# 2003 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

Justine Henin-Hardenne was the defending champion, but withdrew from the tournament due to injury.
Ai Sugiyama won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova in the final 7–5, 6–4.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Anastasia Myskina (quarterfinals)
* Ai Sugiyama (champion)
* Vera Zvonareva (semifinals)
* Nadia Petrova (final)
* Daniela Hantuchová (first round)
* Anna Pistolesi (quarterfinals)
* Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)
* Patty Schnyder (semifinals)

## 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 8 | Patty Schnyder | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Nadia Petrova | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Nadia Petrova | 7 | 6 | | 4 | Nadia Petrova | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Ai Sugiyama | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Vera Zvonareva | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Ai Sugiyama | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Ai Sugiyama | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | A Myskina | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Schiavone | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | E Bovina | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Bovina | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | A Myskina | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | D Chládková | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Ľ Cervanová | 3 | 7 | 0 | | D Chládková | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M-G Mikaelian | 6$^5$ | 5 | | 8 | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | P Schnyder | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | P Schnyder | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Petrova | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | N Petrova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Krasnoroutskaya | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | L Krasnoroutskaya | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina Elia | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | 4 | N Petrova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Serna | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 7 | P Suárez | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 4 | 5 | | | M Serna | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Šprem | 3 | 4 | | 7 | P Suárez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | A Pistolesi | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Bammer | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | A Pistolesi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Koukalová | 1 | 6 | 4 | Q | M Matevžič | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Matevžič | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | A Pistolesi | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| Q | S Jeyaseelan | 4 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | 3 | V Zvonareva | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | |
| | M Bartoli | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | M Bartoli | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | V Zvonareva | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | D Hantuchová | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | J Dokic | 6 | 6 | | | J Dokic | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Mandula | 6 | 6 | | | P Mandula | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Schett | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | J Dokic | 4 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | T Pisnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Stevenson | 2 | 3 | | | T Pisnik | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Maja Matevžič (qualified)
* Ľudmila Cervanová (qualified)
* Klára Koukalová (qualified)
* Jelena Kostanić Tošić (second round)
* Tatiana Perebiynis (second round)
* Zuzana Ondrášková (second round)
* Sandra Kleinová (first round)
* Silvija Talaja (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Maja Matevžič
* Ľudmila Cervanová
* Klára Koukalová
* Sonya Jeyaseelan

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1/WC | Maja Matevžič | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Nicole Remis | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Nicole Remis | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1/WC | Maja Matevžič | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | Ivana Abramović | 1 | 0 | | | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1/WC | Maja Matevžič | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 1 | 4 |
| | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 1 | 4 |
| Alt | Adriana Jerabek | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | Adriana Jerabek | 0 | 3 | | | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Tatiana Perebiynis | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Verena Amesbauer | 0 | 2 | | 5 | Tatiana Perebiynis | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| 5 | Tatiana Perebiynis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Ľudmila Cervanová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tina Schiechtl | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tina Schiechtl | 4 | 3 | 2 | Ľudmila Cervanová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | WC | Susanne Aigner | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| Alt | Karolina Jovanović | 2 | 5 | WC | Susanne Aigner | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Susanne Aigner | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Susanne Aigner | 6 | 7 | | | | | 2 | Ľudmila Cervanová | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | 8 | Silvija Talaja | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | Iveta Melzer | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Silvija Talaja | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | Tzipora Obziler | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tzipora Obziler | 6$^3$ | 4 | | Iveta Melzer | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | Silvija Talaja | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Caroline Schneider | 1 | 1 | 8 | Silvija Talaja | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 8 | Silvija Talaja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Klára Koukalová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Marion Walter | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Marion Walter | 2 | 4 | | 3 | Klára Koukalová | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Daniela Kix | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Lenka Němečková | 1 | 6$^5$ | | WC | Daniela Kix | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Daniela Kix | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Daniela Kix | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 3 | Klára Koukalová | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Michaela Paštiková | 6$^0$ | 3 |
| | Jill Craybas | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Michaela Paštiková | 6$^0$ | 3 |
| | Myriam Casanova | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Myriam Casanova | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | Jill Craybas | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Michaela Paštiková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Michaela Paštiková | 6 | 6 | | | Michaela Paštiková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | Sandra Kleinová | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Yvonne Meusburger | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Yvonne Meusburger | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Eva Fislová | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Caroline Dhenin | 3 | 6 | 2 | | Eva Fislová | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Eva Fislová | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Eva Fislová | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | Eva Fislová | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 6 | 6 |
| | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 6 | 6 |
| | Stefanie Haidner | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Stefanie Haidner | 2 | 4 | | | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Zuzana Ondrášková | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | 0 | 1 | | 6 | Zuzana Ondrášková | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| 6 | Zuzana Ondrášková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |