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
Final
Champion	Roger Federer
Runner-up	Jiří Novák
Score	6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
Details
Draw	32
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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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
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	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	1^r												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	6^3	4																		I Ljubičić	3	2
		A Sávolt	5	7^7	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	6^6	6	6^8
		Ž Krajan	4	6	3			5	R Schüttler	7^8	4	7^10
	5	R Schüttler	6	2	6																								1	Roger Federer	6	7^7
	6	S Schalken	7	6																									3	Jiří Novák	1	6^2
		M Youzhny	5	0				6	S Schalken	3	7^7	7^7
		F Santoro	6^1	6	6				F Santoro	6	6^2	6^5
		S Koubek	7^7	2	0										6	S Schalken	4	4
	WC	G Ivanišević	6^r												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	6^2	6^5
	Q	V Kutsenko	6^5	2					F López	7^7	7^7
		F López	7^7	6												F López	7^7	3	4
		J Björkman	2	3												T Robredo	6^4	6	6
		T Robredo	6	6					T Robredo	7	4	7^7
		A Waske	4	2				2	M Safin	5	6	6^3
	2	M Safin	6	6

External links

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