2003 Swisscom Challenge – Singles
# 2003 Swisscom Challenge – Singles

Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Jelena Dokic in the final, 6–0, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2003 Swisscom Challenge. With the win, Henin-Hardenne replaced Kim Clijsters as the world No. 1.

Patty Schnyder was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Dokic.

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Kim Clijsters (semifinals)
* Justine Henin-Hardenne (champion)
* Amélie Mauresmo (second round)
* Elena Dementieva (second round)
* Chanda Rubin (first round)
* Ai Sugiyama (second round)
* Vera Zvonareva (quarterfinals)
* Daniela Hantuchová (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kim Clijsters | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | Jelena Dokic | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Jelena Dokic | 1 | 6 | 6 | | Jelena Dokic | 0 | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 |
| | Nadia Petrova | 4 | 4 | | 2 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | K Clijsters | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Srebotnik | 6 | 2 | | Q | K Srebotnik | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Pierce | 0 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | 1 | K Clijsters | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | T Pisnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | T Pisnik | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer | 3 | 0 | | Q | T Pisnik | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Serna | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | A Sugiyama | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | K Clijsters | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Dokic | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | A Mauresmo | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Daniilidou | 3 | 3 | | | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Schnyder | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | M Casanova | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | J Dokic | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Stevenson | 3 | 7 | 6 | | A Stevenson | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Dokic | 6 | 5 | 6 | | J Dokic | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | C Rubin | 1 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | D Hantuchová | $6^2$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Suárez | $7^7$ | 7 | | | P Suárez | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Bovina | 6 | 6 | | | E Bovina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Molik | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | E Bovina | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | MG Mikaelian | 3 | 1 | | | N Petrova | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | E Dementieva | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Petrova | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | V Zvonareva | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 |
| | M Shaughnessy | 0 | 6 | $6^3$ | 7 | V Zvonareva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Martínez | 6 | 4 | 1 | Q | A Frazier | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Frazier | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 7 | V Zvonareva | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Farina Elia | 2 | 5 | | | | | | 2 | J Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Pistolesi | 6 | 7 | | | A Pistolesi | 1 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Henin-Hardenne | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Qualifying seeds

* Francesca Schiavone (withdrew due to a shoulder injury)
* Magüi Serna (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
* Lisa Raymond (Still competing at Filderstadt)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (qualifying competition)
* Elena Likhovtseva (qualifying competition)
* Katarina Srebotnik (qualified)
* Alicia Molik (qualified)
* Tina Pisnik (qualified)
* Fabiola Zuluaga (first round)
* Denisa Chládková (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Katarina Srebotnik
* Tina Pisnik
* Amy Frazier
* Alicia Molik

### Lucky loser

* Magüi Serna

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Fabiola Zuluaga | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tatiana Perebiynis | 4 | 6 | 6 | Tatiana Perebiynis | Tatiana Perebiynis | $6^5$ | 0 | | | | | |
| Rita Grande | Rita Grande | $7^8$ | 0 | 6 | Rita Grande | Rita Grande | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Silvija Talaja | Silvija Talaja | $6^6$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | Rita Grande | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Alt | Caroline Dhenin | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 6 | Katarina Srebotnik | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| WC | Tina Schmassmann | 7 | 4 | 4 | Alt | Caroline Dhenin | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| Alt | Stephanie Gehrlein | $7^9$ | 3 | 1 | 6 | Katarina Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Katarina Srebotnik | $6^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Magüi Serna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 4 | 3 | | 2 | Magüi Serna | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Sandra Kleinová | Sandra Kleinová | 7 | 1 | 6 | | Sandra Kleinová | 0 | 5 | | | | |
| Maja Matevžič | Maja Matevžič | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | 2 | Magüi Serna | $6^5$ | 5 |
| Klára Koukalová | Klára Koukalová | w/o | | | | | | | 8 | Tina Pisnik | $7^7$ | 7 |
| Cara Black | Cara Black | | | | | Klára Koukalová | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| Alt | Els Callens | 5 | $6^6$ | | 8 | Tina Pisnik | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Tina Pisnik | 7 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Denisa Chládková | 4 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Timea Bacsinszky | 6 | $6^2$ | 6 | WC | Timea Bacsinszky | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| Marlene Weingärtner | Marlene Weingärtner | 5 | 3 | | | Amy Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Amy Frazier | Amy Frazier | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | Amy Frazier | 6 | 6 |
| | Anca Barna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | Elena Likhovtseva | 3 | 2 |
| Alt | Iveta Benešová | 2 | 2 | | | Anca Barna | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | Nicole Pratt | 2 | 3 | | 5 | Elena Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Elena Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Julia Vakulenko | $6^8$ | 6 | 6 | | Julia Vakulenko | 0 | $0^r$ | | | | |
| Alt | Sonya Jeyaseelan | $7^{10}$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | 4 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 4 | 4 |
| Ľudmila Cervanová | Ľudmila Cervanová | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | Alicia Molik | 6 | 6 |
| Laura Granville | Laura Granville | 6 | 6 | | | Laura Granville | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | Karolina Šprem | $6^3$ | 1 | | 7 | Alicia Molik | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Alicia Molik | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
