The 2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open was the first edition of the WTA tournament held in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India organized for women's professional tennis. It was held from 3 February until 9 February 2003 on outdoor hardcourts. Second-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn won the singles title. Indian player Sania Mirza made her debut at this tournament in her hometown Hyderabad.
Finals Singles
Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated Iroda Tulyaganova 6–4, 6–4 It was Tanasugarn's only singles title of the year and the 1st of her career.
Doubles
Elena Likhovtseva / Iroda Tulyaganova defeated Eugenia Kulikovskaya / Tatiana Poutchek 6–4, 6–4
WTA entrants Seeds Seed Country Player Rank1Clarisa Fernández282Tamarine Tanasugarn323Elena Likhovtseva364Mary Pierce495Iroda Tulyaganova576Cristina Torrens Valero667Angelique Widjaja628Silvija Talaja79 Rankings as of 25 January 2003.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Elena Likhovtseva Sania Mirza
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Yuliya Beygelzimer Maria Kirilenko Manisha Malhotra Zheng Jie
The following players received entry through the lucky loser spot: Sun Tiantian
References
External links WTA tournament draws ITF tournament edition details