# 2003 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles

Paul-Henri Mathieu was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Taylor Dent.
Dent won in the final 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 against Sargis Sargsian.

## Seeds

* Sjeng Schalken (first round)
* Agustín Calleri (quarterfinals)
* Félix Mantilla (first round)
* Marat Safin (first round)
* Max Mirnyi (second round)
* Nicolás Massú (first round)
* Feliciano López (first round)
* 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Paul-Henri Mathieu | 3 | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | |
| Taylor Dent | 6 | 2 | 7$^7$ | | | |
| Taylor Dent | 6 | 2 | 7$^7$ | Taylor Dent | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | Sargis Sargsian | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| Vince Spadea | 2 | 2 | | Sargis Sargsian | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| Sargis Sargsian | 6 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | S Schalken | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Andreev | 6 | 6 | | | I Andreev | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Zíb | 2 | 4 | | | I Ljubičić | 4 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | I Andreev | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| Q | T Ketola | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7 | | | | | | P-H Mathieu | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | JI Chela | 4 | 7$^7$ | 5 | Q | T Ketola | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P-H Mathieu | 6 | 6 | | | P-H Mathieu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | F López | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | P-H Mathieu | 3 | 6 | 6$^1$ |
| 3 | F Mantilla | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | T Dent | 6 | 2 | 7$^7$ |
| | T Dent | 6 | 6 | | | T Dent | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | O Rochus | 6 | 6 | | | O Rochus | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | T Dent | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Rosset | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | D Prinosil | 1 | 1 | | | M Rosset | 7 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kučera | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | K Kučera | 5 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | N Massú | 7$^7$ | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | M Mirnyi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Davydenko | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | M Mirnyi | 3 | 6 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 6$^4$ | 0 | | | S Koubek | 6 | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | |
| | S Koubek | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | S Koubek | 6 | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | |
| WC | A Stoliarov | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | V Spadea | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | |
| | V Spadea | 1 | 6 | 6 | | V Spadea | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | W Black | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | Q | W Black | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Safin | 4 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | V Spadea | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 7$^{13}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | S Sargsian | 6 | 6 |
| WC | I Kunitsyn | 0 | 6$^{11}$ | | 8 | Y Kafelnikov | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Sargsian | 6 | 6 | | | S Sargsian | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Volandri | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | S Sargsian | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Nieminen | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | A Calleri | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | I Labadze | 3 | 6 | 6 | | I Labadze | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Golovanov | 2 | 2 | | 2 | A Calleri | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Calleri | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Marc Rosset (moved into Main Draw)
* Tomáš Zíb (qualified)
* Tuomas Ketola (qualified)
* David Prinosil (qualified)
* Robin Vik (qualifying competition)
* Christian Vinck (qualifying competition)
* Dmitri Sitak (first round)
* Pavel Ivanov (second round)

### Qualifiers

* Wayne Black
* Tomáš Zíb
* Tuomas Ketola
* David Prinosil

### Qualifying draw
#### First 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 |
| Alt | Andrei Gorban | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Wayne Black | 6 | 6 | Wayne Black | Wayne Black | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Dmitri Lomakin | 4 | 4 | Andrei Merinov | Andrei Merinov | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Andrei Merinov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Wayne Black | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | Pavel Lobanov | 4 | 2 | | | | | 5 | Robin Vik | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | 6 | 6 | | Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | |
| | Alexander Pavlioutchenkov | 0 | 3 | 5 | Robin Vik | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 5 | Robin Vik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Second 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 |
| 2 | Tomáš Zíb | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sergei Demekhine | 3 | 4 | | 2 | Tomáš Zíb | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Nikolai Mishin | 6 | 6$^5$ | 1 | | Vadim Davletshin | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Vadim Davletshin | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Tomáš Zíb | 6 | 6 |
| | Alexei Ageev | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | Andrei Cherkasov | 2 | 4 |
| | Andrei Cherkasov | 6 | 6 | | Andrei Cherkasov | Andrei Cherkasov | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | Alexander Sikanov | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | Alexander Sikanov | Alexander Sikanov | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| 7 | Dmitri Sitak | 2 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |

#### Third 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 | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Tuomas Ketola | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Serguei Pozdnev | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | Tuomas Ketola | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Artem Sitak | 6 | 7 | | | Artem Sitak | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Mikhail Lifshits | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 3 | Tuomas Ketola | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | Mikhail Elgin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Mikhail Elgin | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| WC | Armen Gomktsian | 2 | 2 | | | Mikhail Elgin | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky | 5 | 5 | | 8 | Pavel Ivanov | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| 8 | Pavel Ivanov | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Fourth 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 | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | David Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alexei Sergueev | 1 | 2 | | 4 | David Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Vladimir Melnikov | 6 | 1 | 6 | WC | Vladimir Melnikov | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Sergei Krotiouk | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | 4 | David Prinosil | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| | Alexander Markin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | Christian Vinck | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| | Mikhail Ledovskikh | 3 | 2 | | | Alexander Markin | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Konstantin Kravchuk | 4 | 1 | | 6 | Christian Vinck | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Christian Vinck | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |