2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 2003 Wimbledon Championships SUI Roger Federer AUS Mark Philippoussis 7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–6(7–3) 128 (16 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wildcards) 32 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles 2003 Wimbledon Championships Roger Federer defeated Mark Philippoussis in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–6(7–3) to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was his first major title, the first of a record eight gentlemen's singles titles at Wimbledon, and the first of 20 major men's singles titles overall. By virtue of winning the 1998 Wimbledon Boys’ title, Federer became just the fourth man in the Open Era to win the Boys’ and Gentlemen’s Wimbledon Championships, joining Björn Borg, Pat Cash, and Stefan Edberg. Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Ivo Karlović. Hewitt was the first man in the Open Era to lose in the first round of his Wimbledon title defence. With the losses of Hewitt, Andre Agassi and Juan Carlos Ferrero by the fourth round, a first-time major champion was guaranteed. This marked the first time in the Open Era that none of the quarterfinalists in a major had previously won a major singles title. This tournament marked the major debut of future 22-time major champion, Olympic gold medalist, and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal (who was the youngest player in the draw at 1986 6 3 2003 6 23 of age);Parsons John The Official Wimbledon Annual 2003 Hazleton Publishing Ltd. 2003 1-903135-29-X London he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan in the third round. This tournament also marked the final major appearance of Olympic gold medalist Marc Rosset, who lost to Wesley Moodie in the first round. It was also notable for the absence of seven-time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras, who had yet to announce his official retirement following his final match at the 2002 US Open. Seeds 1 1 AUS Lleyton Hewitt (first round) 2 8 USA Andre Agassi (fourth round) 3 6 ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round) 4 3 SUI Roger Federer (champion) 5 2 USA Andy Roddick (semifinals) 6 5 ARG David Nalbandian (fourth round) 7 7 ARG Guillermo Coria (first round) 8 4 NED Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals) 9 4 GER Rainer Schüttler (fourth round) 10 5 GBR Tim Henman (quarterfinals) 11 7 CZE Jiří Novák (third round) 12 2 THA Paradorn Srichaphan (fourth round) 13 6 FRA Sébastien Grosjean (semifinals) 14 8 BEL Xavier Malisse (first round) 15 1 FRA Arnaud Clément (second round) 16 3 RUS Mikhail Youzhny (second round) 17 4 BRA Gustavo Kuerten (second round) 18 RUS Marat Safin (withdrew) 19 1 CHI Fernando González (first round) 20 7 RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round) 21 5 NED Martin Verkerk (first round) 22 6 ESP Félix Mantilla (first round) 23 3 ARG Agustín Calleri (second round) 24 ESP Albert Costa (withdrew) 25 2 ESP Tommy Robredo (third round) 26 6 USA James Blake (second round) 27 8 MAR Younes El Aynaoui (third round) 28 5 RSA Wayne Ferreira (first round) 29 3 ARG Gastón Gaudio (first round) 30 7 FIN Jarkko Nieminen (third round) 31 1 USA Vince Spadea (first round) 32 4 ARG Juan Ignacio Chela (second round) 33 2 RUS Nikolay Davydenko (first round) 34 ESP Àlex Corretja (withdrew) 35 8 CZE Radek Štěpánek (third round) Albert Costa and Marat Safin withdrew due to injury. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Nikolay Davydenko and Àlex Corretja, who became the #33 and #34 seeds respectively. Corretja subsequently withdrew for personal reasons and was replaced by the next highest non-seeded player Radek Štěpánek, who became the #35 seed. Qualifying 2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes SWE Jonas Björkman 4 2 4 5 USA Andy Roddick 6 6 6 4 SUI Roger Federer 6 6 6 8 NED Sjeng Schalken 3 4 4 10 GBR Tim Henman 68 6 3 4 13 FRA Sébastien Grosjean 710 3 6 6 PR GER Alexander Popp 6 6 3 3 6 AUS Mark Philippoussis 4 4 6 6 8 5 USA Andy Roddick 66 3 3 4 SUI Roger Federer 78 6 6 13 FRA Sébastien Grosjean 63 3 3 AUS Mark Philippoussis 77 6 6 4 SUI Roger Federer 77 6 77 AUS Mark Philippoussis 65 2 63 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS L Hewitt 6 65 3 4 Q CRO I Karlović 1 77 6 6 Q SUI I Heuberger 68 3 6 62 Q AUS P Baccanello 710 6 3 77 USA T Dent 5 6 3 5 CRO I Ljubičić 7 3 6 7 BLR 1995 M Mirnyi 6 6 6 31 USA V Spadea 2 4 4 19 CHI F González 3 4 66 AUT J Melzer 6 6 78 Q CZE P Luxa 3 66 2 SWE J Björkman 6 78 6 GEO 1990 I Labadze 2 2 4 USA J Gimelstob 6 6 6 USA R Ginepri 3 6 62 77 8 15 FRA A Clément 6 4 77 63 10 Q CRO I Karlović 6 77 5 6 Q AUS P Baccanello 4 63 7 2 CRO I Ljubičić 3 4 6 2 BLR 1995 M Mirnyi 6 6 2 6 AUT J Melzer 4 2 6 3 SWE J Björkman 6 6 2 6 USA J Gimelstob 2 6 6 62 6 15 FRA A Clément 6 3 4 77 1 Q CRO I Karlović 65 6 3 64 BLR 1995 M Mirnyi 77 3 6 77 SWE J Björkman 6 6 6 USA J Gimelstob 1 3 3 BLR 1995 M Mirnyi 4 6 3 64 SWE J Björkman 6 3 6 77 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 12 THA P Srichaphan 6 6 4 3 6 SVK D Hrbatý 3 4 6 6 3 FRA O Mutis 4 0 6 77 6 ARG F Squillari 6 6 4 61 3 ESP R Nadal 6 6 4 6 CRO M Ančić 3 4 6 4 WC GBR L Childs 2 77 1 77 6 33 RUS N Davydenko 6 62 6 65 2 25 ESP T Robredo 3 6 78 6 ARG J Acasuso 6 3 66 4 USA B Vahaly 2 6 6 6 ITA F Volandri 6 1 4 4 GER A Waske 66 5 67 GBR G Rusedski 78 7 79 ITA D Sanguinetti 2 3 3 5 USA A Roddick 6 6 6 12 THA P Srichaphan 4 1 77 7 7 FRA O Mutis 6 6 64 5 5 ESP R Nadal 6 6 6 WC GBR L Childs 2 4 3 25 ESP T Robredo 6 6 6 USA B Vahaly 4 4 2 GBR G Rusedski 64 61 5 5 USA A Roddick 77 77 7 12 THA P Srichaphan 6 6 6 ESP R Nadal 4 4 2 25 ESP T Robredo 65 4 4 5 USA A Roddick 77 6 6 12 THA P Srichaphan 4 6 3 2 5 USA A Roddick 6 3 6 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 SUI R Federer 6 6 77 KOR 1997 H-t Lee 3 3 62 AUT S Koubek 4 6 6 6 BEL C Rochus 6 3 1 1 USA J-M Gambill 6 6 6 LL RUS I Kunitsyn 3 2 4 USA M Fish 6 4 6 6 29 ARG G Gaudio 2 6 3 3 23 ARG A Calleri 6 7 1 ROM A Voinea 2 5 0r BRA F Saretta 6 6 6 WC GBR A Mackin 2 4 2 ESP F López 6 6 77 LL USA R Kendrick 3 4 64 SVK K Beck 4 2 3 16 RUS M Youzhny 6 6 6 4 SUI R Federer 7 6 6 AUT S Koubek 5 1 1 USA J-M Gambill 4 4 1 USA M Fish 6 6 6 23 ARG A Calleri 4 715 2 77 8 BRA F Saretta 6 613 6 65 10 ESP F López 77 6 6 16 RUS M Youzhny 65 3 2 4 SUI R Federer 6 6 4 6 USA M Fish 3 1 6 1 BRA F Saretta 4 4 4 ESP F López 6 6 6 4 SUI R Federer 77 6 6 ESP F López 65 4 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 GER R Schüttler 6 6 64 7 SUI M Kratochvil 3 4 77 5 SWE A Vinciguerra 6 3 6 2 2 FRA F Santoro 4 6 2 6 6 ESP F Vicente 77 4 6 66 4 USA T Martin 64 6 2 78 6 NED J van Lottum 6 2r 17 BRA G Kuerten 2 3 32 ARG JI Chela 6 6 6 GER T Behrend 4 2 3 LL ROM V Hănescu 77 6 6 ESP A Portas 64 0 0 DEN K Carlsen 3 4 6 4 ECU N Lapentti 6 6 3 6 WC GBR A Parmar 3 4 1 8 NED S Schalken 6 6 6 9 GER R Schüttler 6 6 6 FRA F Santoro 2 3 3 USA T Martin 77 6 6 17 BRA G Kuerten 64 4 4 32 ARG JI Chela 2 1 4 LL ROM V Hănescu 6 6 6 ECU N Lapentti 2 6 77 64 3 8 NED S