# Gold Coast 2003

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/manual_wta:gold_coast/gold-coast?season=2003
Tour: WTA

Nathalie Dechy won the 2003 Gold Coast, defeating Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the final. The WTA 250 event was played December 30, 2002–January 5, 2003 on hard courts in Gold Coast, Australia.

Gold Coast hosted the women's Australian Hardcourts tournament on hard courts in Queensland, Australia.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, Australian Women's Hardcourts
- Category: Tier III -> WTA 250
- Surface: Hard
- Location: Gold Coast, Australia
- Start date: 2002-12-30
- End date: 2003-01-05

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
Details: https://tennis-db.com/glossary#category-equivalence

## Champion
- Winner: Nathalie Dechy
- Runner-up: Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian
- Final score: 6-3 3-6 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Nathalie Dechy def. Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian 6-3 3-6 6-3

### SF
- Nathalie Dechy def. Elena Bovina 6-4 3-6 7-5
- Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian def. Patty Schnyder 6-4 6-2

### QF
- Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian def. María Sánchez Lorenzo 6-4 2-6 6-4
- Nathalie Dechy def. Barbara Schett 6-4 6-2
- Elena Bovina def. Tathiana Garbin 6-1 2-6 6-4
- Patty Schnyder def. Meghann Shaughnessy W/O

### R16
- Nathalie Dechy def. Nicole Pratt 2-6 7-5 6-3
- Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian def. Silvija Talaja 6-4 6-2
- Barbara Schett def. Els Callens 7-5 6-3
- Elena Bovina def. Nadia Petrova 5-7 6-3 6-3
- Patty Schnyder def. Francesca Schiavone 6-3 6-4
- María Sánchez Lorenzo def. Emilie Loit 7-5 6-4
- Tathiana Garbin def. Chanelle Scheepers 6-0 6-4
- Meghann Shaughnessy def. Lina Krasnoroutskaya 6-3 7-6(6)

### R32
- Tathiana Garbin def. Tamarine Tanasugarn 7-6(6) 6-3
- Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian def. Iva Majoli 7-6(4) 6-3
- Nadia Petrova def. Barbara Rittner 6-3 1-6 6-3
- Nicole Pratt def. Asa Carlsson 4-6 6-2 6-1
- María Sánchez Lorenzo def. Ai Sugiyama 7-6(6) 3-6 7-5
- Els Callens def. Maja Matevzic 6-1 7-5
- Francesca Schiavone def. Cristina Torrens Valero 7-5 2-1 RET
- Barbara Schett def. Jelena Kostanic Tosic 6-2 6-4
- Elena Bovina def. Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5 6-4
- Emilie Loit def. Tina Pisnik 6-0 7-6(0)
- Silvija Talaja def. Marion Bartoli 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3
- Meghann Shaughnessy def. Myriam Casanova 6-4 6-3
- Chanelle Scheepers def. Samantha Stosur 6-4 7-6(13)
- Lina Krasnoroutskaya def. Fabiola Zuluaga 6-3 6-1

## Stats
- Total matches: 29
- Players: 30

Other editions available: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

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