2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2003 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Roger Federer
Runner-up	Mark Philippoussis
Score	7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Details
Draw	128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Roger Federer defeated Mark Philippoussis in the final, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2, 7–6^(7–3) to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was his first major title, the first of a record eight gentlemen's singles titles at Wimbledon, and the first of 20 major men's singles titles overall. He lost just one set during the tournament, to Mardy Fish in the third round.

Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Ivo Karlović. As a result, Hewitt became one of only two defending Wimbledon men's singles champions to lose in the first round of their defence, the other being Manuel Santana in 1967. As per tradition, the defending champion Hewitt was playing the opening match on Centre Court – a situation he had willingly avoided the previous year (when the reigning champion Goran Ivanišević withdrew) out of fear of the unpredictability of fresh grass.^[2]

With the losses of Hewitt, Andre Agassi and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the fourth round, a first-time major champion was guaranteed. This marked the first time in the Open Era that none of the quarterfinalists in a major had previously won a major singles title.^[3]

This tournament marked the major main draw debut of future 22-time major champion and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal (who was also the youngest player in the draw);^[3] he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan in the third round. It was also notable for the absence of seven-time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras, who had yet to announce his official retirement following his final match at the 2002 US Open. The 2003 Championships was also the first time that bowing to the Royal Box on Centre Court was no longer required by the players.

Seeds edit

01.

Lleyton Hewitt (first round)

02.

Andre Agassi (fourth round)

03.

Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round)

04.

Roger Federer (champion)

05.

Andy Roddick (semifinals)

06.

David Nalbandian (fourth round)

07.

Guillermo Coria (first round)

08.

Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals)

09.

Rainer Schüttler (fourth round)

10.

Tim Henman (quarterfinals)

11.

Jiří Novák (third round)

12.

Paradorn Srichaphan (fourth round)

13.

Sébastien Grosjean (semifinals)

14.

Xavier Malisse (first round)

15.

Arnaud Clément (second round)

16.

Mikhail Youzhny (second round)

17.

Gustavo Kuerten (second round)

18.

Marat Safin (withdrew)

19.

Fernando González (first round)

20.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)

21.

Martin Verkerk (first round)

22.

Félix Mantilla (first round)

23.

Agustín Calleri (second round)

24.

Albert Costa (withdrew)

25.

Tommy Robredo (third round)

26.

James Blake (second round)

27.

Younes El Aynaoui (third round)

28.

Wayne Ferreira (first round)

29.

Gastón Gaudio (first round)

30.

Jarkko Nieminen (third round)

31.

Vince Spadea (first round)

32.

Juan Ignacio Chela (second round)

33.

Nikolay Davydenko (first round)

34.

Àlex Corretja (withdrew)

35.

Radek Štěpánek (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Albert Costa and Marat Safin withdrew due to injury. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Nikolay Davydenko and Àlex Corretja, who became the #33 and #34 seeds respectively. Corretja subsequently withdrew due to personal reasons and was replaced by the next highest non-seeded player Radek Štěpánek, who became the #35 seed.

Qualifying edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals							Semifinals					Final

