# 2003 Pacific Life Open – Men's singles

Defending champion Lleyton Hewitt defeated Gustavo Kuerten in the final, 6–1, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2003 Indian Wells Masters. Hewitt saved three match points in his first round encounter against Younes El Aynaoui.

## Seeds

* Lleyton Hewitt (champion)
* Andre Agassi (withdrew due to a shoulder injury)
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round)
* Roger Federer (second round)
* Carlos Moyá (third round)
* Andy Roddick (quarterfinals)
* Marat Safin (third round)
* Albert Costa (second round)
* Jiří Novák (second round, withdrew due to a virus)
* David Nalbandian (first round)
* Sébastien Grosjean (third round)
* Paradorn Srichaphan (first round)
* Tim Henman (second round)
* Sjeng Schalken (second round)
* Rainer Schüttler (semifinals)
* Àlex Corretja (second round)
* Gastón Gaudio (first round, retired due to a virus)

## 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Robby Ginepri | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Robby Ginepri | 4 | 2 | | 1 | Lleyton Hewitt | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Q | Vince Spadea | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | Brian Vahaly | 3 | 2 | | Q | Vince Spadea | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | Vince Spadea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Vince Spadea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Gustavo Kuerten | 1 | 1 |
| | James Blake | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | Gustavo Kuerten | 1 | 1 |
| | Gustavo Kuerten | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gustavo Kuerten | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Gustavo Kuerten | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 15 | Rainer Schüttler | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| 6 | Andy Roddick | 3 | 2 | | 15 | Rainer Schüttler | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| 15 | Rainer Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | L Hewitt | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Kafelnikov | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Y Kafelnikov | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Štěpánek | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | L Hewitt | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Coria | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | G Coria | 7$^7$ | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 0 | 6 | 0 | | G Coria | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Acasuso | 6$^2$ | 6$^7$ | | 16 | À Corretja | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | À Corretja | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | J Novák | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | R Ginepri | 4 | 2 |
| Q | K Beck | 4 | 5 | | 9 | J Novák | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Ginepri | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | Q | R Ginepri | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H-T Lee | 6$^2$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | Q | R Ginepri | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | M Safin | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | M Philippoussis | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Philippoussis | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Koubek | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Safin | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Sargsian | 4 | 7$^7$ | 4 | 3 | J C Ferrero | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F González | 6 | 3 | 4 | Q | B Vahaly | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Vahaly | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | B Vahaly | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | J Nieminen | 2 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | T Robredo | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | T Robredo | 6 | 0 | | | T Robredo | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 2 | 3 | | 14 | S Schalken | 7 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | B Vahaly | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | P Srichaphan | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | V Spadea | 6 | 6 |
| Q | V Spadea | 6 | 6 | | Q | V Spadea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | Q | N Kiefer | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Ančić | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | V Spadea | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | O Rochus | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | LL | O Rochus | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 1 | 6 | 3 | LL | O Rochus | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Krajicek | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | | 8 | A Costa | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Costa | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Chang | 0 | 3 | | 8 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Kratochvil | 2 | 6 | 2 | | A Clément | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Clément | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 8 | C Moyá | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | J Blake | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | J Blake | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | T Martin | 1 | 6 | 5 | | J Blake | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J I Chela | 4 | 6 | 7 | | J I Chela | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | D Nalbandian | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | J Blake | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | T Henman | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | G Kuerten | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | J-M Gambill | 5 | 2 | | 13 | T Henman | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 4 | 3 | | | A Calleri | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Calleri | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Calleri | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | G Kuerten | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | G Kuerten | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević | 2 | 4 | | | G Kuerten | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Mantilla | 7$^7$ | 4 | 1$^r$ | 4 | R Federer | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | R Federer | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | A Roddick | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Enqvist | 4 | 4 | 6 | A Roddick | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hrbatý | 2 | 6$^2$ | | F López | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F López | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | 6 | A Roddick | 7$^7$ | 2 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | D Ferrer | 1 | 0 | | | | | 11 | S Grosjean | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | |
| | X Malisse | 6 | 6 | | X Malisse | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Sánchez | 3 | 2 | 11 | S Grosjean | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | S Grosjean | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Roddick | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | R Schüttler | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | 15 | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 |
| | W Arthurs | 4 | 6$^3$ | 15 | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Zabaleta | 7$^7$ | 6 | | M Zabaleta | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | 15 | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | W Ferreira | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | M Mirnyi | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi | 7$^7$ | 6 | | M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ríos | 4 | | | M Ríos | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | G Gaudio | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Vince Spadea (qualified)
* Lee Hyung-taik (qualified)
* Olivier Rochus (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* André Sá (first round)
* Michel Kratochvil (qualified)
* Karol Beck (qualified)
* Nicolas Kiefer (qualified)
* Robby Ginepri (qualified)
* Brian Vahaly (qualified)
* Sargis Sargsian (qualified)
* Luis Horna (qualifying competition)
* Franco Squillari (qualifying competition)
* Jean-René Lisnard (qualifiying competition)
* Justin Gimelstob (first round)
* Magnus Norman (qualifying competition)
* Kristian Pless (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Vince Spadea
* Lee Hyung-taik
* Brian Vahaly
* Sargis Sargsian
* Michel Kratochvil
* Karol Beck
* Nicolas Kiefer
* Robby Ginepri

