2003 Pacific Life Open – Women's singles

Kim Clijsters defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2003 Indian Wells Masters.

Daniela Hantuchová was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Amanda Coetzer.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.


 * 1) 🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters (champion)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Jennifer Capriati (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (final)
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Amélie Mauresmo (quarterfinals)
 * 6)  Jelena Dokić (second round)
 * 7) 🇷🇺 Anastasia Myskina (second round)
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Chanda Rubin (quarterfinals)
 * 9)  Patty Schnyder (second round)
 * 10) 🇧🇬 Magdalena Maleeva (third round)
 * 11) 🇮🇱 Anna Pistolesi (second round)
 * 12)  Eleni Daniilidou (third round)
 * 13) 🇷🇺 Elena Bovina (fourth round)
 * 14) 🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva (fourth round)
 * 15) 🇫🇷 Nathalie Dechy (fourth round)
 * 16)  Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
 * 17) 🇮🇹 Silvia Farina Elia (third round)
 * 18) 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond (third round)
 * 19) 🇷🇺 Tatiana Panova (second round)
 * 20) 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez (second round)
 * 21) 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (fourth round)
 * 22) 🇺🇸 Alexandra Stevenson (second round)
 * 23) 🇺🇸 Meghann Shaughnessy (fourth round)
 * 24) 🇦🇷 Clarisa Fernández (second round)
 * 25) 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (third round)
 * 26) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
 * 27)  Katarina Srebotnik (third round)
 * 28)  Iva Majoli (second round)
 * 29) 🇹🇭 Tamarine Tanasugarn (third round)
 * 30) 🇺🇸 Laura Granville (second round)
 * 31) 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone (third round)
 * 32) 🇸🇰 Janette Husárová (second round)

Qualifying seeds
• # 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez Granados (first round)

• # 🇭🇺 Petra Mandula (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Sarah Taylor (moved to Main Draw)

• # 🇫🇷 Marion Bartoli (qualified)

• # 🇪🇸 María Sánchez Lorenzo (first round)

• # Rossana de los Ríos (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Antonella Serra Zanetti (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Marlene Weingärtner (first round)

• # 🇸🇰 Ľudmila Cervanová (qualified)

• # 🇷🇺 Evgenia Kulikovskaya (qualified)

• # 🇨🇦 Maureen Drake (qualified)

• # 🇦🇷 Mariana Díaz Oliva (qualifying competition)

• # 🇯🇵 Saori Obata (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Lindsay Lee-Waters (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Ansley Cargill (qualifying competition)

• # 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Samantha Reeves (qualified)

• # Wynne Prakusya (qualifying competition)

• # 🇸🇰 Ľubomíra Kurhajcová (first round)

• # 🇻🇪 Milagros Sequera (qualifying competition)

• # 🇯🇵 Akiko Morigami (qualified)

• # 🇭🇺 Anikó Kapros (qualifying competition)

• # 🇮🇱 Tzipora Obziler (qualifying competition)

• # 🇸🇰 Martina Suchá (qualifying)

• # 🇩🇪 Gréta Arn (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇺🇸 Sandra Cacic

• # 🇭🇺 Petra Mandula

• # 🇺🇸 Jessica Kirkland

• # 🇫🇷 Marion Bartoli

• # 🇱🇺 Claudine Schaul

• # 🇯🇵 Akiko Morigami

• # 🇮🇹 Antonella Serra Zanetti

• # 🇺🇸 Samantha Reeves

• # 🇸🇰 Ľudmila Cervanová

• # 🇷🇺 Evgenia Kulikovskaya

• # 🇨🇦 Maureen Drake

• # 🇸🇰 Martina Suchá