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1 Seeds  





2 Draw  



2.1  Key  





2.2  Finals  





2.3  Top half  



2.3.1  Section 1  





2.3.2  Section 2  







2.4  Bottom half  



2.4.1  Section 3  





2.4.2  Section 4  









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Singles
2003 DFS Classic
Final
ChampionBulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
Runner-upJapan Shinobu Asagoe
Score6–1, 6–4
Details
Draw56 (8Q / 2WC)
Seeds16
Events
Singles Doubles
← 2002 · Birmingham Classic · 2004 →

Jelena Dokić was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.

Magdalena Maleeva won the title, defeating Shinobu Asagoe in the final 6–1, 6–4.

Seeds[edit]

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Russia Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals)
  • Greece Eleni Daniilidou (semifinals)
  • Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva (champion)
  • Russia Elena Bovina (second round)
  • France Nathalie Dechy (second round)
  • United States Lisa Raymond (third round)
  • United States Alexandra Stevenson (second round)
  • Russia Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
  • United States Laura Granville (second round)
  • Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn (quarterfinals)
  • Switzerland Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian (third round)
  • Czech Republic Dája Bedáňová (first round)
  • France Émilie Loit (first round)
  • South Korea Cho Yoon-jeong (third round)
  • Australia Nicole Pratt (first round)
  • Slovenia Tina Pisnik (third round)
  • Draw[edit]

    Key[edit]

  • WC = Wild card
  • LL = Lucky loser
  • Alt = Alternate
  • SE = Special exempt
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • ITF = ITF entry
  • JE = Junior exempt
  • w/o = Walkover
  • r = Retired
  • d = Defaulted
  • SR = Special ranking
  • Finals[edit]

    Semifinals Final
              
    QRussia Maria Sharapova 26 63
      Japan Shinobu Asagoe 6 277
      Japan Shinobu Asagoe 14 
    3Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6 6  
    3Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6 56
    2Greece Eleni Daniilidou 37 4

    Top half[edit]

    Section 1[edit]

    First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
    1Russia E Dementieva 7 6  
      United States C Morariu 265   QUnited States T Snyder 51 
    QUnited States T Snyder 6 77   1Russia E Dementieva 46 6
      Australia E Dominikovic 62 6 77   France M Bartoli 6 34
      France S Cohen-Aloro 77 163   Australia E Dominikovic      
      France M Bartoli 6 6     France M Bartoli w/o    
    13France É Loit 13  1Russia E Dementieva 6 64 2
    11Switzerland M-G Mikaelian 6 7   QRussia M Sharapova 277 6
    QUnited States L Osterloh 45  11Switzerland M-G Mikaelian 6 6  
      Czech Republic Z Ondrášková 6 37   Czech Republic Z Ondrášková 12 
      Japan A Morigami 26 511Switzerland M-G Mikaelian 0 5 
      Russia E Kulikovskaya 11  QRussia M Sharapova 6 7  
    QRussia M Sharapova 6 6   QRussia M Sharapova 6 6  
    5France N Dechy 32 

    Section 2[edit]

    First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
    4Russia E Bovina 33 
      Japan S Asagoe 6 7     Japan S Asagoe 6 6  
      United States S Reeves 15    Japan S Asagoe 79 6  
      Indonesia A Widjaja 6 65 7   Belgium E Callens 67 1 
    LLIndonesia W Prakusya 377 5  Indonesia A Widjaja 16 2
      Belgium E Callens 6 6     Belgium E Callens 6 36
    15Australia N Pratt 32    Japan S Asagoe 46 77
    12Czech Republic D Bedáňová 26 62 QVenezuela M Vento-Kabchi 6 263
    QVenezuela M Vento-Kabchi 6 477 QVenezuela M Vento-Kabchi 27 6
    QChinese Taipei J Lee 7 6   QChinese Taipei J Lee 6 52
      Germany M Weingärtner 52  QVenezuela M Vento-Kabchi 6 6  
      United States L Lee-Waters 6 23  France V Razzano 33 
      France V Razzano 26 6   France V Razzano 37 6
    7United States A Stevenson 6 53

    Bottom half[edit]

    Section 3[edit]

    First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
    8Russia E Likhovtseva 34 
      France S Foretz 6 6     France S Foretz 6 6  
    LLArgentina G Dulko 32    France S Foretz 6 77  
      Ukraine T Perebiynis 7 6     Ukraine T Perebiynis 364  
      Zimbabwe C Black 51    Ukraine T Perebiynis 6 26
      United States A Cargill 22  9United States L Granville 0 6 4
    9United States L Granville 6 6     France S Foretz 77 23
    14South Korea Y-J Cho 6 26 3Bulgaria M Maleeva 65 6 6
      Switzerland E Gagliardi 46 414South Korea Y-J Cho 7 7  
    LLCanada V Webb 46 2  United States J Craybas 55 
      United States J Craybas 6 36 14South Korea Y-J Cho 17 1
    WCUnited Kingdom J O'Donoghue 64 7 13Bulgaria M Maleeva 6 56
    WCUnited Kingdom E Baltacha 77 50r WCUnited Kingdom J O'Donoghue 24 
    3Bulgaria M Maleeva 6 6  

    Section 4[edit]

    First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
    6United States L Raymond 6 6  
      Russia A Rodionova 6 6     Russia A Rodionova 33 
      Croatia S Talaja 31  6United States L Raymond 22 
      Australia A Molik 26 310Thailand T Tanasugarn 6 6  
    QItaly R Vinci 6 36 QItaly R Vinci 42 
      Italy An Serra Zanetti 42  10Thailand T Tanasugarn 6 6  
    10Thailand T Tanasugarn 6 6   10Thailand T Tanasugarn 6 65 64
    16Slovenia T Pisnik 6 56 2Greece E Daniilidou 377 77
      Japan S Obata 17 216Slovenia T Pisnik 6 6  
    LLItaly Ad Serra Zanetti 6 6   LLItaly Ad Serra Zanetti 24 
      Madagascar D Randriantefy 43  16Slovenia T Pisnik 46 2
    QUnited States M Tu 6 6   2Greece E Daniilidou 6 16
    QJapan Y Yoshida 42  QUnited States M Tu 51 
    2Greece E Daniilidou 7 6  

    External links[edit]


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