2003 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles

The 2003 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles was the tennis doubles event of the thirteenth and final edition of the Sparkassen Cup; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Leipzig, Germany.

Doubles
2003 Sparkassen Cup
Champions Svetlana Kuznetsova
Martina Navratilova
Runners-up Elena Likhovtseva
Nadia Petrova
Final score3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Alexandra Stevenson and Serena Williams were the defending champions, but Williams elected not to compete this year. Stevenson instead partnered Anastasia Myskina, but lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Likhovtseva and Nadia Petrova.

Top seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova won the title, defeating Likhovtseva and Petrova in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3.

Seeds
  1. Svetlana Kuznetsova / Martina Navratilova (Champions)
  2. Elena Likhovtseva / Nadia Petrova (Final)
  3. Els Callens / Janette Husárová (Quarterfinals)
  4. Marion Bartoli / Jelena Dokic (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Draw
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 S Kuznetsova
M Navratilova 		6 4 7
Q A Kapros
L Steinbach 		2 6 5 1 S Kuznetsova
M Navratilova 		6 6
B Rittner
M Vento-Kabchi 		0 3 D Hantuchová
B Schett 		4 3
D Hantuchová
B Schett 		6 6 1 S Kuznetsova
M Navratilova 		6 6
4 M Bartoli
J Dokic 		77 6 4 M Bartoli
J Dokic 		3 1
M Serna
M Shaughnessy 		65 2 4 M Bartoli
J Dokic 		6 3 7
J Kostanić
K Marosi 		3 4 M Maleeva
P Schnyder 		2 6 5
M Maleeva
P Schnyder 		6 6 1 S Kuznetsova
M Navratilova 		3 6 6
E Daniilidou
R Grande 		6 6 2 E Likhovtseva
N Petrova 		6 1 3
S Farina-Elia
F Schiavone 		4 3 E Daniilidou
R Grande 		2
WC V Henke
C Schneider 		2 5 3 E Callens
J Husárová 		2r
3 E Callens
J Husárová 		6 7 E Daniilidou
R Grande 		3 1
A Myskina
A Stevenson 		7 1 6 2 E Likhovtseva
N Petrova 		6 6
S Jeyaseelan
M Matevzic 		5 6 2 A Myskina
A Stevenson 		1 6 1
T Križan
T Perebiynis 		3 0 E Likhovtseva
N Petrova 		6 4 6
2 E Likhovtseva
N Petrova 		6 6

Qualifying

Seeds
  1. Adriana Barna / Mara Santangelo (First round)
  2. Stephanie Gehrlein / Anna-Lena Grönefeld (First round)

Qualifiers
  1. Anikó Kapros / Lydia Steinbach

Draw
First Round Qualifying Competition
1 Adriana Barna
Mara Santangelo 		85
Tina Pisnik
Višnja Vuletić 		97 Tina Pisnik
Višnja Vuletić 		3 2
WC Anikó Kapros
Lydia Steinbach 		98 WC Anikó Kapros
Lydia Steinbach 		6 6
2 Stephanie Gehrlein
Anna-Lena Grönefeld 		86
gollark: Are you incapable of googlinating?
gollark: The lua reference whatsit.
gollark: SHA256 isn't actually *that good* for password hashing, but it ends up used anyway.
gollark: I think OC allows you to whitelist users of a computer (not in software, as in people who aren't allowed literally can't interact with the computer) for some stupid reason, actually.
gollark: Well, lots of them use C bindings which won't work, but lots of Lua libraries, at least.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.