### Lucky loser

* Olivier Rochus

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Vince Spadea | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Michael Joyce | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | Michael Joyce | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Vince Spadea | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 15 | Magnus Norman | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| WC | Brian Baker | 3 | 3 | | 15 | Magnus Norman | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| 15 | Magnus Norman | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Lee Hyung-taik | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Peter Luczak | 4 | 0 | | | | | |
| | Peter Luczak | 4 | 0 | | 2 | Lee Hyung-taik | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 13 | Jean-René Lisnard | 3 | 4 |
| | Alexander Waske | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | 13 | Jean-René Lisnard | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Jean-René Lisnard | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Olivier Rochus | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Fernando Meligeni | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | Fernando Meligeni | 3 | 1 | 3 | Olivier Rochus | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | 9 | Brian Vahaly | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Alex Reichel | 2 | 4 | 9 | Brian Vahaly | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Brian Vahaly | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | André Sá | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Nicolás Massú | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Nicolás Massú | 6 | 6 | | Nicolás Massú | 7 | 6$^5$ | 1 |
| | | | | 10 | Sargis Sargsian | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | Scott Draper | 5 | 5 | 10 | Sargis Sargsian | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 10 | Sargis Sargsian | 7 | 7 | | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Michel Kratochvil | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Cecil Mamiit | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | | | | |
| | Cecil Mamiit | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 5 | Michel Kratochvil | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Gastón Etlis | 5 | 2 |
| | Gastón Etlis | 7 | 6 | | | Gastón Etlis | 5 | 2 |
| 14 | Justin Gimelstob | 5 | 3 | | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Karol Beck | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Arnaud Di Pasquale | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Arnaud Di Pasquale | 4 | 4 | | 6 | Karol Beck | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 11 | Luis Horna | 3 | 2 |
| | Attila Sávolt | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | Luis Horna | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | Luis Horna | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Seventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Michaël Llodra | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Michaël Llodra | 4 | 3 | 7 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 16 | Kristian Pless | 4 | 2 |
| | Jürgen Melzer | 6$^3$ | 4 | 16 | Kristian Pless | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | Kristian Pless | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |

#### Eighth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 8 | Robby Ginepri | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Prakash Amritraj | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Prakash Amritraj | 3 | 3 | | 8 | Robby Ginepri | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 12 | Franco Squillari | 5 | 0 |
| WC | Brendan Evans | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | Franco Squillari | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Franco Squillari | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |