2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships GER Rainer Schüttler FRA Sébastien Grosjean 7–6(7–5), 6–2 48 (6 Q Qualifiers / 4 WC Wild Cards) 16 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open Kenneth Carlsen was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Hyung-Taik Lee. Rainer Schüttler won in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–2 against Sébastien Grosjean. Seeds All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round. 30em GER Rainer Schüttler (champion) FRA Sébastien Grosjean (final) THA Paradorn Srichaphan (semifinals) CZE Jiří Novák (third round) AUS Mark Philippoussis (quarterfinals) GER Nicolas Kiefer (third round) KOR Hyung-Taik Lee (quarterfinals) USA Jan-Michael Gambill (quarterfinals) DEN Kenneth Carlsen (third round) CRO Mario Ančić (third round) n/a NED John van Lottum (second round) USA Brian Vahaly (second round) RSA Wesley Moodie (second round) GER Lars Burgsmüller (second round) FRA Grégory Carraz (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 GER Rainer Schüttler 6 6     FRA Cyril Saulnier 3 2   3 THA Paradorn Srichaphan 6 3 4 2 FRA Sébastien Grosjean 4 6 6 1 GER Rainer Schüttler 77 6   2 FRA Sébastien Grosjean 65 2   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals WC JPN S Iwabuchi 77 6     USA C Mamiit 64 2     USA R Kendrick 77 6     AUS W Arthurs 63 4   Q CZE J Vacek 3 64     AUS S Draper 6 77     SUI I Heuberger 2 61     USA A Bogomolov Jr. 6 77   1 GER R Schüttler 6 6   WC JPN S Iwabuchi 0 4     USA R Kendrick 6 3 6 13 USA B Vahaly 2 6 4 LL USA E Taino 2 65     AUS S Draper 6 77     USA A Bogomolov Jr. 5 67   6 GER N Kiefer 7 79   1 GER R Schüttler 6 6     USA R Kendrick 3 2     AUS S Draper 7 6   6 GER N Kiefer 5 2   1 GER R Schüttler 6 6     AUS S Draper 3 3   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q GER B Phau 61 77 77   USA J Salzenstein 77 64 63   USA J Gimelstob 65 6 1   FRA C Saulnier 77 3 6   AUT W Eschauer 0 4   Q JPN T Iwami 6 6     ARG F Browne 6 6   WC JPN T Terachi 3 4   4 CZE J Novák 77 6   Q GER B Phau 62 2     FRA C Saulnier 78 77   15 GER L Burgsmüller 66 64   10 CRO M Ančić 6 7   Q JPN T Iwami 2 5     ARG F Browne 4 3   5 AUS M Philippoussis 6 6   4 CZE J Novák 6 5 4   FRA C Saulnier 4 7 6 10 CRO M Ančić 4 5   5 AUS M Philippoussis 6 7     FRA C Saulnier 5     5 AUS M Philippoussis 2r   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q USA G Weiner 4 2     ESP F Verdasco 6 6     ARG M Vassallo Argüello 0 3   WC JPN G Motomura 6 6     GER A Waske 65 3   WC JPN T Suzuki 77 6     BEL D Norman 7 6   Q SUI G Bastl 5 4   7 KOR H-T Lee 6 63 6   ESP F Verdasco 3 77 3 WC JPN G Motomura 2 64   9 DEN K Carlsen 6 77   14 RSA W Moodie 1 63   WC JPN T Suzuki 6 77     BEL D Norman 6 63 62 3 THA P Srichaphan 4 77 77 7 KOR H-T Lee 6 6   9 DEN K Carlsen 3 4   WC JPN T Suzuki 2 63   3 THA P Srichaphan 6 77   7 KOR H-T Lee 6 65 3 3 THA P Srichaphan 4 77 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   PER I Miranda 6 4 4   CZE B Ulihrach 2 6 6   CZE T Berdych 62 6 3 Q SUI M Kratochvil 77 4 6   SWE A Vinciguerra 6 4 1   NED D van Scheppingen 4 6 6   SWE R Söderling 4 4     CRO I Karlović 6 6   8 USA J-M Gambill 6 6     CZE B Ulihrach 3 4   Q SUI M Kratochvil 6 6   12 NED J van Lottum 2 3   16 FRA G Carraz 5 6 5   NED D van Scheppingen 7 1 7   CRO I Karlović 3 68   2 FRA S Grosjean 6 710   8 USA J-M Gambill 6 7   Q SUI M Kratochvil 3 5     NED D van Scheppingen 3 63   2 FRA S Grosjean 6 77   8 USA J-M Gambill 3 64   2 FRA S Grosjean 6 77   References 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Draw 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Qualifying Draw Singles