January - In QF match at Auckland versus Daniilidou, came back from 5-2 down
in third set to lead 6-5 before losing tie-break; halted Pierce's return to
the Tour in 2r; withdrew from Sydney doubles due to a left wrist injury;
seeded No. 23 at Australian Open, reached 3r, l. to unseeded Australian Pratt
75 64; w/Ruano Pascual, reached fourth-straight Grand Slam doubles final,
l. to No. 1 seeds Williams/Williams 46 64 63; in doubles QF trailed 62 5-1
to C. Martinez/Petrova and rallied to win third-set tie-break
February - Lost 1r at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] to Raymond 61 46 75; seeded No. 1
at Bogota, where she is a two-time winner, l. to fellow two-time winner and
local favorite Zuluaga in SF 60 57 63; seeded No. 3, retired in 1r match
against Diaz-Oliva 5-2 retired due to a right rib sprain
March - Seeded No. 20 at Indian Wells, upset by qualifier Reeves in opening
match (following a 1r bye); seeded No. 1 w/Ruano Pascual, forced to retire in
SF doubles match; at Miami, as No. 27 seed (world No. 29), l. in 4r to No. 3
seed (world No. 3) Clijsters; as No. 1 seeded team in doubles (w/Ruano
Pascual), upset in QF by Kuznetsova/Navratilova 76(7) 67(5) 63
April - At Sarasota, claimed 1r straight-sets upset over No. 1 seed,
defending champion and world Top 10-ranked Dokic en route to QF finish; past
No. 12 seed Pistolesi in 2r of Charleston before falling to Zvonareva and won
doubles title (first in 2003) w/Ruano Pascual; at Amelia Island, seeded
No. 15, l. to No. 3 seed and former world No. 1 Capriati; reached Amelia
Island doubles final w/Ruano Pascual
May - L. 1r at consecutive events: at German Open to Zuluaga (won doubles
w/Ruano Pascual as No. 1 seeds) and at Italian Open to No. 13 seed Sugiyama
(reached QF w/Ruano Pascual); as No. 5 seed, reached Madrid QF, l. to
top-seed and eventual tournament champion Rubin, and reached doubles SF
w/Cravero; at Roland Garros, as No. 30 seed, l. in 3r to No. 2 seed and
eventual tournament finalist Clijsters, as No. 1 seeds and defending
champions, upended in doubles final w/Ruano Pascual by No. 2 seeds
Clijsters/Sugiyama and reached mixed doubles SF w/Woodbridge
June - Seeded No. 6, eliminating No. 1 seed and world No. 11 Dokic en route
to third career title, first since February 2001 Bogota, by d. qualifier
Sprem 76(0) 26 64 in Vienna final; following Vienna, ranking surged from
No. 51 to No. 36; withdrew from 掇-Hertogenbosch due to an upper back strain;
eliminated No. 12 seed Mag. Maleeva en route to 4r at Wimbledon (best
performance there to date), l. to No. 27 seed Farina Elia; in sixth straight
Grand Slam doubles final w/Ruano Pscual and seeded No. 1, l. for second
consecutive time to No. 2 seeds Clijsters/Sugiyama
July - On threshold of 300th career match win; as world No. 32, l. 1r at
San Diego to world No. 47 Pisnik and, as No. 1 seeds, reached doubles SF
w/Ruano Pascual
August - On August 3, ended No. 1 doubles ranking reign at 47 weeks (began
Sept. 9, 2002) when Clijsters overtook position; as world No. 32 at
Los Angeles, eliminated world No. 21 and No. 13 seed Bovina in her opening
match (following a 1r bye) before l. 3r to former world No. 1 Davenport
(No. 2 seed); as world No. 32, upset three seeds at Canadian Open, world
No. 27 Kuznetsova (No. 16 seed), world No. 8 Hantuchova (No. 4 seed) for
second best match-win of career (d. world No. 7 Pierce at 2001
Australian Open -- prior to that world No. 6 S. Williams retired in third
set of 2r match at 2000 Amelia Island) and world No. 16 Zvonareva (No. 10
seed) en route to SF, l. to world No. 38 Krasnoroutskaya; as No. 1 seeds,
won New Haven doubles title w/Ruano Pascual, their 16th together; as world
No. 25 and No. 24 seed, became first Argentine woman in eight years to
reached US Open QF (Sabatini, 1995), l. to former world No. 1 Davenport
(No. 3 seed), and successfully defended doubles title w/Ruano Pascual
September - Withdrew from Leipzig and Moscow due to an upper back strain
October - As world No. 17 at Zurich, d. world No. 15 and No. 8 seed
Hantuchova before l. 2r to world No. 26 Bovina, and as No. 2 seeds, reached
doubles final w/Ruano Pascual, l. to No. 1 seeds Clijsters/Sugiyama; reached
career-high ranking of No. 15 on Oct. 20; reached Linz QF as world No. 15 and
No. 7 seed, l. to world No. 13 and No. 4 seed Petrova
November - As No. 2 seeds, qualified for season-ending Championships for
fourth year consecutively w/Ruano Pascual and d. No. 1 seeds
Clijsters/Sugiyama in the title match