2003 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles

Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Sjeng Schalken.

Roger Federer won in the final 6–1, 7–6(7–2)against Jiří Novák. He did not lose a single set in the entire tournament.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1)  Roger Federer (champion)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Marat Safin (second round)
 * 3) 🇨🇿 Jiří Novák (final)
 * 4) 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (first round)
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler (quarterfinals)
 * 6)  Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇲🇦 Younes El Aynaoui (second round)
 * 8) 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)