2003 Australian Open

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:TennisEventInfo The 2003 Australian Open was a tennis tournament held in 2003. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2003 ATP Tour and the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 91st edition of the event and attracted 512,225 spectators.[1]

Thomas Johansson could not defend his 2002 title due to an injury which would rule him out for all of 2003. Jennifer Capriati was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the first round by German Marlene Weingärtner. Andre Agassi won his fourth Australian Open and final Grand Slam title, defeating Rainer Schüttler in a lopsided final. Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus in the final in three sets, to win her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once.

Seniors

Men's singles

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  • It was Agassi's 8th (and last) career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Australian Open title (an Open Era record until it was broken by Novak Djokovic in 2015).

Women's singles

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  • It was Serena's 5th career Grand Slam title, her 4th in a row, and her 1st Australian Open title. this also marks Serena claiming a Career Grand Slam and first of two Serena Slams.

Men's doubles

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Women's doubles

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Mixed doubles

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Juniors

Boys' singles

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Girls' singles

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Boys' doubles

Template:Flagicon Scott Oudsema / Template:Flagicon Phillip Simmonds defeated Template:Flagicon Florin Mergea / Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Template:Flagicon Casey Dellacqua / Template:Flagicon Adriana Szili defeated Template:Flagicon Petra Cetkovská / Template:Flagicon Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 4–4, ret.

Wheelchair

Men's wheelchair singles

Template:Flagicon David Hall defeated Template:Flagicon Robin Ammerlaan, 6–1, 7-6

Women's wheelchair singles

Template:Flagicon Esther Vergeer defeated Template:Flagicon Daniela Di Toro, 2–6, 6–0, 6-3

Seeds

Withdrawn players: Template:Flagicon Tim Henman, Template:Flagicon Tommy Haas, Template:Flagicon Thomas Johansson, Template:Flagicon Marcelo Ríos, Template:Flagicon Greg Rusedski, Template:Flagicon Paul-Henri Mathieu, Template:Flagicon Arnaud Clément; Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis, Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo, Template:Flagicon Jelena Dokic.

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References

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External links

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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Grand Slams Template:S-ttl/check Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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  2. Serena completed the "Serena Slam", winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in a row.
  3. Baghdatis reached the 2006 men's singles final, but lost to Roger Federer.