2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles

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

Women's Doubles
2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions Maria Sharapova
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Runners-up Ansley Cargill
Ashley Harkleroad
Final score7–6(7–1), 6–0
Main article: 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

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

Draw
First 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
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