Men's singles Champion Roger Federer Runner-up Mark Philippoussis Final score 7–6(7–5) , 6–2, 7–6(7–3) Draw 128 (16 / 8 ) Seeds 32
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Roger Federer defeated Mark Philippoussis in the final, 7–6(7–5) , 6–2, 7–6(7–3) to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was his first major title, the first of a record eight Gentleman's singles titles at Wimbledon , and the first of 20 major men's singles titles overall.
Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion , but lost in the first round to Ivo Karlović . As a result, Hewitt became one of only two defending Wimbledon men's singles champions to lose in the first round of their defence, the other being Manuel Santana , the 1966 champion, who lost in the first round in 1967 to Charlie Pasarell . Hewitt had previously rejected playing the opening Centre Court match in 2002, when Goran Ivanišević withdrew, for fear of the unpredictability of fresh grass.[2]
With the losses of Hewitt, Andre Agassi and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the fourth round, a first-time major champion was guaranteed. This marked the first time in the Open Era that none of the quarterfinalists in a major had previously won a major singles title. [3]
This was also notable for being the first major in which future 21-time major champion and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal competed in the main draw (also the youngest player in the men's singles),[3] in which he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan in the third round. It was also notable for the absence of seven-time Wimbledon champion, Pete Sampras . Sampras did not officially retire until the 2003 US Open , although he did not play in any tournaments after the 2002 US Open .
This was also the first meeting in a major between Federer and Andy Roddick , after which a high profile rivalry was established.
Seeds [ ]
0 1 . Lleyton Hewitt (first round)
0 2 . Andre Agassi (fourth round)
0 3 . Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round)
0 4 . Roger Federer (champion)
0 5 . Andy Roddick (semifinals)
0 6 . David Nalbandian (fourth round)
0 7 . Guillermo Coria (first round)
0 8 . Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals)
0 9 . Rainer Schüttler (fourth round)
10 . Tim Henman (quarterfinals)
11 . Jiří Novák (third round)
12 . Paradorn Srichaphan (fourth round)
13 . Sébastien Grosjean (semifinals)
14 . Xavier Malisse (first round)
15 . Arnaud Clément (second round)
16 . Mikhail Youzhny (second round)
17 . Gustavo Kuerten (second round)
18. Marat Safin (withdrew)
19 . Fernando González (first round)
20 . Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
21 . Martin Verkerk (first round)
22 . Félix Mantilla (first round)
23 . Agustín Calleri (second round)
24. Albert Costa (withdrew)
25 . Tommy Robredo (third round)
26 . James Blake (second round)
27 . Younes El Aynaoui (third round)
28 . Wayne Ferreira (first round)
29 . Gastón Gaudio (first round)
30 . Jarkko Nieminen (third round)
31 . Vince Spadea (first round)
32 . Juan Ignacio Chela (second round)
33 . Nikolay Davydenko (first round)
34. Àlex Corretja (withdrew)
35 . Radek Štěpánek (third round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Albert Costa and Marat Safin withdrew due to injury. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Nikolay Davydenko and Àlex Corretja , who became the #33 and #34 seeds respectively. Corretja subsequently withdrew due to personal reasons and was replaced by the next highest non-seeded player Radek Štěpánek , who became the #35 seed.
Qualifying [ ]
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
Finals [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Jonas Björkman
4
2
4
5
Andy Roddick
6
6
6
5
Andy Roddick
66
3
3
4
Roger Federer
78
6
6
4
Roger Federer
6
6
6
8
Sjeng Schalken
3
4
4
4
Roger Federer
77
6
77
Mark Philippoussis
65
2
63
10
Tim Henman
68
6
3
4
13
Sébastien Grosjean
710
3
6
6
13
Sébastien Grosjean
63
3
3
Mark Philippoussis
77
6
6
PR
Alexander Popp
6
6
3
3
6
Mark Philippoussis
4
4
6
6
8
