The 2003 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts was a women's
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on outdoor
hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the event then known as the
Uncle Tobys Hardcourts, and was a
Tier III event on the
2003 WTA Tour
The 2003 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2003 tennis season. The 2003 WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, T ...
. It took place in
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the nati ...
, Australia, from 29 December 2002 through 4 January 2003. Second-seeded
Nathalie Dechy won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Nathalie Dechy defeated
Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
* It was Dechy's only singles title of her career.
Doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...
/
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...
defeated
Nathalie Dechy /
Émilie Loit
Émilie Loit (; born 9 June 1979) is a retired tennis player from France.
Besides her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007, she won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her hi ...
, 6–4, 6–4
External links
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