2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2003 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Roger Federer
Runner-up	Mark Philippoussis
Score	7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Details
Draw	128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

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.^[1] 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. He lost just one set during the tournament, to Mardy Fish in the third round.

Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Ivo Karlović. As a result, Hewitt became one of only two defending Wimbledon men's singles champions to lose in the first round of their defence, the other being Manuel Santana in 1967. As per tradition, the defending champion Hewitt was playing the opening match on Centre Court – a situation he had willingly avoided the previous year (when the reigning champion Goran Ivanišević withdrew) out of fear of the unpredictability of fresh grass.^[2]

With the losses of Hewitt, Andre Agassi and Juan Carlos Ferrero in 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.^[3]

This tournament marked the major main draw debut of future 22-time major champion and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal (who was also the youngest player in the draw);^[3] he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan in the third 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. The 2003 Championships was also the first time that bowing to the Royal Box on Centre Court was no longer required by the players.

Seeds

01.

Lleyton Hewitt (first round)

02.

Andre Agassi (fourth round)

03.

Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round)

04.

Roger Federer (champion)

05.

Andy Roddick (semifinals)

06.

David Nalbandian (fourth round)

07.

Guillermo Coria (first round)

08.

Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals)

09.

Rainer Schüttler (fourth round)

10.

Tim Henman (quarterfinals)

11.

Jiří Novák (third round)

12.

Paradorn Srichaphan (fourth round)

13.

Sébastien Grosjean (semifinals)

14.

Xavier Malisse (first round)

15.

Arnaud Clément (second round)

16.

Mikhail Youzhny (second round)

17.

Gustavo Kuerten (second round)

18.

Marat Safin (withdrew)

19.

Fernando González (first round)

20.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)

21.

Martin Verkerk (first round)

22.

Félix Mantilla (first round)

23.

Agustín Calleri (second round)

24.

Albert Costa (withdrew)

25.

Tommy Robredo (third round)

26.

James Blake (second round)

27.

Younes El Aynaoui (third round)

28.

Wayne Ferreira (first round)

29.

Gastón Gaudio (first round)

30.

Jarkko Nieminen (third round)

31.

Vince Spadea (first round)

32.

Juan Ignacio Chela (second round)

33.

Nikolay Davydenko (first round)

34.

Àlex Corretja (withdrew)

35.

Radek Štěpánek (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals					Final

	Jonas Björkman	4	2	4

5	Andy Roddick	6	6	6
							5	Andy Roddick	6⁶	3	3

							4	Roger Federer	7⁸	6	6
4	Roger Federer	6	6	6

8	Sjeng Schalken	3	4	4
												4	Roger Federer	7⁷	6	7⁷

													Mark Philippoussis	6⁵	2	6³
10	Tim Henman	6⁸	6	3	4

13	Sébastien Grosjean	7¹⁰	3	6	6
							13	Sébastien Grosjean	6³	3	3

								Mark Philippoussis	7⁷	6	6
PR	Alexander Popp	6	6	3	3	6

	Mark Philippoussis	4	4	6	6	8

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

1	L Hewitt	6	6⁵	3	4
Q	I Karlović	1	7⁷	6	6		Q	I Karlović	6	7⁷	5	6
Q	I Heuberger	6⁸	3	6	6²		Q	P Baccanello	4	6³	7	2
Q	P Baccanello	7¹⁰	6	3	7⁷									Q	I Karlović	6⁵	6	3	6⁴
	T Dent	5	6	3	5										M Mirnyi	7⁷	3	6	7⁷
	I Ljubičić	7	3	6	7			I Ljubičić	3	4	6	2
	M Mirnyi	6	6	6				M Mirnyi	6	6	2	6
31	V Spadea	2	4	4																	M Mirnyi	4	6	3	6⁴
19	F González	3	4	6⁶																	J Björkman	6	3	6	7⁷
	J Melzer	6	6	7⁸				J Melzer	4	2	6	3
Q	P Luxa	3	6⁶	2				J Björkman	6	6	2	6
	J Björkman	6	7⁸	6											J Björkman	6	6	6
	I Labadze	2	2	4											J Gimelstob	1	3	3
	J Gimelstob	6	6	6				J Gimelstob	2	6	6	6²	6
	R Ginepri	3	6	6²	7⁷	8	15	A Clément	6	3	4	7⁷	1
15	A Clément	6	4	7⁷	6³	10

