Barbara Rittner and María Vento-Kabchi were the defending champions, but Rittner did not compete this year. Vento-Kabchi teamed up with Angelique Widjaja and lost in semifinals to tournament winners Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open | |
| Champions |  Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova |
| Runners-up |  Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva |
| Score | 6–3, 7–6(9–7) |
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova won the title by defeating Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, 7–6(9–7) in the final.
Seeds
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Cara Black / 
Elena Likhovtseva (final)
Petra Mandula / 
Patricia Wartusch (first round)
Janet Lee / 
Wynne Prakusya (quarterfinals)- Svetlana Kuznetsova /
Martina Navratilova (champions)
Draw
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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
edit| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva
| 77 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Mauresmo P Schnyder
| 63 | 6 | 0 | 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
C Dhenin T Poutchek
| 6 | 4 | 65 |  E Dominikovic J Kostanić
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Dominikovic J Kostanić
| 2 | 6 | 77 | 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  J Lee W Prakusya
| 2 | 6 | 6 | L Krasnoroutskaya N Pratt
| 6 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 R Grande I Tulyaganova
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | J Lee W Prakusya
| 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| L Krasnoroutskaya N Pratt
| 6 | 6 | L Krasnoroutskaya N Pratt
| 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  I Benešová O Blahotová
| 4 | 4 | 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva
| 3 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Maleeva T Musgrave
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova
| 6 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 R de los Ríos P Tarabini
| 4 | 6 | 1 | M Maleeva T Musgrave
| 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 N de Villiers I Selyutina
| 2 | 1 | 4 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova
| 6 | 6 | 4 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova
| 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  L Ahl S Sfar
| 3 | 3 |  M Vento-Kabchi A Widjaja
| 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E Gagliardi K Grant
| 6 | 6 | E Gagliardi K Grant
| 7 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Vento-Kabchi A Widjaja
| 6 | 2 | 6 | M Vento-Kabchi A Widjaja
| 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  P Mandula P Wartusch
| 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||