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
12
Paradorn Srichaphan
6
6
4
3
6
Dominik Hrbatý
3
4
6
6
3
12
P Srichaphan
4
1
77
7
7
Olivier Mutis
4
0
6
77
6
O Mutis
6
6
64
5
5
Franco Squillari
6
6
4
61
3
12
P Srichaphan
6
6
6
Rafael Nadal
6
6
4
6
R Nadal
4
4
2
Mario Ančić
3
4
6
4
R Nadal
6
6
6
WC
Lee Childs
2
77
1
77
6
WC
L Childs
2
4
3
33
Nikolay Davydenko
6
62
6
65
2
12
P Srichaphan
4
6
3
2
25
Tommy Robredo
3
6
78
6
5
A Roddick
6
3
6
6
José Acasuso
6
3
66
4
25
T Robredo
6
6
6
Brian Vahaly
2
6
6
6
B Vahaly
4
4
2
Filippo Volandri
6
1
4
4
25
T Robredo
65
4
4
Alexander Waske
66
5
67
5
A Roddick
77
6
6
Greg Rusedski
78
7
79
G Rusedski
64
61
5
Davide Sanguinetti
2
3
3
5
A Roddick
77
77
7
5
Andy Roddick
6
6
6
Section 3 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
4
Roger Federer
6
6
77
Hyung-taik Lee
3
3
62
4
R Federer
7
6
6
Stefan Koubek
4
6
6
6
S Koubek
5
1
1
Christophe Rochus
6
3
1
1
4
R Federer
6
6
4
6
Jan-Michael Gambill
6
6
6
M Fish
3
1
6
1
LL
Igor Kunitsyn
3
2
4
J-M Gambill
4
4
1
Mardy Fish
6
4
6
6
M Fish
6
6
6
29
Gastón Gaudio
2
6
3
3
4
R Federer
77
6
6
23
Agustín Calleri
6
7
1
F López
65
4
4
Adrian Voinea
2
5
0r
23
A Calleri
4
715
2
77
8
Flávio Saretta
6
6
6
F Saretta
6
613
6
65
10
WC
Alan Mackin
2
4
2
F Saretta
4
4
4
Feliciano López
6
6
77
F López
6
6
6
LL
Robert Kendrick
3
4
64
F López
77
6
6
Karol Beck
4
2
3
16
M Youzhny
65
3
2
16
Mikhail Youzhny
6
6
6
Section 4 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
6
David Nalbandian
7
6
6
Vladimir Voltchkov
5
4
2
6
D Nalbandian
6
7
6
André Sá
6
3
A Sá
2
5
2
Mariano Puerta
2
2r
6
D Nalbandian
6
5
61
6
6
Q
Dick Norman
68
4
63
K Kučera
4
7
77
4
2
Q
Takao Suzuki
710
6
77
Q
T Suzuki
3
5
2
Karol Kučera
6
6
6
K Kučera
6
7
6
28
Wayne Ferreira
1
2
4
6
D Nalbandian
2
77
5
3
21
Martin Verkerk
3
4
77
1
10
T Henman
6
64
7
6
Q
Robin Söderling
6
6
65
6
Q
R Söderling
2
710
6
6
Q
Gilles Elseneer
3
6
6
6
Q
G Elseneer
6
68
4
3
Nicolas Kiefer
6
3
4
4
Q
R Söderling
3
1
4
David Sánchez
3
4
710
3
10
T Henman
6
6
6
Q
Michaël Llodra
6
6
68
6
Q
M Llodra
4
4
3
LL
Tomáš Zíb
2
611
6
1
10
T Henman
6
6
6
10
Tim Henman
6
713
3
6
Section 6 [ ]
Section 7 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
7
Guillermo Coria
5
64
3
Olivier Rochus
7
77
6
O Rochus
2
6
4
77
6
WC
Richard Bloomfield
4
66
3
A Dupuis
6
3
6
65
4
Antony Dupuis
6
78
6
O Rochus
77
6
6
LL
Stefano Galvani
6
2
1
6
8
30
J Nieminen
65
3
1
Julien Boutter
3
6
6
2
6
LL
S Galvani
4
7
4
63
Q
Fernando Verdasco
710
4
6
3
3
30
J Nieminen
6
5
6
77
30
Jarkko Nieminen
68
6
4
6
6
O Rochus
7
3
4
2
20
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
5
6
6
2
3
PR
A Popp
5
6
6
6
Raemon Sluiter
7
3
2
6
6
R Sluiter
64
6
3
77
2
Hicham Arazi
4
65
3
PR
A Popp
77
4
6
65
6
PR
Alexander Popp
6
77
6
PR
A Popp
6
6
77
David Ferrer
1
6
6
6
11
J Novák
3
4
63
WC
Martin Lee
6
3
1
2
D Ferrer
2
5
3
Luis Horna
6
61
1
1
11
J Novák
6
7
6
11
Jiří Novák
3
77
6
6
Section 8 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
14
Xavier Malisse
4
3
2
Q
Cyril Saulnier
6
6
6
Q
C Saulnier
3
2
62
Mariano Zabaleta
3
6
3
2
M Philippoussis
6
6
77
Mark Philippoussis
6
4
6
6
M Philippoussis
4
79
6
78
Scott Draper
77
4
6
6
35
R Štěpánek
6
67
4
66
Paul-Henri Mathieu
65
6
3
4
S Draper
66
3
1
Q
Michal Mertiňák
66
4
4
35
R Štěpánek
78
6
6
35
Radek Štěpánek
78
6
6
M Philippoussis
6
2
64
6
6
27
Younes El Aynaoui
6
6
6
2
A Agassi
3
6
77
3
4
WC
Mark Hilton
3
2
4
27
Y El Aynaoui
77
3
77
6
Zeljko Krajan
1
1
1
N Massú
65
6
64
4
Nicolás Massú
6
6
6
27
Y El Aynaoui
7
4
64
64
Lars Burgsmüller
6
77
4
6
2
A Agassi
5
6
77
77
Albert Montañés
3
65
6
2
L Burgsmüller
3
64
3
WC
Jamie Delgado
4
0
7
4
2
A Agassi
6
77
6
2
Andre Agassi
6
6
5
6
References [ ]
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230 .
^ Harman, Neil (2004). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2004 . 2 Puddle Dock, London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135 39 7 .
^ a b Parsons, John (2003). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2003 . 2 Puddle Dock London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135-29-X . {{cite book }}
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