Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Sjeng Schalken.
Singles | |
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2003 Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 6–1, 7–6(7–2) |
Draw | 32 |
Seeds | 8 |
Roger Federer won in the final 6–1, 7–6(7–2) against Jiří Novák. He did not lose a single set in the entire tournament.
Seeds
editA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
- Roger Federer (champion)
- Marat Safin (second round)
- Jiří Novák (final)
- Tim Henman (first round)
- Rainer Schüttler (quarterfinals)
- Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals)
- Younes El Aynaoui (second round)
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- 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