# 2003 Qatar Total Fina Elf Open – Singles

Monica Seles was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Lina Krasnoroutskaya.
Anastasia Myskina won the title, defeating Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, 6–1 in an all-Russian final.

## Singles results
### Seeds

* The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Monica Seles (second round)
* Anastasia Myskina (champion)
* Magdalena Maleeva (quarterfinals)
* Tamarine Tanasugarn (first round)
* Elena Likhovtseva (finals)
* Francesca Schiavone (first round)
* Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
* Nicole Pratt (quarterfinals)

### 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 | Final |
| WC | Lina Krasnoroutskaya | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| 5 | Elena Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Elena Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | 5 | Elena Likhovtseva | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | 2 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 |
| | Patricia Wartusch | 3 | 3 | 2 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Zheng | 3 | 2 | | WC | L Krasnoroutskaya | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Krasnoroutskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | L Krasnoroutskaya | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | |
| | M Müller | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | 7 | C Martínez | 6$^5$ | 0$^r$ | | | | |
| Q | L Ahl | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | Q | L Ahl | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kostanić | 2 | 2 | | 7 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC | L Krasnoroutskaya | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 |
| | R de los Ríos | 2 | 1 | | 3 | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Suchá | 6 | 6$^8$ | 6 | | M Suchá | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | 4 | | | | | 3 | M Maleeva | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | An Serra Zanetti | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | 5 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | I Tulyaganova | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | I Tulyaganova | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Black | 2 | 4 | | 5 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | E Likhovtseva | 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 |
| 8 | N Pratt | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Sun | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | N Pratt | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Widjaja | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | A Widjaja | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Talaja | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | N Pratt | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | P Wartusch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Wartusch | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | A Parra Santonja | 3 | 1 | | | P Wartusch | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Tanasugarn | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | P Wartusch | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | F Schiavone | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Myskina | 6 | 6 |
| | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | S Kuznetsova | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Safina | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | D Safina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ad Serra Zanetti | 2 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | D Safina | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | A Barna | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | A Myskina | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | M Pierce | 6 | 2 | 6 | | M Pierce | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Myskina | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* n/a
* Evie Dominikovic (first round)
* María Sánchez Lorenzo (qualifying competition)
* Petra Mandula (first round)
* n/a
* Wynne Prakusya (second round)
* Ľubomíra Kurhajcová (second round)
* Mara Santangelo (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Zheng Jie
* Arantxa Parra Santonja
* Sun Tiantian
* Lucie Ahl

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| Alt | Trudi Musgrave | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Eva Fislová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Eva Fislová | 6 | 6 | | Eva Fislová | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | Zheng Jie | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Zheng Jie | 6 | 6 | | Zheng Jie | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Janet Lee | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Janet Lee | 3 | 3 | | | | | | Zheng Jie | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Kyra Nagy | 0 | 3 |
| | Kyra Nagy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Kyra Nagy | 0 | 3 |
| | Selima Sfar | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Selima Sfar | 3 | 4 | | Kyra Nagy | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | 6 | Wynne Prakusya | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | |
| | Sunitha Rao | 2 | 2 | 6 | Wynne Prakusya | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Wynne Prakusya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Evie Dominikovic | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | Irina Selyutina | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | Irina Selyutina | 6 | 6 | | Irina Selyutina | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | Joanna Sakowicz | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Joanna Sakowicz | 1 | 2 | | | | | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | Galina Fokina | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| | Galina Fokina | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Galina Fokina | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| WC | Aurelija Misevičiūtė | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| WC | Aurelija Misevičiūtė | 6 | 4 | 3 | Galina Fokina | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | Oleksandra Kravets | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | |
| | Oleksandra Kravets | 4 | 7 | 7 | Oleksandra Kravets | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | |
| 8 | Mara Santangelo | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | |

#### Third 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 |
| 3 | María Sánchez Lorenzo | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Renata Voráčová | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Renata Voráčová | 5 | 2 | 3 | María Sánchez Lorenzo | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | WC | Frederica Piedade | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Adriana Barna | 3 | 5 | WC | Frederica Piedade | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Frederica Piedade | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Frederica Piedade | 6 | 7 | | | | | 3 | María Sánchez Lorenzo | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | Sun Tiantian | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | Sun Tiantian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Sun Tiantian | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | Yuliana Fedak | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Yuliana Fedak | 2 | 1 | | Sun Tiantian | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | 7 | Ľubomíra Kurhajcová | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Natalie Grandin | 3 | 4 | 7 | Ľubomíra Kurhajcová | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 7 | Ľubomíra Kurhajcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 | Petra Mandula | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Lucie Ahl | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Lucie Ahl | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Lucie Ahl | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Olga Blahotová | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | |
| WC | Sania Mirza | 4 | 6 | 1 | | Olga Blahotová | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | Olga Blahotová | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Olga Blahotová | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | Lucie Ahl | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Anna Zaporozhanova | 1 | 3 |
| | Anna Zaporozhanova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Anna Zaporozhanova | 1 | 3 |
| | Gala León García | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gala León García | 5 | 2 | | | Anna Zaporozhanova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | Alt | Yan Zi | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Yomna Farid | 3 | 1 | | Alt | Yan Zi | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Alt | Yan Zi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |