2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions	Maria Sharapova Tamarine Tanasugarn
Runners-up	Ansley Cargill Ashley Harkleroad
Score	7–6^(7–1), 6–0

Main article: 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

Shinobu Asagoe and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie.

Maria Sharapova and Tamarine Tanasugarn won the title by defeating Ansley Cargill and Ashley Harkleroad 7–6^(7–1), 6–0 in the final.

This tournament saw an unusual event, as all seeded pairs were eliminated in quarterfinals.

Seeds

1. Janet Lee / Angelique Widjaja (quarterfinals)
2. Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)
3. Shinobu Asagoe / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
4. Rika Fujiwara / Emmanuelle Gagliardi (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a wrist injury on Fujiwara)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J Lee A Widjaja	6^5	6	6
		S Hisamatsu Y Yoshida	7^7	4	4			1	J Lee A Widjaja	4	2
		A Cargill A Harkleroad	6	6					A Cargill A Harkleroad	6	6
		K Liggan A Parra Santonja	4	4												A Cargill A Harkleroad	6	6
	4	R Fujiwara E Gagliardi	3	6	6											T Musgrave A Spears	1	1
		E Dominikovic M Kirilenko	6	3	2			4	R Fujiwara E Gagliardi
		T Musgrave A Spears	7	6					T Musgrave A Spears	w/o
		A Morigami S Obata	5	4																			A Cargill A Harkleroad	6^1	0
		Z Yan J Zheng	6	6																			M Sharapova T Tanasugarn	7^7	6
		J Craybas S Talaja	4	3					Z Yan J Zheng	6	7
		T Li T Sun	2	6	2			3	S Asagoe N Miyagi	3	5
	3	S Asagoe N Miyagi	6	3	6											Z Yan J Zheng	3	7	6^6
	Q	K-m Chang J-h Kim	3	2												M Sharapova T Tanasugarn	6	5	7^8
		M Sharapova T Tanasugarn	6	6					M Sharapova T Tanasugarn	7^7	4	6
		M-r Jeon An Serra Zanetti	1	2				2	T Križan K Srebotnik	6^5	6	1
	2	T Križan K Srebotnik	6	6

References

• Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2019-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Results Archive (WTA)