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These clay courts provide great challenge to the participants as the game strategy changes in these courts. The 2003 French Open Tennis Tournament was one such event that was held in the red clay court of Philippe Chatrier.
The 2003 French Open Tennis Tournament Statistics
The 2003 French Open Tennis Tournament featured the events of Mens Singles, Womens Singles, Mens Doubles, Womens Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Junior Championships. In the Mens Singles category previous year finalist Juan Carlos Ferrero won the title by defeating Martin Verkerk by straight sets. The score line was 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. In the Womens Singles Justine Henin won the title after she defeated Kim Clijsters by 6-0, 6-4. In the Mens Doubles category Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated previous champion Paul Haarhuis and Yevgeny Kafelnikov by 7-6, 6-3. In the Womens Doubles category Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez by 6-7, 6-2, 9-7. The Mixed Doubles category saw Lisa Raymond and Lime Bryan conquering the title after they defeated Elena Likhovtseva and Mahesh Bhupathi by 6-3, 6-4. In the Junior Championships the Boys Doubles was won by Stanislas Wawrinka. The Girls Singles was won by Anna-Lena Groenefeld. The Boys Doubles was won by Gyorgy Balazs and Dudi Sela and the Girls Doubles was won by Marta Fraga-Perez and Adriana Gonzales-Penas.
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