French Open 2003

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French Open 2003
Date: May 27 - June 9, 2003
Edition: 102nd  French Open
Place: Paris
Covering: sand
Defending champion
Men's singles : SpainSpain Albert Costa
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Serena Williams
Men's double : NetherlandsNetherlands Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikow
RussiaRussia 
Ladies doubles : SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
Mixed : ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Wayne Black
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
winner
Men's singles : SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Ladies singles : BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne
Men's double : United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
Grand Slams 2003

The 102nd French Open took place from May 27 to June 9, 2003.

The defending champions in the singles were Albert Costa for the men and Serena Williams for the women. In the men's doubles Paul Haarhuis and Jewgeni Kafelnikow were defending champions , in the ladies doubles Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions. Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan were the defending champions in mixed .

Juan Carlos Ferrero won the men's singles and Justine Henin-Hardenne won the women's singles . The brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won in the men's doubles, and Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama in the women's doubles . Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan won the mixed title .

Men's singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt 3rd round
02. United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi Quarter finals
03. SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero victory
04th SpainSpain Carlos Moyá Quarter finals

05. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer 1 round

06th United StatesUnited States Andy Roddick 1 round

07th ArgentinaArgentina Guillermo Coria Semifinals

08th. ArgentinaArgentina David Nalbandian 2nd round

09. SpainSpain Albert Costa Semifinals

10. ThailandThailand Paradorn Srichaphan 1 round

11. GermanyGermany Rainer Schüttler Round of 16

12. NetherlandsNetherlands Sjeng Schalken 3rd round

13. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jiří Novák Round of 16

14th FranceFrance Sébastien Grosjean 2nd round

15th BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten Round of 16

16. SpainSpain Alex Corretja 1 round
No. player Round reached
17th RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2nd round

18th ArgentinaArgentina Agustín Calleri 1 round

19th ChileChile Fernando González Quarter finals

20th SpainSpain Félix Mantilla Round of 16

21st ArgentinaArgentina Gastón Gaudio 3rd round
22nd South AfricaSouth Africa Wayne Ferreira 3rd round
23. MoroccoMorocco Younes El Aynaoui 3rd round
24. United StatesUnited States James Blake 2nd round
25th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tim Henman 3rd round
26th BelgiumBelgium Xavier Malisse 3rd round
27. RussiaRussia Mikhail Juschny 2nd round
28. SpainSpain Tommy Robredo Quarter finals
29 United StatesUnited States Vincent Spadea 3rd round
30th FinlandFinland Jarkko Nieminen Round of 16
31. ArgentinaArgentina Juan Ignacio Chela 3rd round
32. FranceFrance Arnaud Clément Round of 16

Ladies singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Semifinals
02. BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters final
03. United StatesUnited States Venus Williams Round of 16
04th BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne victory

05. FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo Quarter finals

06th United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Round of 16

07th United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati Round of 16

08th. United StatesUnited States Chanda Ruby Quarter finals

09. SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová 2nd round

10. Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokic 2nd round

11. RussiaRussia Anastassija Myskina 2nd round

12. United StatesUnited States Monica Seles 1 round

13. RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 1 round

14th GreeceGreece Eleni Daniilidou 3rd round

15th BulgariaBulgaria Magdalena Maleewa Round of 16

16. JapanJapan Ai Sugiyama Round of 16
No. Player Round reached
17th South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer 1 round

18th United StatesUnited States Meghann Shaughnessy 3rd round

19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder Round of 16

20th RussiaRussia Jelena Bowina 2nd round

21st United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond 2nd round
22nd RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova Quarter finals
23. IsraelIsrael Anna Smaschnowa 2nd round
24. SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Quarter finals
25th FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy 3rd round
26th ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Elia 3rd round
27. United StatesUnited States Alexandra Stevenson 1 round
28. ArgentinaArgentina Clarisa Fernández 2nd round
29 RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa 1 round
30th ArgentinaArgentina Paola Suarez 3rd round
31. United StatesUnited States Laura Granville 3rd round
32. ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 2nd round

Men's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
Round of 16
02. IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny
Belarus 1995Belarus 
Quarter finals
03. United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
victory
04th SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia 
2nd round

05. IndiaIndia Leander Paes David Rikl
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Semifinals

06th FranceFrance Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro
FranceFrance 
Round of 16

07th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin Damm Cyril Suk
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
2nd round

08th. ZimbabweZimbabwe Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
2nd round
No. pairing Round reached
09. AustraliaAustralia Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

10. AustraliaAustralia Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley
AustraliaAustralia 
Semifinals

11. NetherlandsNetherlands Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikow
RussiaRussia 
final

12. South AfricaSouth Africa Chris Haggard Robbie Koenig
South AfricaSouth Africa 
2nd round

13. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Round of 16

14th Czech RepublicCzech Republic František Čermák Leoš Friedl
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Round of 16

15th United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Nenad Zimonjić
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro 
2nd round

16. ArgentinaArgentina Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez
ArgentinaArgentina 
Quarter finals

Ladies doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
final
02. BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
victory
03. United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16
04th ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
Semifinals

05. Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokic Nadja Petrowa
RussiaRussia 
Round of 16

06th RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navrátilová
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

07th HungaryHungary Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch
AustriaAustria 
Round of 16

08th. South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleewa
BulgariaBulgaria 
1 round
No. pairing Round reached
09. SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Chanda Rubin
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals

10. SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
1 round

11. SlovakiaSlovakia Janette Husárová Barbara Schett
AustriaAustria 
Quarter finals

12. FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Émilie Loit
FranceFrance 
Quarter finals

13. SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
2nd round

14th JapanJapan Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi
JapanJapan 
2nd round

15th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Round of 16

16. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya
IndonesiaIndonesia 
1 round

Mixed

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
Semifinals
02. United StatesUnited States Mike Bryan Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
victory
03. IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
final
04th ZimbabweZimbabwe Wayne Black Cara Black
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
Semifinals
No. pairing Round reached
05. United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
1 round

06th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Cibulec Janette Husárová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
1 round

07th IndiaIndia Leander Paes Martina Navrátilová
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

08th. United StatesUnited States Jared Palmer Svetlana Kuznetsova
RussiaRussia 
Round of 16

Web links

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