2003 Nordea Nordic Light Open at Helsinki
Week of 4-10 August (WTA Tier 4)

Championship: Anna Pistolesi [2] d. Jelena Kostanić (Q) 4-6 6-4 6-0

Main Draw     Qualifying


Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
2306.7 Silvija Talaja d.
2518.8 Patty Schnyder [1]
7-6 (4) 6-2
Talaja
d.
Ondrašková
0-6 6-4 6-1
Kostanić (Q)
d.
Talaja
6-3 6-2
Kostanić (Q)
d.
Douchevina
7-6 (2) 6-1
Pistolesi [2]
d.
Kostanić (Q)
4-6 6-4 6-0
2315.0 Zuzana Ondrašková d.
1941.3 Emma Laine
6-1 6-1
2295.3 Marta Marrero (LL) d.
2220.1 Evgenia Koulikovskaya
6-3 3-6 7-6 (6)
Kostanić (Q)
d.
Marrero (LL)
6-1 6-2
2319.0 Jelena Kostanić (Q) d.
2377.0 Flavia Pennetta [5]
6-4 7-6 (8)
2433.5 Denisa Chladková [3] d.
2272.3 Gala León García
6-3 6-2
Douchevina
d.
Chladková [3]
6-2 6-3
Douchevina
d.
Czink
7-5 6-0
2319.8 Vera Douchevina d.
2295.6 Iveta Benešová
6-4 6-7 (5) 6-1
2255.4 Ánabel Medina Garrigues d.
2179.1 Katalin Marosi (LL)
7-5 6-2
Czink
d.
Medina Garrigues
6-3 4-6 7-5
2230.8 Melinda Czink d.
2359.4 Clarisa Fernández [7]
2-6 6-2 7-6 (4)
2370.8 Karolina Šprem [8] d.
2246.1 Cristina Torrens Valero
6-0 6-0
Šprem [8]
d.
Rittner
6-7 (5) 7-5 6-4
Šprem [8]
d.
Mandula [4]
walkover
Pistolesi [2]
d.
Šprem [8]
6-3 1-6 6-4
2392.2 Barbara Rittner d.
2205.9 Sofia Arvidsson
7-5 6-4
2306.8 Tatiana Perebiynis d.
2147.2 Sandra Kleinová (Q)
6-1 6-2
Mandula [4]
d.
Perebiynis
6-2 6-2
2388.6 Petrá Mandula [4] d.
2280.0 Antonella Serra Zanetti
6-1 6-2
2332.1 Ludmila Červanová d.
2391.3 Anca Barna [6]
6-3 6-4
Červanová
d.
Nagyová
walkover
Pistolesi [2]
d.
Červanová
6-3 6-0
2288.4 Henrieta Nagyová d.
2317.3 Klara Koukalová
6-0 5-7 6-4
2418.0 Myriam Casanova d.
2217.0 Rita Kuti Kis (Q)
3-6 6-4 6-1
Pistolesi [2]
d.
Casanova
6-2 6-3
2504.9 Anna Pistolesi [2] d.
2136.2 Jana Hlavačková (Q)
6-3 6-4
Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final



Qualifying      Main Draw


Round 1 Round 2 Qualifying Final
2295.3 Marta Marrero [1] d.
2062.4 Goulnara Fattakhetdinova
3-6 6-2 6-3
Marrero [1]
d.
Liggan
6-1 6-4
Hlavačková
d.
Marrero [1]
6-3 2-6 6-4
2101.0 Kelly Liggan d.
2135.3 Ivana Abramović
4-6 6-2 7-5
2136.2 Jana Hlavačková d.
2097.9 Carina Björnström*
6-4 6-2
Hlavačková
d.
dell'Angelo
6-2 7-6 (3)
2059.4 Laura dell'Angelo d.
2204.8 Maret Ani [8]
walkover
2147.2 Sandra Kleinová [2] d.
2188.5 Essi Laine
6-7 (4) 6-1 6-3
Kleinová [2]
d.
Schneider
6-0 6-1
Kleinová [2]
d.
Nooni
6-3 6-1
1803.1 Caroline Schneider d.
1584.7 Valeria Bondarenko
6-1 6-7 (5) 6-3
2120.1 Hana Nooni d.
2050.2 Caroline Dhénin
6-3 7-5
Nooni
d.
Poutchek [6]
6-3 6-0
2236.3 Tatiana Poutchek [6] d.
1935.6 Mireille Dittmann
6-4 6-2
2048.2 Maria Wolfbrandt d.
2220.9 Renata Voracová [3]
6-2 2-6 6-1
Kuti Kis
d.
Wolfbrandt
6-2 7-6 (3)
Kuti Kis
d.
Meusburger
7-5 6-0
2217.0 Rita Kuti Kis d.
2180.4 Elena Tatarkova
6-0 7-5
2091.0 Anna Földenyi d.
1740.7 Piia Suomalainen
6-1 6-2
Meusburger
d.
Földenyi
4-6 6-3 6-5 ret.
2069.6 Yvonne Meusburger d.
2256.6 Olga Barabanschikova [5]
6-4 6-1
2319.0 Jelena Kostanić [4] d.
1766.6 Ina Sartz
6-1 6-1
Kostanić [4]
d.
A. Bondarenko
7-5 6-1
Kostanić [4]
d.
Marosi [7]
6-4 6-0
2127.2 Alyona Bondarenko d.
1953.8 Karina Jakobsgaard
3-6 6-0 6-2
2159.1 Vanessa Henke d.
1840.3 Helena Ejeson
6-7 (5) 7-6 (2) 6-1
Marosi [7]
d.
Henke
7-5 6-3
2179.1 Katalin Marosi [7] d.
2060.0 María José Martínez
7-5 1-6 6-3
Round 1 Round 2 Qualifying Final

* Players marked with an asterisk are playing in their first WTA event in the past year and are consequently unrated. For the purposes of my system they are assigned a rating in each match equivalent to their opponent's strength of schedule.