Kyoto challenger qualifying
March 3-9, 2003

Singles
Seeds: (cut: NR)
1. Roman Valent
2. Thomas Blake
3. Fred Hemmes
4. Rohan Bopanna
5. Tasuku Iwami
6. Frank Moser
7. Satoshi Iwabuchi
8. Katsushi Fukuda

First Round
Naoki Arimoto (JPN) d. (1)Roman Valent (SUI) 6-1 6-4
Gento Miyasaka (JPN) d. Tomoaki Kuwajima (JPN) 6-4 4-6 7-6(5)
Yuichi Ito (JPN) d. Tomohiro Mutoh (JPN) 6-4 6-2
(8)Katsushi Fukuda (JPN) d. (WC)Kentaro Yamamoto (JPN) 6-1 6-4
Masatoshi Miyazaki (JPN) d. (2)Thomas Blake (USA) 4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(5)
Hiroshi Fukaumi (JPN) d. Kenji Yoshida (JPN) 3-6 6-0 6-3
Takeshi Itoh (JPN) d. Ryo Karasawa (JPN) 6-2 6-2
(5)Tasuku Iwami (JPN) d. Yoshiki Watatani (JPN) 6-0 6-0
(3)Fred Hemmes (NED) d. Kunio Koga (JPN) 6-4 6-1
Toshiharu Kato (JPN) d. Masashi Jikumaru (JPN) 2-6 6-3 7-6(5)
Ryota Hisamatsu (JPN) d. (WC)Hiroyuki Kato (JPN) 6-2 6-1
(6)Frank Moser (GER) d. Hiroyasu Sato (JPN) 6-3 6-2
(4)Rohan Bopanna (IND) d. (WC)Masashi Yoshikawa (JPN) 6-4 6-2
Kenji Fujiwara (JPN) d. Yusuke Miyake (JPN) 6-1 6-0
Ti Chen (TPE) d. Tohru Watanabe (JPN) 6-0 6-0
(7)Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) d. Mikhail Razoumovski (RUS) 6-2 6-1

Second Round
Naoki Arimoto (JPN) d. Gento Miyasaka (JPN) 6-4 6-1
(8)Katsushi Fukuda (JPN) d. Yuichi Ito (JPN) 7-5 6-1
Masatoshi Miyazaki (JPN) d. Hiroshi Fukaumi (JPN) 6-1 6-3
(5)Tasuku Iwami (JPN) d. Takeshi Itoh (JPN) 7-5 7-6(3)
(3)Fred Hemmes (NED) d. Toshiharu Kato (JPN) 6-4 3-6 6-3
(6)Frank Moser (GER) d. Ryota Hisamatsu (JPN) 6-4 6-0
(4)Rohan Bopanna (IND) d. Kenji Fujiwara (JPN) 6-2 7-5
(7)Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) d. Ti Chen (TPE) 6-1 6-3

Qualifying Round
Naoki Arimoto (JPN) d. (8)Katsushi Fukuda (JPN) 6-3 3-6 7-5
(5)Tasuku Iwami (JPN) d. Masatoshi Miyazaki (JPN) 6-4 2-6 6-0
(6)Frank Moser (GER) d. (3)Fred Hemmes (NED) 3-6 6-4 7-5
(7)Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) d. (4)Rohan Bopanna (IND) 7-6(3) 6-3