2003 Australian Open
# 2003 Australian Open

The 2003 Australian Open was a tennis tournament held in 2003. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2003 ATP Tour and the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 91st edition of the event and attracted 512,225 spectators.

Thomas Johansson could not defend his 2002 title due to an injury which would rule him out for all of 2003. Jennifer Capriati was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the first round by German Marlene Weingärtner. Andre Agassi won his fourth Australian Open and final Grand Slam title, defeating Rainer Schüttler in a lopsided final. Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus in the final in three sets, to win her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once.

## Seniors

### Men's singles

Andre Agassi defeated Rainer Schüttler, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1

* It was Agassi's 8th (and last) career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title (an Open Era record until it was broken by Novak Djokovic in 2015).

### Women's singles

Serena Williams defeated Venus Williams, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 3–6, 6–4

* It was Serena's 5th career Grand Slam title, her 4th in a row, and her 1st Australian Open title. this also marks Serena claiming a Career Grand Slam and first of two Serena Slams.

### Men's doubles

Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

### Women's doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

### Mixed doubles

Martina Navratilova / Leander Paes defeated Eleni Daniilidou / Todd Woodbridge, 6–4, 7–5

## Juniors

### Boys' singles

Marcos Baghdatis def. Florin Mergea, 6–4, 6–4

### Girls' singles

Barbora Strýcová defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova, 0–6, 6–2, 6–2

### Boys' doubles

Scott Oudsema / Phillip Simmonds defeated Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău, 6–4, 6–4

### Girls' doubles

Casey Dellacqua / Adriana Szili defeated Petra Cetkovská / Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 4–4, ret.

## Wheelchair

### Men's wheelchair singles

David Hall defeated Robin Ammerlaan, 6–1, 7-6

### Women's wheelchair singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Daniela Di Toro, 2–6, 6–0, 6-3

## Seeds

Withdrawn players: Tim Henman, Tommy Haas, Thomas Johansson, Marcelo Ríos, Greg Rusedski, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Arnaud Clément; Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Jelena Dokic.

