2003 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template otherTemplate:Short description Defending champion Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams in a rematch of the previous year's final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships. It was her second Wimbledon singles title and sixth major singles title overall.

This marked the first Wimbledon appearance of future world No. 1 and five-time major champion Maria Sharapova; she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round. Sharapova would win the title the following year. It was also the first Wimbledon appearance of future champion Marion Bartoli, who lost to Daniela Hantuchová in the first round.

The semifinals featured the top four seeds, which last occurred in 1995. This was the first major since the 1987 Australian Open to not feature Steffi Graf, Monica Seles or Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Seeds

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Amélie Mauresmo withdrew due to a rib injury. She was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Svetlana Kuznetsova, who became the #33 seed.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

External links

• Template:Wimbledondraws
• 2003 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
• 2003 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation