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{{Short description|2003 WTA Tier I circuit.}}
{{ Infobox tennis circuit season
| name          = 2003 WTA Tier I Series
| duration      = January 27 – October 29
| edition       = 14th
| tournaments   = 9
| most_tournament_titles = {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} [[Justine Henin]] (4)
| most_tournament_finals = {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Justine Henin (4)
| previous = [[2002 WTA Tier I Series|2002]]
| next = [[2004 WTA Tier I Series|2004]]
}}

{{main article|2003 WTA Tour}}

The [[WTA Tier I events]] are part of the elite tour for professional women's [[tennis]] organised by the [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] called the [[WTA Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2003 Tournaments {{!}} WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220920184651/https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/2003|archive-date=2022-09-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>

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==Tournaments==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders nowrap"
|-
!scope="col"|Tournament
!scope="col"|Country
!scope="col"|Location
!scope="col"|Surface
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Prize money<ref>{{Cite web |title=2003 WTA Calendar Prize Money |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/TournamentArchive/0,,12781~0~2003,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805041007/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/TournamentArchive/0,,12781~0~2003,00.html |archive-date=5 August 2009}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pan Pacific Open|Toray Pan Pacific Open]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2003 Tokyo Open Draw |url=https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2003/1056.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704190000/https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2003/1056.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>
|Japan
|[[Tokyo]]
|align="center" |Carpet (i)
|Jan 27 – Feb 2
|align="center" |$1,300,000
|-
!scope="row"| [[Indian Wells Masters|Pacific Life Open]]
|United States
|[[Indian Wells, California|Indian Wells]]
|align="center" |Hard
|Mar 3 – 16
|align="center" |$2,100,000
|-
!scope="row"| [[Miami Open (tennis)|NASDAQ-100 Open]]
|United States
|[[Key Biscayne, Florida|Key Biscayne]]
|align="center" |Hard
|Mar 17 – 30
|align="center" |$2,960,000
|-
!scope="row"| [[Charleston Open|Family Circle Cup]]
|United States
|[[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]
|align="center" |Clay (green)
|Apr 7 – 13
|align="center" |$1,300,000
|-
!scope="row"| [[German Open (WTA)|MasterCard German Open]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berlin 2003 Tennis Tournament {{!}} ITF |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/berlin/ger/2003/w-t1-ger-01a-2003/draws-and-results/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220922172639/https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/berlin/ger/2003/w-t1-ger-01a-2003/draws-and-results/ |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date= |website=www.itftennis.com}}</ref>
|Germany
|[[Berlin]]
|align="center" |Clay
|May 5 – 11
|align="center" |$1,224,000
|-
!scope="row"| [[Italian Open (tennis)|Telecom Italia Masters]]<ref name="collins">{{cite book |author=[[Bud Collins]] |title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis |publisher=New Chapter Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0942257700 |edition=2nd |location=New York City |pages=740–741}}</ref>
|Italy
|[[Rome]]
|align="center" |Clay
|May 12 – 18
|align="center" |$1,300,000
|-
!scope="row"| [[Canadian Open (tennis)|Rogers AT&T Cup]]
|Canada
|[[Toronto]]
|align="center" |Hard
|Aug 11 – 17
|align="center" |$1,325,000
|-
!scope="row"| [[Kremlin Cup|Ladies Kremlin Cup]]
|Russia
|[[Moscow]]
|align="center" |Carpet (i)
|Sep 29 – Oct 5
|align="center" |$1,300,000
|-
!scope="row"| [[Zurich Open|Swisscom Challenge]]
|Switzerland
|[[Zürich]]
|align="center" |Hard (i)
|Oct 13 – 19
|align="center" |$1,300,000
|}

