2003 China Open (tennis)
# 2003 China Open (tennis)

The 2003 Polo Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Shanghai, China. It was the 5th edition of the China Open, and was a Tier II tournament on the 2003 WTA Tour. The tournament was played between 15 – 21 September 2003. First-seeded Elena Dementieva won the singles title.

The tournament was not part of the 2003 ATP Tour, as no male events took place.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| RUS | Elena Dementieva | 9 | 1 |
| USA | Chanda Rubin | 10 | 2 |
| JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 12 | 3 |
| ESP | Conchita Martínez | 13 | 4 |
| FR Yugoslavia | Jelena Dokic | 21 | 5 |
| AUS | Alicia Molik | 38 | 6 |
| FRA | Émilie Loit | 41 | 7 |
| ZIM | Cara Black | 44 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 8 September 2003.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Sun Tiantian
* Zheng Jie

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

* Tathiana Garbin
* Jelena Janković
* Rossana Neffa-de los Ríos
* Martina Suchá

The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:

* Jill Craybas

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ESP | Conchita Martínez | INA | Angelique Widjaja | 51 | 1 |
| ZIM | Cara Black | AUS | Alicia Molik | 57 | 2 |
| HUN | Petra Mandula | AUT | Barbara Schett | 60 | 3 |
| SUI | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | USA | Chanda Rubin | 65 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of 8 September 2003.

### Other entrants

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

* Aiko Nakamura / Seiko Okamoto

The following pairs received entry as lucky losers into the doubles main draw:

* Dong Yanhua / Zhang Yao

## Finals

### Singles

Elena Dementieva defeated Chanda Rubin, 6–3, $7–6^{(8–6)}$

### Doubles

Émilie Loit / Nicole Pratt defeated Ai Sugiyama / Tamarine Tanasugarn, 6–3, 6–3