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

12	P Srichaphan	6	6	4	3	6
	D Hrbatý	3	4	6	6	3	12	P Srichaphan	4	1	7⁷	7	7
	O Mutis	4	0	6	7⁷	6		O Mutis	6	6	6⁴	5	5
	F Squillari	6	6	4	6¹	3								12	P Srichaphan	6	6	6
	R Nadal	6	6	4	6										R Nadal	4	4	2
	M Ančić	3	4	6	4			R Nadal	6	6	6
WC	L Childs	2	7⁷	1	7⁷	6	WC	L Childs	2	4	3
33	N Davydenko	6	6²	6	6⁵	2													12	P Srichaphan	4	6	3	2
25	T Robredo	3	6	7⁸	6														5	A Roddick	6	3	6	6
	J Acasuso	6	3	6⁶	4		25	T Robredo	6	6	6
	B Vahaly	2	6	6	6			B Vahaly	4	4	2
	F Volandri	6	1	4	4									25	T Robredo	6⁵	4	4
	A Waske	6⁶	5	6⁷										5	A Roddick	7⁷	6	6
	G Rusedski	7⁸	7	7⁹				G Rusedski	6⁴	6¹	5
	D Sanguinetti	2	3	3			5	A Roddick	7⁷	7⁷	7
5	A Roddick	6	6	6

Section 3

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

4	R Federer	6	6	7⁷
	H-t Lee	3	3	6²		4	R Federer	7	6	6
	S Koubek	4	6	6	6		S Koubek	5	1	1
	C Rochus	6	3	1	1								4	R Federer	6	6	4	6
	J-M Gambill	6	6	6										M Fish	3	1	6	1
LL	I Kunitsyn	3	2	4			J-M Gambill	4	4	1
	M Fish	6	4	6	6		M Fish	6	6	6
29	G Gaudio	2	6	3	3														4	R Federer	7⁷	6	6
23	A Calleri	6	7	1																F López	6⁵	4	4
	A Voinea	2	5	0^r		23	A Calleri	4	7¹⁵	2	7⁷	8
	F Saretta	6	6	6			F Saretta	6	6¹³	6	6⁵	10
WC	A Mackin	2	4	2										F Saretta	4	4	4
	F López	6	6	7⁷										F López	6	6	6
LL	R Kendrick	3	4	6⁴			F López	7⁷	6	6
	K Beck	4	2	3		16	M Youzhny	6⁵	3	2
16	M Youzhny	6	6	6

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

9	R Schüttler	6	6	6⁴	7
	M Kratochvil	3	4	7⁷	5		9	R Schüttler	6	6	6
	A Vinciguerra	6	3	6	2	2		F Santoro	2	3	3
	F Santoro	4	6	2	6	6								9	R Schüttler	4	7	6¹	6	7
	F Vicente	7⁷	4	6	6⁶	4									T Martin	6	5	7⁷	1	5
	T Martin	6⁴	6	2	7⁸	6		T Martin	7⁷	6	6
	J van Lottum	6	2^r				17	G Kuerten	6⁴	4	4
17	G Kuerten	2	3																		9	R Schüttler	5	4	5
32	JI Chela	6	6	6																	8	S Schalken	7	6	7
	T Behrend	4	2	3			32	JI Chela	2	1	4
LL	V Hănescu	7⁷	6	6			LL	V Hănescu	6	6	6
	A Portas	6⁴	0	0										LL	V Hănescu	2	4	6³
	K Carlsen	3	4	6	4									8	S Schalken	6	6	7⁷
	N Lapentti	6	6	3	6			N Lapentti	2	6	7⁷	6⁴	3
WC	A Parmar	3	4	1			8	S Schalken	6	3	6³	7⁷	6
8	S Schalken	6	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round						Second round						Third round							Fourth round

6	D Nalbandian	7	6	6
	V Voltchkov	5	4	2		6	D Nalbandian	6	7	6
	A Sá	6	3				A Sá	2	5	2
	M Puerta	2	2^r									6	D Nalbandian	6	5	6¹	6	6
Q	D Norman	6⁸	4	6³									K Kučera	4	7	7⁷	4	2
Q	T Suzuki	7¹⁰	6	7⁷		Q	T Suzuki	3	5	2
	K Kučera	6	6	6			K Kučera	6	7	6
28	W Ferreira	1	2	4															6	D Nalbandian	2	7⁷	5	3
21	M Verkerk	3	4	7⁷	1														10	T Henman	6	6⁴	7	6
Q	R Söderling	6	6	6⁵	6	Q	R Söderling	2	7¹⁰	6	6
Q	G Elseneer	3	6	6	6	Q	G Elseneer	6	6⁸	4	3
	N Kiefer	6	3	4	4							Q	R Söderling	3	1	4
	D Sánchez	3	4	7¹⁰	3							10	T Henman	6	6	6
Q	M Llodra	6	6	6⁸	6	Q	M Llodra	4	4	3
LL	T Zíb	2	6¹¹	6	1	10	T Henman	6	6	6
10	T Henman	6	7¹³	3	6

