2003 ITF Women's Circuit

The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour. In 2003, the ITF Women's circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $75,000. In addition to the traditional tournament format, there were also three four-week circuits each worth $40,000 in prize money.

The ITF world champions in 2003 were Justine Henin-Hardenne (senior singles), Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (senior doubles), Kirsten Flipkens (junior singles) and Andrea Hlaváčková (junior doubles).^[1]

Tournament breakdown by region

Region	Number of events	Total prize money
Africa	16	$160,000
Asia	48	$820,000
Europe	179	$3,225,000
North America*	65	$1,770,000
Oceania	12	$225,000
South America	12	$135,000
Total	322	$6,335,000

*Includes information for events in Central America and the Caribbean

Singles titles by nation

Rank	Nation	Titles won
1.	Czech Republic	23
2.	USA	18
3.	Spain	16
4.	Japan	15
5.	France	13
6.	Germany	12
7.	India	11
8.	Argentina	10
=	Australia	10
=	Croatia	10
=	Russia	10
12.	Austria	9
=	Brazil	9
=	Hungary	9
15.	Puerto Rico	8
=	Ukraine	8
17.	Italy	7
=	Romania	7
=	Slovakia	7
20.	Bulgaria	6
=	Netherlands	6
=	Chinese Taipei	6

This list displays only the top 22 nations in terms of singles titles wins.

Sources

References

↑ List of ITF World Champions

External links

International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website

ITF Women's Circuit

1990s	1994 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 1995 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 1995 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 1996 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 1997 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 1998 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 1999 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec

2000s	2000 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2001 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2002 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2003 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2004 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2005 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2006 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2007 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2008 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2009 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec

2010s	2010 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2011 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2012 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2013 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2014 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2015 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec 2016 Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec

2003 in tennis

Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon Championships US Open

Tours	Men: ATP Tour Tennis Masters Cup Tennis Masters Series Women: WTA Tour Tour Championships Tier I Series

National teams	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup

Other events	Afro-Asian Games Games of the Small States of Europe

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.