WTA Championships 2003
| WTA Championships 2003 | |
| date | November 5, 2003 - November 10, 2003 |
| Edition | 33 |
| navigation | 2002 ◄ 2003 ► 2004 |
| WTA tour | |
|---|---|
| venue | Los Angeles United States
|
| Tournament number | 808 |
| category | WTA Tour Championships |
| Tournament type | Indoor tournament |
| Game surface | Hard court |
| draw | 8E / 4D |
| Prize money | US $ 3,000,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Last year's winner (individual) |
 Kim Clijsters
|
| Last year's winner (double) |
 Jelena Dementjewa Janette Husárová
|
| Winner (singles) |
Kim Clijsters
|
| Winner (doubles) |
 Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
|
| Player representatives |
Jelena Dementjewa
|
| As of October 9, 2013 | |
The 2003 WTA Championships (also known as the Bank of America WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche ) were an indoor hard court tennis tournament for women in Los Angeles , United States . The tournament took place from November 5th to 10th, 2003 at the Staples Center .
Kim Clijsters in singles and the duo Jelena Dementjewa and Janette Husárová in doubles were the defending champions.
The individual winner was Kim Clijsters, who defeated Amélie Mauresmo 6: 2 and 6: 0. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez secured the double title against Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama 6: 4, 3: 6 and 6: 3.
singles
qualification
The eight best placed women on the WTA Tour qualified for this competition. There were also two reservists.
| Individual WTA Race on November 3, 2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Points | Tournaments | Qualification date |
| 1 |
Justine Henin-Hardenne
|
6,418 | September 3, 2003 | |
| 2 |
Kim Clijsters
|
6,348 | September 3, 2003 | |
| 3 |
Serena Williams 1
|
3,916 | September 3, 2003 | |
| 4th |
Lindsay Davenport 1st
|
2,990 | ||
| 5 |
 Amélie Mauresmo
|
2,736 | ||
| 6th |
Jennifer Capriati
|
2,471 | October 16, 2003 | |
| 7th |
Anastassija Myskina
|
2,432 | October 31, 2003 | |
| 8th |
Jelena Dementjewa
|
2,324 | October 27, 2003 | |
| 9 |
 Ai Sugiyama
|
2,239 | October 31, 2003 | |
| 10 |
Venus Williams 1
|
2.211 | October 31, 2003 | |
| 11 |
Chanda Ruby
|
2,169 | November 2, 2003 | |
| 12 |
Nadia Petrova
|
2.005 | ||
| 13 |
Vera Swonaryova
|
1,832 | ||
| 14th |
Paola Suarez
|
1,533 | ||
| 15th |
;_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg){kind=small} Jelena Dokic
|
1,472 | ||
| 16 |
 Anna Smaschnowa-Pistolesi
|
1,361 | ||
| 17th |
Meghann Shaughnessy
|
1,357 | ||
| 18th |
Conchita Martinez
|
1,320 | ||
| 19th |
Daniela Hantuchová
|
1,277 | ||
| 20th |
 Francesca Schiavone
|
1,272 | ||
- 1 Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport could not take part because of an injury.
Competition mode
In the round-robin phase (Engl. Round Robin ), played four players in two groups each against all. The top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals, which were played according to the knockout system . The winner of each group played against the second in the other group and the winners of those games played the final.
Seeding list
|
|
Semi-finals, finals
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Kim Clijsters
|
4th | 6th | 6th | ||||||||
| 3 | Jennifer Capriati
|
6th | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | Kim Clijsters
|
6th | 6th | |||||||||
| 4th | Amélie Mauresmo
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2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4th | Amélie Mauresmo
|
7th | 3 | 6th | ||||||||
| 2 | Justine Henin-Hardenne
|
6 2 | 6th | 3 | ||||||||
Red group
| Clijsters | Mauresmo | Dementieva | ruby | Round Robin S-N |
Sentences S-N |
Play S-N |
Item | ||
| 1 |
Kim Clijsters
|
3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 | 6: 2, 6: 2 | 6: 4, 6: 4 | 3-0 | 6: 1 | 39:26 | 1 | |
| 4th |
Amélie Mauresmo
|
6: 3, 4: 6, 4: 6 | 6: 3, 6: 2 | 6: 4, 4: 6, 2: 6 | 1: 2 | 4: 4 | 38:36 | 2 | |
| 6th |
Jelena Dementjewa
|
2: 6, 2: 6 | 3: 6, 2: 6 | 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 5 | 26:34 | 4th | |
| 7th |
Chanda Ruby
|
4: 6, 4: 6 | 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2 | 6: 4, 5: 7, 1: 6 | 1: 2 | 3: 5 | 36:41 | 3 |
Black group
| Henin-Hardenne | Capriati | Myskina | Sugiyama | Round Robin S-N |
Sentences S-N |
Play S-N |
Item | ||
| 2 |
Justine Henin-Hardenne
|
6: 2, 6: 1 | 7: 5, 5: 7, 7: 5 | 2: 6, 4: 6 | 2: 1 | 4: 3 | 37:32 | 1 | |
| 3 |
Jennifer Capriati
|
2: 6, 1: 6 | 7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 4 | 7: 5, 7: 6 3 | 2: 1 | 4: 3 | 35:39 | 2 | |
| 5 |
Anastassija Myskina
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5: 7, 7: 5, 5: 7 | 5: 7, 7: 5, 4: 6 | 6: 4, 6: 3 | 1: 2 | 4: 4 | 45:44 | 3 | |
| 8th |
Ai Sugiyama
|
6: 2, 6: 4 | 5: 7, 6: 7 3 | 4: 6, 3: 6 | 1: 2 | 2: 4 | 30:32 | 4th |
Double
qualification
The four best placed double pairings of the WTA Tour qualified for this competition.
| WTA-Race in doubles on November 3rd, 2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | pairing | Points | Tournaments | Qualification date |
| 1 |
Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
|
4,077 | ||
| 2 |
Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama
|
3,928 | ||
| 3 |
Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navrátilová
|
2,695 | October 16, 2003 | |
| 4th |
Lindsay Davenport 1 Lisa Raymond
|
2,329 | ||
| 5 |
 Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
|
1,962 | ||
| 6th |
 Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleewa
|
1,523 | ||
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} María Vento-Kabchi Angelique Widjaja
|
1,099 | ||
| 8th |
Serena Williams Venus Williams
|
938 | ||
| 9 |
Jelena Dementjewa Lina Krasnoruzkaja
|
908 | ||
| 10 |
 Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch
|
873 | ||
- 1 Lindsay Davenport was unable to race because of an injury.
Competition mode
The tournament winners were determined according to the knockout system.
Seeding list
|
Semi-finals, finals
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama
|
6th | 6th | |||||||||
| Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
|
3 | 4th | ||||||||||
| Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama
|
4th | 6th | 3 | |||||||||
| Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
|
6th | 3 | 6th | |||||||||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navrátilová
|
4th | 4th | ||||||||||
| 2 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
|
6th | 6th | |||||||||
Web links
- Official website WTA Championships (English)
- WTA Championships 2003 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Notes & Netcords: November 3, 2003 (PDF; 906 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Clijsters, Henin-Hardenne, and S. Williams First To Qualify For Season Ending Championships (PDF; 24 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Navratilova and Capriati Qualify for Season Ending Championships (PDF; 24 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Final Spots Decided In Season Ending Championships (PDF; 21 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Dementieva Qualifies for Season Ending Championships (PDF; 24 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Rubin Replaces V. Williams in Season Ending Championships (PDF; 21 KB)