2003 DFS Classic – Singles

Jelena Dokić was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.

Magdalena Maleeva won the title, defeating Shinobu Asagoe in the final 6–1, 6–4.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


 * 1) 🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals)
 * 2)  Eleni Daniilidou (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇧🇬 Magdalena Maleeva (champion)
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Elena Bovina (second round)
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Nathalie Dechy (second round)
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond (third round)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Alexandra Stevenson (second round)
 * 8) 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Laura Granville (second round)
 * 10) 🇹🇭 Tamarine Tanasugarn (quarterfinals)
 * 11)  Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian (third round)
 * 12) 🇨🇿 Dája Bedáňová (first round)
 * 13) 🇫🇷 Émilie Loit (first round)
 * 14) 🇰🇷 Cho Yoon-jeong (third round)
 * 15) 🇦🇺 Nicole Pratt (first round)
 * 16)  Tina Pisnik (third round)