Shinobu Asagoe and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie.
Women's doubles | |
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2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
Champions | Maria Sharapova Tamarine Tanasugarn |
Runners-up | Ansley Cargill Ashley Harkleroad |
Score | 7–6(7–1), 6–0 |
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
edit- Janet Lee / Angelique Widjaja (quarterfinals)
- Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)
- Shinobu Asagoe / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
- Rika Fujiwara / Emmanuelle Gagliardi (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a wrist injury on Fujiwara)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
editFirst round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | J Lee A Widjaja | 65 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S Hisamatsu Y Yoshida | 77 | 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 | 61 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 6 | M Sharapova T Tanasugarn | 77 | 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 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||
Q | K-m Chang J-h Kim | 3 | 2 | M Sharapova T Tanasugarn | 6 | 5 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Sharapova T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | M Sharapova T Tanasugarn | 77 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M-r Jeon An Serra Zanetti | 1 | 2 | 2 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 65 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 |
References
edit- Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2019-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Official Results Archive (WTA)