2003 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)
# 2003 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

The 2003 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 14th and last edition of the tournament and was held from 22 September until 28 September 2003.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| BEL | Kim Clijsters | 1 | 1 |
| BEL | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 2 | 2 |
| RUS | Anastasia Myskina | 10 | 3 |
| BUL | Magdalena Maleeva | 11 | 4 |
| SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 12 | 5 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 15 | 6 |
| USA | Meghann Shaughnessy | 17 | 7 |
| ITA | Silvia Farina Elia | 20 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 15 September 2003.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Elke Clijsters
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld
* Barbara Schett

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

* Els Callens
* Sandra Kleinová
* Jelena Kostanić
* María Vento-Kabchi

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | USA | Martina Navratilova | 15 | 1 |
| RUS | Elena Likhovtseva | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 24 | 2 |
| BEL | Els Callens | SVK | Janette Husárová | 41 | 3 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | FR Yugoslavia | Jelena Dokic | 47 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of 15 September 2003.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Vanessa Henke / Caroline Schneider

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

* Anikó Kapros / Lydia Steinbach

## Finals

### Singles

* Anastasia Myskina defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

### Doubles

* Svetlana Kuznetsova / Martina Navratilova defeated Elena Likhovtseva / Nadia Petrova, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