	Jonas Björkman	4	2	4

5	Andy Roddick	6	6	6
							5	Andy Roddick	6⁶	3	3

							4	Roger Federer	7⁸	6	6
4	Roger Federer	6	6	6

8	Sjeng Schalken	3	4	4
												4	Roger Federer	7⁷	6	7⁷

													Mark Philippoussis	6⁵	2	6³
10	Tim Henman	6⁸	6	3	4

13	Sébastien Grosjean	7¹⁰	3	6	6
							13	Sébastien Grosjean	6³	3	3

								Mark Philippoussis	7⁷	6	6
PR	Alexander Popp	6	6	3	3	6

	Mark Philippoussis	4	4	6	6	8

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

1	Lleyton Hewitt	6	6⁵	3	4
Q	Ivo Karlović	1	7⁷	6	6		Q	I Karlović	6	7⁷	5	6
Q	Ivo Heuberger	6⁸	3	6	6²		Q	P Baccanello	4	6³	7	2
Q	Paul Baccanello	7¹⁰	6	3	7⁷									Q	I Karlović	6⁵	6	3	6⁴
	Taylor Dent	5	6	3	5										M Mirnyi	7⁷	3	6	7⁷
	Ivan Ljubičić	7	3	6	7			I Ljubičić	3	4	6	2
	Max Mirnyi	6	6	6				M Mirnyi	6	6	2	6
31	Vince Spadea	2	4	4																	M Mirnyi	4	6	3	6⁴
19	Fernando González	3	4	6⁶																	J Björkman	6	3	6	7⁷
	Jürgen Melzer	6	6	7⁸				J Melzer	4	2	6	3
Q	Petr Luxa	3	6⁶	2				J Björkman	6	6	2	6
	Jonas Björkman	6	7⁸	6											J Björkman	6	6	6
	Irakli Labadze	2	2	4											J Gimelstob	1	3	3
	Justin Gimelstob	6	6	6				J Gimelstob	2	6	6	6²	6
	Robby Ginepri	3	6	6²	7⁷	8	15	A Clément	6	3	4	7⁷	1
15	Arnaud Clément	6	4	7⁷	6³	10

Section 2 edit

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

12	Paradorn Srichaphan	6	6	4	3	6
	Dominik Hrbatý	3	4	6	6	3	12	P Srichaphan	4	1	7⁷	7	7
	Olivier Mutis	4	0	6	7⁷	6		O Mutis	6	6	6⁴	5	5
	Franco Squillari	6	6	4	6¹	3								12	P Srichaphan	6	6	6
	Rafael Nadal	6	6	4	6										R Nadal	4	4	2
	Mario Ančić	3	4	6	4			R Nadal	6	6	6
WC	Lee Childs	2	7⁷	1	7⁷	6	WC	L Childs	2	4	3
33	Nikolay Davydenko	6	6²	6	6⁵	2													12	P Srichaphan	4	6	3	2
25	Tommy Robredo	3	6	7⁸	6														5	A Roddick	6	3	6	6
	José Acasuso	6	3	6⁶	4		25	T Robredo	6	6	6
	Brian Vahaly	2	6	6	6			B Vahaly	4	4	2
	Filippo Volandri	6	1	4	4									25	T Robredo	6⁵	4	4
	Alexander Waske	6⁶	5	6⁷										5	A Roddick	7⁷	6	6
	Greg Rusedski	7⁸	7	7⁹				G Rusedski	6⁴	6¹	5
	Davide Sanguinetti	2	3	3			5	A Roddick	7⁷	7⁷	7
5	Andy Roddick	6	6	6

Section 3 edit

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

4	Roger Federer	6	6	7⁷
	Hyung-taik Lee	3	3	6²		4	R Federer	7	6	6
	Stefan Koubek	4	6	6	6		S Koubek	5	1	1
	Christophe Rochus	6	3	1	1								4	R Federer	6	6	4	6
	Jan-Michael Gambill	6	6	6										M Fish	3	1	6	1
LL	Igor Kunitsyn	3	2	4			J-M Gambill	4	4	1
	Mardy Fish	6	4	6	6		M Fish	6	6	6
29	Gastón Gaudio	2	6	3	3														4	R Federer	7⁷	6	6
23	Agustín Calleri	6	7	1																F López	6⁵	4	4
	Adrian Voinea	2	5	0^r		23	A Calleri	4	7¹⁵	2	7⁷	8
	Flávio Saretta	6	6	6			F Saretta	6	6¹³	6	6⁵	10
WC	Alan Mackin	2	4	2										F Saretta	4	4	4
	Feliciano López	6	6	7⁷										F López	6	6	6
LL	Robert Kendrick	3	4	6⁴			F López	7⁷	6	6
	Karol Beck	4	2	3		16	M Youzhny	6⁵	3	2
16	Mikhail Youzhny	6	6	6