== Results ==
<noinclude>{{Legend|#ddfddd|text=<nowiki>*</nowiki>|First-time champion}}</noinclude>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" style="min-width:7em"| Tournament
! scope="col"| Singles champions
! scope="col"| Runners-up
! scope="col"| Score
! scope="col"| Doubles champions
! scope="col"| Runners-up
! scope="col"| Score
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[2003 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Tokyo]]'''
{{small|[[2003 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles|Singles]] – [[2003 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles|Doubles]]}}
| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]]
| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} [[Monica Seles]]
| 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 6–1, 6–2
| {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} [[Elena Bovina]] <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|AUS}} [[Rennae Stubbs]]
| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Lindsay Davenport <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]]
| 6–3, 6–4
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[2003 Pacific Life Open|Indian Wells]]'''
{{small|[[2003 Pacific Life Open – Women's singles|Singles]] – [[2003 Pacific Life Open – Women's doubles|Doubles]]}}
| style="background:#ddfddd"| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]]
| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Lindsay Davenport
| 6–4, 7–5
| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Lindsay Davenport <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Lisa Raymond
| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Kim Clijsters <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]]
| 2–6, 6–2, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[2003 NASDAQ-100 Open|Miami]]'''
{{small|[[2003 NASDAQ-100 Open – Women's singles|Singles]] – [[2003 NASDAQ-100 Open – Women's doubles|Doubles]]}}
| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} [[Serena Williams]]
| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} [[Jennifer Capriati]]
| 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
| style="background:#ddfddd"| {{flagg|cxxlo|RSA}} [[Liezel Huber]] <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|BUL}} [[Magdalena Maleeva]]
| {{flagg|cxxlo|JPN}} [[Shinobu Asagoe]] <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|JPN}} [[Nana Smith|Nana Miyagi]]
| 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[2003 Family Circle Cup|Charleston]]'''
{{small|[[2003 Family Circle Cup – Singles|Singles]] – [[2003 Family Circle Cup – Doubles|Doubles]]}}
| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} [[Justine Henin]]
| {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Serena Williams
| 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–4
| {{flagg|cxxlo|ESP}} [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]] <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|ARG}} [[Paola Suárez]]
| {{flagg|cxxlo|SVK}} [[Janette Husárová]] <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|ESP}} [[Conchita Martínez]]
| 6–0, 6–3
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[2003 MasterCard German Open|Berlin]]'''
{{small|[[2003 WTA German Open – Singles|Singles]] – [[2003 WTA German Open – Doubles|Doubles]]}}
| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Justine Henin
| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Kim Clijsters
| 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
| {{flagg|cxxlo|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|ARG}} Paola Suárez
| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Kim Clijsters <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama
| 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| '''[[2003 Italian Open (tennis)|Rome]]'''
{{small|[[2003 Italian Open – Women's singles|Singles]] – [[2003 Italian Open – Women's doubles|Doubles]]}}
| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Kim Clijsters
| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|FRA}} [[Amélie Mauresmo]]
| rowspan="2" | 3–6, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–0
| style="background:#ddfddd"| {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]]*
| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Jelena Dokic|Jelena Dokić]] <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Nadia Petrova
| rowspan="2" | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
|-
|{{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} [[Martina Navratilova]]
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[2003 Canada Masters and the Rogers AT&T Cup|Toronto]]'''
{{small|[[2003 Rogers AT&T Cup – Singles|Singles]] – [[2003 Rogers AT&T Cup – Doubles|Doubles]]}}
| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Justine Henin
| {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} [[Lina Krasnoroutskaya]]
| 6–1, 6–0
| {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Martina Navratilova
| {{flagg|cxxlo|VEN}} [[María Vento-Kabchi]] <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|INA}} [[Angelique Widjaja]]
| 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| '''[[2003 Kremlin Cup|Moscow]]'''
{{small|[[2003 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles|Singles]] – [[2003 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles|Doubles]]}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#ddfddd" | {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} [[Anastasia Myskina]]
| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo
| rowspan="2" | 6–2, 6–4
| style="background:#ddfddd"| {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]]*
| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} Anastasia Myskina <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]]
| rowspan="2" | 6–3, 6–4
|-
|{{flagg|cxxlo|USA}} Meghann Shaughnessy
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| '''[[2003 Swisscom Challenge|Zürich]]'''
{{small|[[2003 Swisscom Challenge – Singles|Singles]] – [[2003 Swisscom Challenge – Doubles|Doubles]]}}
| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} Justine Henin
| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|Serbia and Montenegro}} Jelena Dokić
| rowspan="2" | 6–0, 6–4
| style="background:#ddfddd"| {{flagg|cxxlo|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]]*
| rowspan="2" | {{flagg|cxxlo|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual <br /> {{flagg|cxxlo|ARG}} Paola Suárez
| rowspan="2" | 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–2
|-
|{{flagg|cxxlo|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama
|}

== See also ==
* [[WTA Tier I events]]
* [[2003 WTA Tour]]
* [[2003 Tennis Masters Series]]
* [[2003 ATP Tour]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.wtatennis.com/ Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website]
* [http://www.itftennis.com/ International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website]

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