WTA Australian Open 2003 Draw, Results & Schedule

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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.

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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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 27, 2003* F Serena Williams #1 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 Venus Williams #2 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 26, 2003* SF 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
QF (4)
Jan 24, 2003* QF 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
R16 (8)
Jan 22, 2003* R16 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 #10 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
R32 (16)
Jan 19, 2003* R32 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 #10 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
R64 (32)
Jan 17, 2003* R64 Anna Smashnova #17 5-1 (ret.) Maja Matevzic #49 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 2003* R64 Lindsay Davenport #10 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 #7 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 2003* R64 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 #50 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
R128 (64)
Jan 15, 2003* R128 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 #10 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 #7 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 #3 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 2003* R128 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 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 #50 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

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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 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?
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