Metz qualifying
September 29-October 5, 2003

Singles
Seeds: (cut: none)
1. Nicolas Mahut   to main draw
2. Thierry Ascione
3. Julien Benneteau
4. Julian Knowle
5. Gilles Muller
6. Florent Serra
7. Gaston Etlis
8. Florian Mayer

First Round
(1)Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bye
Roman Valent (SUI) d. (WC)Jonathan Laubut (FRA) 6-4 6-4
Pavel Snobel (CZE) d. Patrick Sommer (GER) w/o
(6)Florent Serra (FRA) bye
(2)Thierry Ascione (FRA) bye
Jean-Claude Scherrer (SUI) d. (WC)Florent Alcantara (FRA) 6-3 6-2
Ladislav Svarc (SVK) d. Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh (GER) 6-1 6-3
Andreas Seppi (ITA) d. (7)Gaston Etlis (ARG) 6-3 6-4
(3)Julien Benneteau (FRA) bye
Denis Gremelmayr (GER) d. Lars Uebel (GER) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4
Cristiano Caratti (ITA) d. Gilles Kremer (LUX) 4-6 6-2 6-3
Markus Hipfl (AUT) d. (8)Florian Mayer (GER) 6-4 2-6 6-4
(4)Julian Knowle (AUT) bye
Michael Kohlmann (GER) d. Jean-Francois Bachelot (FRA) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4
(WC)Philipp Petzschner (GER) d. Julien Mathieu (FRA) 6-2 6-4
(5)Gilles Muller (LUX) bye

Second Round
Roman Valent (SUI) d. (1)Nicolas Mahut (FRA) w/o
Pavel Snobel (CZE) d. (6)Florent Serra (FRA) 3-6 6-3 7-5
(2)Thierry Ascione (FRA) d. Jean-Claude Scherrer (SUI) 7-5 7-6(2)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) d. Ladislav Svarc (SVK) 6-4 1-6 6-3
(3)Julien Benneteau (FRA) d. Denis Gremelmayr (GER) 7-5 7-5
Cristiano Caratti (ITA) d. Markus Hipfl (AUT) 6-4 6-3
Michael Kohlmann (GER) d. (4)Julian Knowle (AUT) 7-5 6-3
(WC)Philipp Petzschner (GER) d. (5)Gilles Muller (LUX) 7-6(8) 6-3

Qualifying Round
Pavel Snobel (CZE) d. Roman Valent (SUI) 6-2 4-6 6-4
(2)Thierry Ascione (FRA) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-4 6-3
Cristiano Caratti (ITA) d. (3)Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-3 6-1
(WC)Philipp Petzschner (GER) d. Michael Kohlmann (GER) 6-4 6-2