Section 4 edit

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

9	Rainer Schüttler	6	6	6⁴	7
	Michel Kratochvil	3	4	7⁷	5		9	R Schüttler	6	6	6
	Andreas Vinciguerra	6	3	6	2	2		F Santoro	2	3	3
	Fabrice Santoro	4	6	2	6	6								9	R Schüttler	4	7	6¹	6	7
	Fernando Vicente	7⁷	4	6	6⁶	4									T Martin	6	5	7⁷	1	5
	Todd Martin	6⁴	6	2	7⁸	6		T Martin	7⁷	6	6
	John van Lottum	6	2^r				17	G Kuerten	6⁴	4	4
17	Gustavo Kuerten	2	3																		9	R Schüttler	5	4	5
32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6	6	6																	8	S Schalken	7	6	7
	Tomas Behrend	4	2	3			32	JI Chela	2	1	4
LL	Victor Hănescu	7⁷	6	6			LL	V Hănescu	6	6	6
	Albert Portas	6⁴	0	0										LL	V Hănescu	2	4	6³
	Kenneth Carlsen	3	4	6	4									8	S Schalken	6	6	7⁷
	Nicolás Lapentti	6	6	3	6			N Lapentti	2	6	7⁷	6⁴	3
WC	Arvind Parmar	3	4	1			8	S Schalken	6	3	6³	7⁷	6
8	Sjeng Schalken	6	6	6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round						Second round						Third round							Fourth round

6	David Nalbandian	7	6	6
	Vladimir Voltchkov	5	4	2		6	D Nalbandian	6	7	6
	André Sá	6	3				A Sá	2	5	2
	Mariano Puerta	2	2^r									6	D Nalbandian	6	5	6¹	6	6
Q	Dick Norman	6⁸	4	6³									K Kučera	4	7	7⁷	4	2
Q	Takao Suzuki	7¹⁰	6	7⁷		Q	T Suzuki	3	5	2
	Karol Kučera	6	6	6			K Kučera	6	7	6
28	Wayne Ferreira	1	2	4															6	D Nalbandian	2	7⁷	5	3
21	Martin Verkerk	3	4	7⁷	1														10	T Henman	6	6⁴	7	6
Q	Robin Söderling	6	6	6⁵	6	Q	R Söderling	2	7¹⁰	6	6
Q	Gilles Elseneer	3	6	6	6	Q	G Elseneer	6	6⁸	4	3
	Nicolas Kiefer	6	3	4	4							Q	R Söderling	3	1	4
	David Sánchez	3	4	7¹⁰	3							10	T Henman	6	6	6
Q	Michaël Llodra	6	6	6⁸	6	Q	M Llodra	4	4	3
LL	Tomáš Zíb	2	6¹¹	6	1	10	T Henman	6	6	6
10	Tim Henman	6	7¹³	3	6

Section 6 edit

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

13	Sébastien Grosjean	4	6	6	7⁷
	Thomas Enqvist	6	3	4	6⁴	13	S Grosjean	6	6	6¹²	6
	Alberto Martín	6³	1	6⁴			W Arthurs	3	4	7¹⁴	3
	Wayne Arthurs	7⁷	6	7⁷									13	S Grosjean	6⁵	6	6	6
Q	Wesley Moodie	6	6	6									Q	W Moodie	7⁷	2	4	4
	Marc Rosset	4	4	4		Q	W Moodie	7¹⁰	4	2	6	7
Q	Frédéric Niemeyer	6	7⁸	4	7⁷	Q	F Niemeyer	6⁸	6	6	1	5
22	Félix Mantilla	4	6⁶	6	6³														13	S Grosjean	6	4	7⁷	7⁷
26	James Blake	6	6	6															3	JC Ferrero	2	6	6²	6³
Q	Todd Larkham	3	1	1		26	J Blake	2	6³	2
	Sargis Sargsian	6	6	6			S Sargsian	6	7⁷	6
WC	Alex Bogdanovic	1	3	2										S Sargsian	4	4	6	4
	Nicolas Escudé	7⁹	6	7⁷									3	JC Ferrero	6	6	2	6
Q	Konstantinos Economidis	6⁷	4	6⁵			N Escudé	7⁷	3	3	0^r
	Jean-René Lisnard	2	1	3		3	JC Ferrero	6⁵	6	6	0
3	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6	6	6

Section 7 edit

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

7	Guillermo Coria	5	6⁴	3
	Olivier Rochus	7	7⁷	6				O Rochus	2	6	4	7⁷	6
WC	Richard Bloomfield	4	6⁶	3				A Dupuis	6	3	6	6⁵	4
	Antony Dupuis	6	7⁸	6											O Rochus	7⁷	6	6
LL	Stefano Galvani	6	2	1	6	8								30	J Nieminen	6⁵	3	1
	Julien Boutter	3	6	6	2	6	LL	S Galvani	4	7	4	6³
Q	Fernando Verdasco	7¹⁰	4	6	3	3	30	J Nieminen	6	5	6	7⁷
30	Jarkko Nieminen	6⁸	6	4	6	6														O Rochus	7	3	4	2
20	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5	6	6	2	3													PR	A Popp	5	6	6	6
	Raemon Sluiter	7	3	2	6	6		R Sluiter	6⁴	6	3	7⁷	2
	Hicham Arazi	4	6⁵	3			PR	A Popp	7⁷	4	6	6⁵	6
PR	Alexander Popp	6	7⁷	6										PR	A Popp	6	6	7⁷
	David Ferrer	1	6	6	6									11	J Novák	3	4	6³
WC	Martin Lee	6	3	1	2			D Ferrer	2	5	3
	Luis Horna	6	6¹	1	1		11	J Novák	6	7	6
11	Jiří Novák	3	7⁷	6	6

Section 8 edit

First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round

14	Xavier Malisse	4	3	2
Q	Cyril Saulnier	6	6	6		Q	C Saulnier	3	2	6²
	Mariano Zabaleta	3	6	3	2		M Philippoussis	6	6	7⁷
	Mark Philippoussis	6	4	6	6								M Philippoussis	4	7⁹	6	7⁸
	Scott Draper	7⁷	4	6	6							35	R Štěpánek	6	6⁷	4	6⁶
	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6⁵	6	3	4		S Draper	6⁶	3	1
Q	Michal Mertiňák	6⁶	4	4		35	R Štěpánek	7⁸	6	6
35	Radek Štěpánek	7⁸	6	6															M Philippoussis	6	2	6⁴	6	6
27	Younes El Aynaoui	6	6	6														2	A Agassi	3	6	7⁷	3	4
WC	Mark Hilton	3	2	4		27	Y El Aynaoui	7⁷	3	7⁷	6
	Zeljko Krajan	1	1	1			N Massú	6⁵	6	6⁴	4
	Nicolás Massú	6	6	6								27	Y El Aynaoui	7	4	6⁴	6⁴
	Lars Burgsmüller	6	7⁷	4	6							2	A Agassi	5	6	7⁷	7⁷
	Albert Montañés	3	6⁵	6	2		L Burgsmüller	3	6⁴	3
WC	Jamie Delgado	4	0	7	4	2	A Agassi	6	7⁷	6
2	Andre Agassi	6	6	5	6

References edit

^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
^ Harman, Neil (2004). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2004. London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135 39 7.
^ ^a ^b Parsons, John (2003). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2003. London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135-29-X.

External links edit

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
"Wimbledon 2003 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by 2003 French Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2003 US Open – Men's singles

[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

[2] Harman, Neil (2004). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2004. London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135 39 7.

[:0-3] Parsons, John (2003). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2003. London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135-29-X.

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