2) 6-2 Mariana Diaz-Oliva #93 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Kim Clijsters #4 6-2 6-1 Samantha Reeves #112 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Patty Schnyder #15 6-3 6-1 Wynne Prakusya #106 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Nadia Petrova #148 6-2 6-1 Greta Arn #95 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Magui Serna #47 6-4 3-6 7-5 Asa Carlsson #81 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Tatiana Poutchek #108 6-3 6-0 Tina Pisnik #59 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Klara Koukalova #113 6-4 7-6(6) Maria Sharapova #183 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Meghann Shaughnessy #33 4-6 6-3 6-3 Nuria Llagostera Vives #205 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Monica Seles #74× CH 6-0 6-1 Lubomira Kurhajcova #110 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Marlene Weingartner #90 2-6 7-6(6) 6-4 Jennifer Capriati #3DEF · 2× H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128 Upset: winner had a 6 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Tamarine Tanasugarn #32 6-0 6-2 Maureen Drake #100 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Emmanuelle Gagliardi #60 6-1 2-0 (ret.) Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian #36 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Denisa Chladkova #62 6-3 6-0 Cara Black #55 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Barbara Schwartz #141 5-7 6-4 6-2 Elena Dementieva #19 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Cristina Torrens Valero #80 6-3 4-6 6-4 Iva Majoli #30 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Rita Grande #48 6-0 6-1 Aniko Kapros #109 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Adriana Serra Zanetti #58 7-6(6) 6-4 Elena Likhovtseva #39 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Daniela Hantuchova #8 7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 Fabiola Zuluaga #75 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Alexandra Stevenson #21 6-1 6-4 Elena Baltacha #157 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Yoon Jeong Cho #64 6-3 6-3 Eva Dyrberg #102 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Samantha Stosur #244 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 Conchita Martínez #37 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Nathalie Dechy #18 6-2 6-3 Sarah Taylor #83 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Venus Williams #2 6-4 6-2 Svetlana Kuznetsova #45 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Clarisa Fernandez #29 6-1 7-5 Adriana Szili #455 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Elena Bovina #23 6-2 6-1 Vera Zvonareva #43 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Lisa Raymond #28 7-6(3) 6-3 Lindsay Lee-Waters #117 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Paola Suarez #27 6-4 6-3 Dally Randriantefy #99 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Anna Smashnova #17 6-4 4-6 6-2 Meilen Tu #74 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Marta Marrero #91 7-6(7) 6-1 Jelena Kostanic Tosic #73 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Amy Frazier #40 6-0 6-1 Conchita Martínez Granados #94 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Tathiana Garbin #61 6-4 7-6(3) Rachel Mcquillan #197 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Silvia Farina Elia #16 6-4 6-2 Flavia Pennetta #87 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Alina Jidkova #101 2-6 6-4 6-0 Laura Granville #46 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Amanda Coetzer #22 6-4 6-3 Barbara Schett #38 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Magdalena Maleeva #14 6-4 6-1 Marion Bartoli #92 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Daja Bedanova #41 6-3 5-7 6-4 Iveta Benesova #72 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Iroda Tulyaganova #57 3-6 6-4 (ret.) Alicia Molik #71 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Mary Pierce #50CH 6-1 6-4 Patricia Wartusch #86 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Vanessa Webb #138 2-6 7-5 6-3 María Sánchez Lorenzo #97 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128
Katarina Srebotnik #34 3-6 6-3 6-3 Dinara Safina #70 H2H Match data Jan 15, 2003* R128

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Australian Open held?
Australian Open is held in Melbourne, Australia.
Who won the most recent Australian Open?
The 2026 Australian Open was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Who has won the most Australian Open titles?
Serena Williams has won 7 Australian Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Australian Open played?
The first edition of Australian Open was held in 1905. The first women's singles edition was held in 1922.
What surface is Australian Open played on?
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