2003 Italian Open – Men's singlesFélix Mantilla defeated Roger Federer in the final, 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2003 Italian Open.Andre Agassi was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to David Ferrer.SeedsA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. Andre Agassi ' Juan Carlos Ferrero ' Carlos Moyá ' Roger Federer ' Andy Roddick ' Marat Safin ' Albert Costa ' Jiří Novák ' Paradorn Srichaphan ' Sjeng Schalken ' David Nalbandian ' Rainer Schüttler ' Sébastien Grosjean ' Gustavo Kuerten ' Guillermo Coria Younes El Aynaoui ''''