Schalken 6 3 63 77 6 9 GER R Schüttler 4 7 61 6 7 USA T Martin 6 5 77 1 5 LL ROM V Hănescu 2 4 63 8 NED S Schalken 6 6 77 9 GER R Schüttler 5 4 5 8 NED S Schalken 7 6 7 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 ARG D Nalbandian 7 6 6 BLR 1995 V Voltchkov 5 4 2 BRA A Sá 6 3 ARG M Puerta 2 2r Q BEL D Norman 68 4 63 Q JPN T Suzuki 710 6 77 SVK K Kučera 6 6 6 28 RSA W Ferreira 1 2 4 21 NED M Verkerk 3 4 77 1 Q SWE R Söderling 6 6 65 6 Q BEL G Elseneer 3 6 6 6 GER N Kiefer 6 3 4 4 ESP D Sánchez 3 4 710 3 Q FRA M Llodra 6 6 68 6 LL CZE T Zíb 2 611 6 1 10 GBR T Henman 6 713 3 6 6 ARG D Nalbandian 6 7 6 BRA A Sá 2 5 2 Q JPN T Suzuki 3 5 2 SVK K Kučera 6 7 6 Q SWE R Söderling 2 710 6 6 Q BEL G Elseneer 6 68 4 3 Q FRA M Llodra 4 4 3 10 GBR T Henman 6 6 6 6 ARG D Nalbandian 6 5 61 6 6 SVK K Kučera 4 7 77 4 2 Q SWE R Söderling 3 1 4 10 GBR T Henman 6 6 6 6 ARG D Nalbandian 2 77 5 3 10 GBR T Henman 6 64 7 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 FRA S Grosjean 4 6 6 77 SWE T Enqvist 6 3 4 64 ESP A Martín 63 1 64 AUS W Arthurs 77 6 77 Q RSA W Moodie 6 6 6 SUI M Rosset 4 4 4 Q CAN F Niemeyer 6 78 4 77 22 ESP F Mantilla 4 66 6 63 26 USA J Blake 6 6 6 Q AUS T Larkham 3 1 1 ARM S Sargsian 6 6 6 WC GBR A Bogdanovic 1 3 2 FRA N Escudé 79 6 77 Q GRE K Economidis 67 4 65 FRA J-R Lisnard 2 1 3 3 ESP JC Ferrero 6 6 6 13 FRA S Grosjean 6 6 612 6 AUS W Arthurs 3 4 714 3 Q RSA W Moodie 710 4 2 6 7 Q CAN F Niemeyer 68 6 6 1 5 26 USA J Blake 2 63 2 ARM S Sargsian 6 77 6 FRA N Escudé 77 3 3 0r 3 ESP JC Ferrero 65 6 6 0 13 FRA S Grosjean 65 6 6 6 Q RSA W Moodie 77 2 4 4 ARM S Sargsian 4 4 6 4 3 ESP JC Ferrero 6 6 2 6 13 FRA S Grosjean 6 4 77 77 3 ESP JC Ferrero 2 6 62 63 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 ARG G Coria 5 64 3 BEL O Rochus 7 77 6 WC GBR R Bloomfield 4 66 3 FRA A Dupuis 6 78 6 LL ITA S Galvani 6 2 1 6 8 FRA J Boutter 3 6 6 2 6 Q ESP F Verdasco 710 4 6 3 3 30 FIN J Nieminen 68 6 4 6 6 20 RUS Y Kafelnikov 5 6 6 2 3 NED R Sluiter 7 3 2 6 6 MAR H Arazi 4 65 3 PR GER A Popp 6 77 6 ESP D Ferrer 1 6 6 6 WC GBR M Lee 6 3 1 2 PER L Horna 6 61 1 1 11 CZE J Novák 3 77 6 6 BEL O Rochus 2 6 4 77 6 FRA A Dupuis 6 3 6 65 4 LL ITA S Galvani 4 7 4 63 30 FIN J Nieminen 6 5 6 77 NED R Sluiter 64 6 3 77 2 PR GER A Popp 77 4 6 65 6 ESP D Ferrer 2 5 3 11 CZE J Novák 6 7 6 BEL O Rochus 77 6 6 30 FIN J Nieminen 65 3 1 PR GER A Popp 6 6 77 11 CZE J Novák 3 4 63 BEL O Rochus 7 3 4 2 PR GER A Popp 5 6 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 14 BEL X Malisse 4 3 2 Q FRA C Saulnier 6 6 6 ARG M Zabaleta 3 6 3 2 AUS M Philippoussis 6 4 6 6 AUS S Draper 77 4 6 6 FRA P-H Mathieu 65 6 3 4 Q SVK M Mertiňák 66 4 4 35 CZE R Štěpánek 78 6 6 27 MAR Y El Aynaoui 6 6 6 WC GBR M Hilton 3 2 4 CRO Z Krajan 1 1 1 CHI N Massú 6 6 6 GER L Burgsmüller 6 77 4 6 ESP A Montañés 3 65 6 2 WC GBR J Delgado 4 0 7 4 2 USA A Agassi 6 6 5 6 Q FRA C Saulnier 3 2 62 AUS M Philippoussis 6 6 77 AUS S Draper 66 3 1 35 CZE R Štěpánek 78 6 6 27 MAR Y El Aynaoui 77 3 77 6 CHI N Massú 65 6 64 4 GER L Burgsmüller 3 64 3 2 USA A Agassi 6 77 6 AUS M Philippoussis 4 79 6 78 35 CZE R Štěpánek 6 67 4 66 27 MAR Y El Aynaoui 7 4 64 64 2 USA A Agassi 5 6 77 77 AUS M Philippoussis 6 2 64 6 6 2 USA A Agassi 3 6 77 3 4 References External links 2003 MS Wimbledon 2003 – Singles Draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/wimbledon/540/2003/draws?matchType=singles atpworldtour.com ATP World Tour 30 May 2018 2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis 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