2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open

The 2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open was the first edition of the WTA tournament held in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India organized for women's professional tennis.^[1] It was held from 3 February until 9 February 2003 on outdoor hardcourts. Tamarine Tanasugarn won the singles title. Indian star Sania Mirza made her debut at this tournament in her hometown Hyderabad.^[2]

2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open
Date	3–9 February
Edition	1st
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Hyderabad, India
Champions
Singles
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Doubles
Elena Likhovtseva / Iroda Tulyaganova

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Singles

• Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated Iroda Tulyaganova 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Doubles

• Elena Likhovtseva / Iroda Tulyaganova defeated Eugenia Kulikovskaya / Tatiana Poutchek 6–4, 6–4

WTA entrants

Seeds

Seed	Country	Player	Rank
1	ARG	Clarisa Fernández	28
2	THA	Tamarine Tanasugarn	32
3	RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	36
4	FRA	Mary Pierce	49
5	UZB	Iroda Tulyaganova	57
6	ESP	Cristina Torrens Valero	66
7	INA	Angelique Widjaja	62
8	CRO	Silvija Talaja	79

• Rankings as of 25 January 2003.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Elena Likhovtseva
• Sania Mirza

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Yuliya Beygelzimer
• Maria Kirilenko
• Manisha Malhotra
• Zheng Jie

The following players received entry through the lucky loser spot:

• Sun Tiantian