2003 Generali Ladies Linz

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.

2003 Generali Ladies Linz
Date	18–26 October
Edition	17th
Category	Tier II Series
Prize money	USD $585,000
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Linz, Austria
Venue	TipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Ai Sugiyama
Doubles
Liezel Huber / Ai Sugiyama

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

_{* per team}

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
RUS	Anastasia Myskina	9	1
JPN	Ai Sugiyama	11	2
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	12	3
RUS	Nadia Petrova	14	4
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	15	5
ISR	Anna Pistolesi	16	6
ARG	Paola Suárez	17	7
SUI	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
RSA	Liezel Huber	JPN	Ai Sugiyama	14	1	1
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	RUS	Nadia Petrova	10	11	2
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	ESP	Magüi Serna	26	39	3
AUT	Barbara Schett	SUI	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

Champions

Singles

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

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.

References

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