2003 Hyderabad Open
Encyclopedia
The 2003 Hyderabad Open was the first edition of the WTA
tournament held in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
, India organized for women's professional
tennis
. It was held from 3 February - 9 February.
Manisha Malhotra
Zheng Jie
Yuliya Beygelzimer Maria Kirilenko
Sania Mirza
Eugenia Kulikovskaya Antonella Serra Zanetti
Adriana Serra Zanetti
(THA
) defeated
Iroda Tulyaganova
(UZB
), 6-4, 6-4
(RUS
) / Iroda Tulyaganova
(UZB
) defeated
Eugenia Kulikovskaya (RUS
) /
Tatiana Poutchek
(BLR
), 6-4, 6-4
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
tournament held in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India organized for women's professional
Professional
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tennis
Tennis
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. It was held from 3 February - 9 February.
Seeds
| Seed | Country | Player name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Argentina |
Clarisa Fernandez Clarisa Fernandez Clarisa Fernández is a retired Argentine tennis player who is best known for her semi-final appearance at the 2002 French Open, the first Argentine since Sabatini in 1992 to reach that stage. Fernández was ranked 87th in the world at the time of her shocking result... |
| 2 |  Thailand |
Tamarine Tanasugarn Tamarine Tanasugarn Tamarine Tanasugarn is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, United States, and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles.... |
| 3 | Russia |
Elena Likhovtseva Elena Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva is a Russian tennis player, currently inactive. She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16.Likhovtseva's career best appearance in a Grand Slam was when she reached the semi finals of the French Open 2005 before she was defeated by Mary Pierce, 6–1 6–1... |
| 4 |  France |
Mary Pierce Mary Pierce Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles... |
| 5 | Uzbekistan |
Iroda Tulyaganova Iroda Tulyaganova Iroda Tulyaganova is a professional tennis player who comes from Uzbekistan.She has been ranked as high as No.16 on the WTA Tour and has won three WTA singles titles in her career... |
| 6 |  Spain |
Cristina Torrens Valero Cristina Torrens Valero Cristina Torrens Valero is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No. 27 on 4 March 2002.... |
| 7 |  Indonesia |
Angelique Widjaja Angelique Widjaja Angelique Widjaja is a retired Chinese Indonesian professional tennis player. She won the Junior Championships at Wimbledon in 2001, defeating Dinara Safina. She reached a peak of No.55 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings in March 2003, and a peak of No.15 in the doubles rankings... |
| 8 |  Croatia |
Silvija Talaja Silvija Talaja Silvija Talaja is a former Croatian professional tennis player.Her most successful year was 2000, when she won two WTA tournaments and received career-high ranking of number 18... |
Qualifiers
- These players got entry from the Qualifying Draw
Manisha Malhotra
Manisha Malhotra
Manisha Malhotra is an Indian former professional tennis player.-Career:Malhotra represented India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in Women's Doubles partnering Nirupama Vaidyanathan, but lost in the first round to Jelena Dokić and Rennae Stubbs.Malhotra had her most successful career in 2002, where...
Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie is a Chinese professional tennis player. Her career high ranking is World No. 15 which she achieved on May 18, 2009. As of August 15, 2011, Zheng is ranked World No. 65 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles....
Yuliya Beygelzimer Maria Kirilenko
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached no. 18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian...
Wildcards
- These players received Wildcards into the main draw
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...
Eugenia Kulikovskaya Antonella Serra Zanetti
Antonella Serra Zanetti
Antonella Serra Zanetti is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On January 30, 2006, Serra Zanetti achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 60.-Doubles :...
Adriana Serra Zanetti
Adriana Serra Zanetti
Adriana Serra Zanetti is a professional Italian tennis player. Sister of Antonella Serra Zanetti.Serra Zanetti's highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking is World No. 38, which she reached on 11 February 2002. Her career high ranking in doubles was World No. 69 on 17 June 2002.-External...
Singles
Tamarine TanasugarnTamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, United States, and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles....
(THA
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
) defeated
Iroda TulyaganovaIroda Tulyaganova
Iroda Tulyaganova is a professional tennis player who comes from Uzbekistan.She has been ranked as high as No.16 on the WTA Tour and has won three WTA singles titles in her career...
(UZB
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
), 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
Elena LikhovtsevaElena Likhovtseva
Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva is a Russian tennis player, currently inactive. She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16.Likhovtseva's career best appearance in a Grand Slam was when she reached the semi finals of the French Open 2005 before she was defeated by Mary Pierce, 6–1 6–1...
(RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) /
Iroda TulyaganovaIroda Tulyaganova
Iroda Tulyaganova is a professional tennis player who comes from Uzbekistan.She has been ranked as high as No.16 on the WTA Tour and has won three WTA singles titles in her career...
(UZB
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
) defeated
Eugenia Kulikovskaya (RUSRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) /
Tatiana PoutchekTatiana Poutchek
Tatiana Poutchek is a tennis player from Belarus. Her career high ranking is No. 55 in the world, achieved on July 22, 2002.Many of Poutchek's greatest career results have come in Tashkent reaching 1 singles final and 7 doubles finals winning 5. ....
(BLR
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
), 6-4, 6-4