2003 Gerry Weber Open – Singles

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Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Karol Kučera.

Singles

2003 Gerry Weber Open

Final

Champion

Runner-up

Score

6–1, 6–3

Details

Draw

32

Seeds

8

Events

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Roger Federer won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Nicolas Kiefer.^[1] This tournament marked the beginning of Federer's dominance on grass courts; he remained undefeated on the surface until the final of Wimbledon in 2008. Federer's subsequent 65-match winning streak on grass remains the longest tour-level winning streak on the surface for a male player in the Open Era.^[2] It was the first of a record ten singles titles won by Federer in Halle.^[3]

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

Roger Federer (champion)
Rainer Schüttler (second round)
Jiří Novák (quarterfinals)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
Younes El Aynaoui (quarterfinals)
Mikhail Youzhny (semifinals)
Nikolay Davydenko (first round)
Arnaud Clément (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final

	1	Roger Federer	4	7⁷	6

	6	Mikhail Youzhny	6	6⁴	2
								1	Roger Federer	6	6

									Nicolas Kiefer	1	3
	8	Arnaud Clément	6	6⁴	4

		Nicolas Kiefer	4	7⁷	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	1	R Federer	7	6
		S Sargsian	5	1				1	R Federer	4	6	6
		H-T Lee	4	0					F Vicente	6	2	1
		F Vicente	6	6											1	R Federer	7	7⁷
		L Burgsmüller	6	5	6										5	Y El Aynaoui	5	6³
	Q	J-C Scherrer	4	7	4				L Burgsmüller	3	3
	WC	C Koderisch	1	2				5	Y El Aynaoui	6	6
	5	Y El Aynaoui	6	6																		1	R Federer	4	7⁷	6
	3	J Novák	6	6																		6	M Youzhny	6	6⁴	2
	WC	H Dreekmann	2	4				3	J Novák	6	6
		S Koubek	6	6					S Koubek	4	3
	Q	Y Allegro	4	3											3	J Novák	4	4
	WC	M Abel	3	4											6	M Youzhny	6	6
		J Björkman	6	6					J Björkman	4	5
		P-H Mathieu	6	1	2^r			6	M Youzhny	6	7
	6	M Youzhny	1	6	5

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	8	A Clément	6	6
	Q	F Niemeyer	3	0				8	A Clément	6	6
		I Ljubičić	7⁷	6					I Ljubičić	4	2
	Q	D Prinosil	6⁵	2											8	A Clément	7	6⁵	7⁸
		F Santoro	6	4	6											K Kučera	5	7⁷	6⁶
		B Vahaly	2	6	3				F Santoro	3	3
		K Kučera	6	6⁸	7⁷				K Kučera	6	6
	4	Y Kafelnikov	1	7¹⁰	6⁵																	8	A Clément	6	6⁴	4
	7	N Davydenko	6⁵	3																			N Kiefer	4	7⁷	6
		F López	7⁷	6					F López	1	6	5
		N Kiefer	6	6					N Kiefer	6	3	7
		O Rochus	3	0												N Kiefer	7	6
		N Escudé	6	3	0^r											R Štěpánek	5	3
		R Štěpánek	3	6	3				R Štěpánek	6	6⁶	6
		K Carlsen	3	4				2	R Schüttler	4	7⁸	3
	2	R Schüttler	6	6

References

^ "Federer wins Halle title". www.eurosport.com. 2003-06-15. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
^ Tennis.com. "Roger Federer records that may never be broken: The 65-match grass-court winning streak". Tennis.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
^ "Halle Open 2019: Roger Federer beats David Goffin in straight sets to win record-extending 10th title". Firstpost. 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2024-02-29.

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