2003 Generali Ladies Linz Explained

The 2003 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2003 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from October 23–30, 2003 at the TipsArena Linz. Ai Sugiyama won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	195	137	88	49	25	1	11.75	6.75	4	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$95,500	$51,000	$27,300	$14,600	$7,820	$4,175	$2,230	$1,195	$640
Doubles *	$30,000	$16,120	$8,620	$4,610	$2,465

• per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
Russian Federation	Anastasia Myskina	9	1
Japan	Ai Sugiyama	11	2
Russian Federation	Vera Zvonareva	12	3
Russian Federation	Nadia Petrova	14	4
Slovakia	Daniela Hantuchová	15	5
Israel	Anna Pistolesi	16	6
Argentina	Paola Suárez	17	7
	Patty Schnyder	18	8

Rankings are as of 10 October 2003.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Sybille Bammer
• Karolina Šprem
• Barbara Schett

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ľudmila Cervanová
• Sonya Jeyaseelan
• Klára Koukalová
• Maja Matevžič

Withdrawals

• Justine Henin-Hardenne → replaced by Marion Bartoli
• Conchita Martínez → replaced by Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian
• Serena Williams → replaced by Alexandra Stevenson

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Player 1 Rank	Player 2 Rank	Seed
	Liezel Huber	Japan	Ai Sugiyama	14	1	1
Russian Federation	Elena Likhovtseva	Russian Federation	Nadia Petrova	10	11	2
Slovakia	Daniela Hantuchová	Spain	Magüi Serna	26	39	3
Austria	Barbara Schett		Patty Schnyder	37	40	4

Rankings are as of 10 October 2003

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Verena Amesbauer / Daniela Kix

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2003 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles. Ai Sugiyama defeated Nadia Petrova, 7–5, 6–4.^[1]

• It was Sugiyama's 5th WTA singles title, and second title of the year.

Doubles

See main article: 2003 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles. Liezel Huber / Ai Sugiyama defeated Marion Bartoli / Silvia Farina Elia, 6–2, 7–6^(8–6).

• It was Huber's 9th WTA doubles title, and fifth of the year. It was Sugiyama's 28th WTA doubles title, and eighth of the year. This was the first and only doubles titles they won together as a pair.

Notes and References

1. News: Sugiyama lifts Linz title. 5 June 2020. ABC News. 27 October 2003. Linz.