2003 DFS Classic – Singles

November 2019 2003 DFS Classic BUL Magdalena Maleeva JPN Shinobu Asagoe 6–1, 6–4 56 (8 Q Qualifiers / 2 WC Wild Cards) 16 singles doubles Birmingham Classic (tennis) Birmingham Classic Jelena Dokić was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year. Magdalena Maleeva won the title, defeating Shinobu Asagoe in the final 6–1, 6–4. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round. RUS Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals) GRE Eleni Daniilidou (semifinals) BUL Magdalena Maleeva (champion) RUS Elena Bovina (second round) FRA Nathalie Dechy (second round) USA Lisa Raymond (third round) USA Alexandra Stevenson (second round) RUS Elena Likhovtseva (second round) USA Laura Granville (second round) THA Tamarine Tanasugarn (quarterfinals) SUI Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian (third round) CZE Dája Bedáňová (first round) FRA Émilie Loit (first round) KOR Cho Yoon-jeong (third round) AUS Nicole Pratt (first round) SLO Tina Pisnik (third round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 Q RUS Maria Sharapova 2 6 63   JPN Shinobu Asagoe 6 2 77 3 BUL Magdalena Maleeva 6 5 6 2 GRE Eleni Daniilidou 3 7 4   JPN Shinobu Asagoe 1 4   3 BUL Magdalena Maleeva 6 6   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   USA C Morariu 2 65   Q USA T Snyder 6 77     AUS E Dominikovic 62 6 77   FRA S Cohen-Aloro 77 1 63   FRA M Bartoli 6 6   13 FRA É Loit 1 3   11 SUI M-G Mikaelian 6 7   Q USA L Osterloh 4 5     CZE Z Ondrášková 6 3 7   JPN A Morigami 2 6 5   RUS E Kulikovskaya 1 1   Q RUS M Sharapova 6 6   1 RUS E Dementieva 7 6   Q USA T Snyder 5 1     AUS E Dominikovic         FRA M Bartoli w/o     11 SUI M-G Mikaelian 6 6     CZE Z Ondrášková 1 2   Q RUS M Sharapova 6 6   5 FRA N Dechy 3 2   1 RUS E Dementieva 4 6 6   FRA M Bartoli 6 3 4 11 SUI M-G Mikaelian 0 5   Q RUS M Sharapova 6 7   1 RUS E Dementieva 6 64 2 Q RUS M Sharapova 2 77 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   JPN S Asagoe 6 7     USA S Reeves 1 5     INA A Widjaja 6 65 7 LL INA W Prakusya 3 77 5   BEL E Callens 6 6   15 AUS N Pratt 3 2   12 CZE D Bedáňová 2 6 62 Q VEN 1930 M Vento-Kabchi 6 4 77 Q TPE J Lee 7 6     GER M Weingärtner 5 2     USA L Lee-Waters 6 2 3   FRA V Razzano 2 6 6 4 RUS E Bovina 3 3     JPN S Asagoe 6 6     INA A Widjaja 1 6 2   BEL E Callens 6 3 6 Q VEN 1930 M Vento-Kabchi 2 7 6 Q TPE J Lee 6 5 2   FRA V Razzano 3 7 6 7 USA A Stevenson 6 5 3   JPN S Asagoe 79 6     BEL E Callens 67 1   Q VEN 1930 M Vento-Kabchi 6 6     FRA V Razzano 3 3     JPN S Asagoe 4 6 77 Q VEN 1930 M Vento-Kabchi 6 2 63 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA S Foretz 6 6   LL ARG G Dulko 3 2     UKR T Perebiynis 7 6     ZIM C Black 5 1     USA A Cargill 2 2   9 USA L Granville 6 6   14 KOR Y-J Cho 6 2 6   SUI E Gagliardi 4 6 4 LL CAN V Webb 4 6 2   USA J Craybas 6 3 6 WC GBR J O'Donoghue 64 7 1 WC GBR E Baltacha 77 5 0r 8 RUS E Likhovtseva 3 4     FRA S Foretz 6 6     UKR T Perebiynis 6 2 6 9 USA L Granville 0 6 4 14 KOR Y-J Cho 7 7     USA J Craybas 5 5   WC GBR J O'Donoghue 2 4   3 BUL M Maleeva 6 6     FRA S Foretz 6 77     UKR T Perebiynis 3 64   14 KOR Y-J Cho 1 7 1 3 BUL M Maleeva 6 5 6   FRA S Foretz 77 2 3 3 BUL M Maleeva 65 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   RUS A Rodionova 6 6     CRO S Talaja 3 1     AUS A Molik 2 6 3 Q ITA R Vinci 6 3 6   ITA An Serra Zanetti 4 2   10 THA T Tanasugarn 6 6   16 SLO T Pisnik 6 5 6   JPN S Obata 1 7 2 LL ITA Ad Serra Zanetti 6 6     MAD D Randriantefy 4 3   Q USA M Tu 6 6   Q JPN Y Yoshida 4 2   6 USA L Raymond 6 6     RUS A Rodionova 3 3   Q ITA R Vinci 4 2   10 THA T Tanasugarn 6 6   16 SLO T Pisnik 6 6   LL ITA Ad Serra Zanetti 2 4   Q USA M Tu 5 1   2 GRE E Daniilidou 7 6   6 USA L Raymond 2 2   10 THA T Tanasugarn 6 6   16 SLO T Pisnik 4 6 2 2 GRE E Daniilidou 6 1 6 10 THA T Tanasugarn 6 65 64 2 GRE E Daniilidou 3 77 77 External links 2003 DFS Classic draw (Archived 2009-05-14) DFS Classic Singles Singles