Tennis at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games

Tennis at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games
Date	25–31 October
Edition	1st
Location	SAAP Tennis Complex
Champions
Men's Singles
Vijay Kannan (IND)
Women's Singles
Sania Mirza (IND)
Men's Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna (IND)
Women's Doubles
Rushmi Chakravarthi / Sania Mirza (IND)
Mixed Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Sania Mirza (IND)
Men's team
India
Women's team
India

The tennis competitions at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad, India were held from October 25 to October 31^[1] at the SAAP Tennis Complex.^[2] The events were held on grass courts.

All semifinal losers were awarded Bronze Medal. India was the most successful- it won Gold Medals in each tennis event. Then-16-year-old and rising Indian star on the professional tennis court, Sania Mirza, was the most victorious, winning four Gold Medals.

Men's singles

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	Vijay Kannan (IND)	Johnny Arcilla (PHI)	Sonny Kayombo (COD)
			Sunday Maku (NGR)

Seeds

Prakash Amritraj (Quarterfinals, withdrew) Vijay Kannan (Champion, Gold Medalist)

3. Joseph Victorino (Quarterfinals) 4. Abdul-Mumin Babalola (Quarterfinals)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Sonny Kayombo	7	4	1
		Johnny Arcilla	5	6	6
									Johnny Arcilla	1	1
								2	Vijay Kannan	6	6
		Sunday Maku	6	3	6^4
	2	Vijay Kannan	4	6	7^7

Main draw

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	P Amritraj
								S Kayombo	w/o
															S Kayombo	7	4	1
	J Arcilla	7	6												J Arcilla	5	6	6
	R de Silva	5	4					J Arcilla	6	2	6
							4	A-M Babalola	3	6	3
																						J Arcilla	1	1
																					2	V Kannan	6	6
							3	J Victorino	6	4	6^6
								S Maku	1	6	7^8
															S Maku	6	3	6^4
														2	V Kannan	4	6	7^7
								H Godamane	1	5
							2	V Kannan	6	7

Men's doubles

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Doubles	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna (IND)	Sunil Kumar Sipaeya Vinod Sridhar (IND)	Adelo Abadia Johnny Arcilla (PHI)
			Abdul-Mumin Babalola Sunday Maku (NGR)

Seeds

Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna (Champions, Gold Medalists) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya / Vinod Sridhar (Final, Silver Medalists)

3. Adelo Abadia / Johnny Arcilla (Semifinals, Bronze Medalists) 4. Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Sunday Maku (Semifinals, Bronze Medalists)

Main draw

• Only four teams in the draw

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Mahesh Bhupathi   Rohan Bopanna	6	6
	3	Adelo Abadia   Johnny Arcilla	3	2
								1	Mahesh Bhupathi   Rohan Bopanna	6	3	6
								2	Sunil Kumar Sipaeya   Vinod Sridhar	4	6	2
	4	Abdul-Mumin Babalola   Sunday Maku	1	0
	2	Sunil Kumar Sipaeya   Vinod Sridhar	6	6

Women's singles

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's Singles	Sania Mirza (IND)	Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)	Czarina Arevalo (PHI)
			Sandy Gumulya (INA)

Seeds

Sania Mirza (Champion, Gold Medalist) Rushmi Chakravarthi (Final, Silver Medalist)

3. Sandy Gumulya (Semifinals, Bronze Medalist) 4. Septi Mende (Quarterfinals)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Sania Mirza	6	6
		Czarina Arevalo	4	1
								1	Sania Mirza	7^8	6
								2	Rushmi Chakravarthi	6^6	3
	3	Sandy Gumulya	3	6	3
	2	Rushmi Chakravarthi	6	2	6

Main draw

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	S Mirza	6	6
								F Mawisire	1	0
														1	S Mirza	6	6
															C Arevalo	4	1
								C Arevalo	6	7^7
							4	S Mende	1	6^5
																					1	S Mirza	7^8	6
																					2	R Chakravarthi	6^6	3
							3	S Gumulya	6	7^7
								C Udofa	1	6^2
														3	S Gumulya	3	6	3
	F Masiyazi	2	4											2	R Chakravarthi	6	2	6
	K Berthe	6	6					K Berthe	3	6^2
							2	R Chakravarthi	6	7^7

Women's doubles

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's Doubles	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sania Mirza (IND)	Septi Mende Maya Rosa Ariana Stefanie (INA)	Czarina Arevalo Anna-Patricia Santos (PHI)
			Sonal Phadke Meghha Vakaria (IND)

Seeds

Rushmi Chakravarthi / Sania Mirza (Champions, Gold Medalists) Sonal Phadke / Meghha Vakaria (Semifinals, Bronze Medalists)

3. Septi Mende / Maya Rosa Ariana Stefanie (Final, Silver Medalists) 4. Czarina Arevalo / Anna-Patricia Santos (Semifinals, Bronze Medalists)

Main draw

• Only six teams in the draw

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	Rushmi Chakravarthi   Sania Mirza	6	6
	Osaro Amadin   Clara Udofa	3	6^5				4	Czarina Arevalo   Anna-Patricia Santos	4	0
4	Czarina Arevalo   Anna-Patricia Santos	6	7^7											1	Rushmi Chakravarthi   Sania Mirza	7^7	6
3	Septi Mende   Maya Rosa Ariana Stefanie	6	6											3	Septi Mende   Maya Rosa Ariana Stefanie	6^2	3
	Fadzai Masiyazi   Fadzai Mawisire	1	2				3	Septi Mende   Maya Rosa Ariana Stefanie	7	1	7
							2	Sonal Phadke   Meghha Vakaria	5	6	5

Mixed doubles

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed Doubles	Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)	Rushmi Chakravarthi Vishal Uppal (IND)	Czarina Arevalo Adelo Abadia (PHI)
			Anna-Patricia Santos Johnny Arcilla (PHI)

Seeds

Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi (Champions, Gold Medalists) Rushmi Chakravarthi / Vishal Uppal (Final, Silver Medalists)

3. Czarina Arevalo / Adelo Abadia (Semifinals, Bronze Medalists) 4. Anna-Patricia Santos / Johnny Arcilla (Semifinals, Bronze Medalists)

Main draw

• Only six teams in the draw

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	Sania Mirza   Mahesh Bhupathi	6	6
	Clara Udofa   Sunday Maku	6^5	4				3	Czarina Arevalo   Adelo Abadia	2	2
3	Czarina Arevalo   Adelo Abadia	7^7	6											1	Sania Mirza   Mahesh Bhupathi	7	6
														2	Rushmi Chakravarthi   Vishal Uppal	6^1	3
							4	Anna-Patricia Santos   Johnny Arcilla	7^7	4	4
4	Anna-Patricia Santos   Johnny Arcilla	3	6	6			2	Rushmi Chakravarthi   Vishal Uppal	6^5	6	6
	Osaro Amadin   Rotimi Jegede	6	3	2

Men's team

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Team	India Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna Vijay Kannan Vishal Uppal	Nigeria Abdul-Mumin Babalola Sunday Maku	Philippines Joseph Victorino Johnny Arcilla Adelo Abadia
			Sri Lanka Harshana Godamane Rohan de Silva

Draw

Semifinals							Final
1	India	3
	Philippines	0					1	India	3
	Sri Lanka	1					2	Nigeria	0
2	Nigeria	2

Women's team

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's Team	India Rushmi Chakravarthi Sania Mirza Sonal Phadke Meghha Vakaria	Nigeria Osaro Amadin Clara Udofa	Philippines Czarina Arevalo Anna-Patricia Santos
			Indonesia

Draw

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	India	2
								Nigeria	1
														1	India	3
	Zimbabwe	0												2	Indonesia	0
	Philippines	3						Philippines	1
							2	Indonesia	2

References

1. "The duration of the AAG tennis competition". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
2. "Venue of the events". The Tribune, India. Retrieved 2009-11-21.

• http://www.its.uci.edu/~jaykay/tenn-results/afro-asian-hyd-1003.html