2003 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles

Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Sjeng Schalken.

Singles
2003 Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open
Champion	Roger Federer
Runner-up	Jiří Novák
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

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

1. Roger Federer (champion)
2. Marat Safin (second round)
3. Jiří Novák (final)
4. Tim Henman (first round)
5. Rainer Schüttler (quarterfinals)
6. Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals)
7. Younes El Aynaoui (second round)
8. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	R Federer	6	6
		I Labadze	3	3				1	R Federer	6	7
	Q	M Abel	0					Q	M Abel	4	5
		I Heuberger	1r												1	R Federer	7	6
	WC	H Arazi	6	6											WC	H Arazi	5	3
		J Vacek	2	1				WC	H Arazi	6	4	6
		J van Lottum	2	6	3			8	Y Kafelnikov	4	6	3
	8	Y Kafelnikov	6	4	6																	1	R Federer	6	6
	4	T Henman	7	63	4																		I Ljubičić	3	2
		A Sávolt	5	77	6				A Sávolt	4	4
	Q	W Black	5	3					I Ljubičić	6	6
		I Ljubičić	7	6												I Ljubičić	6	6
		A Voinea	4	2											5	R Schüttler	3	4
		M Mirnyi	6	6					M Mirnyi	66	6	68
		Ž Krajan	4	6	3			5	R Schüttler	78	4	710
	5	R Schüttler	6	2	6																								1	Roger Federer	6	77
	6	S Schalken	7	6																									3	Jiří Novák	1	62
		M Youzhny	5	0				6	S Schalken	3	77	77
		F Santoro	61	6	6				F Santoro	6	62	65
		S Koubek	77	2	0										6	S Schalken	4	4
	WC	G Ivanišević	6r												3	J Novák	6	6
	Q	A Stoliarov	6					Q	A Stoliarov	1	1
		D Hrbatý	1	6	3			3	J Novák	6	6
	3	J Novák	6	3	6																	3	J Novák	6	6
	7	Y El Aynaoui	6	6																			T Robredo	4	1
	WC	O Bahrouzyan	0	3				7	Y El Aynaoui	62	65
	Q	V Kutsenko	65	2					F López	77	77
		F López	77	6												F López	77	3	4
		J Björkman	2	3												T Robredo	64	6	6
		T Robredo	6	6					T Robredo	7	4	77
		A Waske	4	2				2	M Safin	5	6	63
	2	M Safin	6	6

External links

• 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships draw
• 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships Qualifying draw