2003 Qatar Total Fina Elf Open Explained

The 2003 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the event and part of the WTA Tier III series of the 2003 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 10 and 16 February 2003.

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	120	85	55	30	16	1	?	3.75	2.25	1
Doubles	120	85	55	30	1		?

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$27,000	$14,500	$7,500	$4,000	$2,200	$1,300	$650	$350	$200
Doubles *	$8,000	$4,250	$2,250	$1,225	$650

per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
	Monica Seles	9	1
Russian Federation	Anastasia Myskina	11	2
	Magdalena Maleeva	14	3
Thailand	Tamarine Tanasugarn	32	4
Russian Federation	Elena Likhovtseva	36	5
Italy	Francesca Schiavone	37	6
Spain	Conchita Martínez	39	7
Australia	Nicole Pratt	44	8

¹ Rankings as of February 3, 2003.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Retirements

Conchita Martínez (left achilles)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
	Cara Black	Russian Federation	Elena Likhovtseva	17	1
Hungary	Petra Mandula	Austria	Patricia Wartusch	48	2
	Janet Lee		Wynne Prakusya	50	3
Russian Federation	Svetlana Kuznetsova		Martina Navratilova	67	4