2003 China Open (tennis)

2003 China Open 15–21 September 2003 5th RUS Elena Dementieva FRA Émilie Loit / AUS Nicole Pratt WTA Tier II 28S / 16D USD585,000 Shanghai, China Hard, outdoor The 2003 Polo Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Shanghai, China. It was the 5th edition of the China Open, and was a Tier II tournament on the 2003 WTA Tour. The tournament was played between 15 – 21 September 2003. First-seeded Elena Dementieva won the singles title. The tournament was not part of the 2003 ATP Tour, as no male events took place. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedRUSElena Dementieva91USAChanda Rubin102JPNAi Sugiyama123ESPConchita Martínez134FR YugoslaviaJelena Dokic215AUSAlicia Molik386FRAÉmilie Loit417ZIMCara Black448 1 Rankings are as of 8 September 2003. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: CHN Sun Tiantian CHN Zheng Jie The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: ITA Tathiana Garbin FR Yugoslavia Jelena Janković PAR Rossana Neffa-de los Ríos SVK Martina Suchá The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw: USA Jill Craybas Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedESPConchita MartínezINAAngelique Widjaja511ZIMCara BlackAUSAlicia Molik572HUNPetra MandulaAUT Barbara Schett603SUIEmmanuelle GagliardiUSAChanda Rubin654 1 Rankings as of 8 September 2003. Other entrants The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: JPN Aiko Nakamura / JPN Seiko Okamoto The following pairs received entry as lucky losers into the doubles main draw: CHN Dong Yanhua / CHN Zhang Yao Finals Singles 2003 China Open – Singles RUS Elena Dementieva defeated USA Chanda Rubin, 6–3, 7–6(8–6) Doubles 2003 China Open – Doubles FRA Émilie Loit / AUS Nicole Pratt defeated JPN Ai Sugiyama / THA Tamarine Tanasugarn, 6–3, 6–3 External links 2003 China Open drawsheets China Open 2003 Category:2003 in Chinese tennis Category:September 2003 sports events in China