Section 6

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

13	S Grosjean	4	6	6	7⁷
	T Enqvist	6	3	4	6⁴	13	S Grosjean	6	6	6¹²	6
	A Martín	6³	1	6⁴			W Arthurs	3	4	7¹⁴	3
	W Arthurs	7⁷	6	7⁷									13	S Grosjean	6⁵	6	6	6
Q	W Moodie	6	6	6									Q	W Moodie	7⁷	2	4	4
	M Rosset	4	4	4		Q	W Moodie	7¹⁰	4	2	6	7
Q	F Niemeyer	6	7⁸	4	7⁷	Q	F Niemeyer	6⁸	6	6	1	5
22	F Mantilla	4	6⁶	6	6³														13	S Grosjean	6	4	7⁷	7⁷
26	J Blake	6	6	6															3	JC Ferrero	2	6	6²	6³
Q	T Larkham	3	1	1		26	J Blake	2	6³	2
	S Sargsian	6	6	6			S Sargsian	6	7⁷	6
WC	A Bogdanovic	1	3	2										S Sargsian	4	4	6	4
	N Escudé	7⁹	6	7⁷									3	JC Ferrero	6	6	2	6
Q	K Economidis	6⁷	4	6⁵			N Escudé	7⁷	3	3	0^r
	J-R Lisnard	2	1	3		3	JC Ferrero	6⁵	6	6	0
3	JC Ferrero	6	6	6

Section 7

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

7	G Coria	5	6⁴	3
	O Rohcus	7	7⁷	6				O Rochus	2	6	4	7⁷	6
WC	R Bloomfield	4	6⁶	3				A Dupuis	6	3	6	6⁵	4
	A Dupuis	6	7⁸	6											O Rochus	7⁷	6	6
LL	S Galvani	6	2	1	6	8								30	J Nieminen	6⁵	3	1
	J Boutter	3	6	6	2	6	LL	S Galvani	4	7	4	6³
Q	F Verdasco	7¹⁰	4	6	3	3	30	J Nieminen	6	5	6	7⁷
30	J Nieminen	6⁸	6	4	6	6														O Rochus	7	3	4	2
20	Y Kafelnikov	5	6	6	2	3													PR	A Popp	5	6	6	6
	R Sluiter	7	3	2	6	6		R Sluiter	6⁴	6	3	7⁷	2
	H Arazi	4	6⁵	3			PR	A Popp	7⁷	4	6	6⁵	6
PR	A Popp	6	7⁷	6										PR	A Popp	6	6	7⁷
	D Ferrer	1	6	6	6									11	J Novák	3	4	6³
WC	M Lee	6	3	1	2			D Ferrer	2	5	3
	L Horna	6	6¹	1	1		11	J Novák	6	7	6
11	J Novák	3	7⁷	6	6

Section 8

First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round

14	X Malisse	4	3	2
Q	C Saulnier	6	6	6		Q	C Saulnier	3	2	6²
	M Zabaleta	3	6	3	2		M Philippoussis	6	6	7⁷
	M Philippoussis	6	4	6	6								M Philippoussis	4	7⁹	6	7⁸
	S Draper	7⁷	4	6	6							35	R Štěpánek	6	6⁷	4	6⁶
	P-H Mathieu	6⁵	6	3	4		S Draper	6⁶	3	1
Q	M Mertiňák	6⁶	4	4		35	R Štěpánek	7⁸	6	6
35	R Štěpánek	7⁸	6	6															M Philippoussis	6	2	6⁴	6	6
27	Y El Aynaoui	6	6	6														2	A Agassi	3	6	7⁷	3	4
WC	M Hilton	3	2	4		27	Y El Aynaoui	7⁷	3	7⁷	6
	Z Krajan	1	1	1			N Massú	6⁵	6	6⁴	4
	N Massú	6	6	6								27	Y El Aynaoui	7	4	6⁴	6⁴
	L Burgsmüller	6	7⁷	4	6							2	A Agassi	5	6	7⁷	7⁷
	A Montañés	3	6⁵	6	2		L Burgsmüller	3	6⁴	3
WC	J Delgado	4	0	7	4	2	A Agassi	6	7⁷	6
2	A Agassi	6	6	5	6

References

^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
^ Harman, Neil (2004). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2004. London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135 39 7.
^ ^a ^b Parsons, John (2003). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2003. London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135-29-X.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
"Wimbledon 2003 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by 2003 French Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2003 US Open – Men's singles

[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

[2] Harman, Neil (2004). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2004. London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135 39 7.

[:0-3] Parsons, John (2003). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2003. London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135-29-X.

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