# 2003 Tashkent Open – Singles

Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian was the defending champion from 2002, but she chose not to compete in 2003.
Virginia Ruano Pascual won the title in two sets over Saori Obata.

## Draw
### Seeds

* Petra Mandula (second round)
* Emmanuelle Gagliardi (semifinals)
* Saori Obata (final)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual (winner)
* Flavia Pennetta (second round)
* Jill Craybas (quarterfinals)
* Angelique Widjaja (second round)
* Jelena Kostanić (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 3 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | | | |
| 4 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| 4 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 3 | Saori Obata | 2 | 6$^2$ |
| 3 | Saori Obata | 7 | 6 | | 3 | Saori Obata | 2 | 6$^2$ |
| 2 | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | 5 | 3 | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | P Mandula | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Amanmuradova | 4 | 6$^3$ | | 1 | P Mandula | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | A Parra Santonja | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Suchá | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | A Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | An Serra Zanetti | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | L Skavronskaia | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | L Skavronskaia | 6 | 6 | | Q | L Skavronskaia | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Schaul | 7 | 4 | 6$^5$ | 7 | A Widjaja | 6$^3$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Widjaja | 6$^5$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | A Parra Santonja | 3 | 6 | 6$^3$ |
| 4 | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Q | Ad Barna | 2 | 3 | | 4 | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Voráčová | 4 | 0 | r | | S Foretz | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Foretz | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | M Goloviznina | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | J Craybas | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Y Beygelzimer | 6 | 6 | | | Y Beygelzimer | 6 | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Kulikovskaia | 1 | 1 | | 6 | J Craybas | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Craybas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | J Kostanić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Fislová | 1 | 2 | | 8 | J Kostanić | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kirilenko | 3 | 7 | 6 | | M Kirilenko | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Obziler | 6 | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | | | 8 | J Kostanić | 7 | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| | J Zheng | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | S Obata | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | I Israilova | 4 | 5 | | | J Zheng | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Poutchek | 3 | 2 | | 3 | S Obata | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Obata | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Obata | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | F Pennetta | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Gagliardi | 5 | 3 |
| | T Garbin | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | F Pennetta | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ad Serra Zanetti | 6 | 6 | | | Ad Serra Zanetti | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Okamoto | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | Ad Serra Zanetti | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova | 5 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | E Gagliardi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Wartusch | 7 | 6 | | | P Wartusch | 1 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rodionova | 2 | 4 | | 2 | E Gagliardi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | E Gagliardi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |