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
Final score	7–6(7–1), 6–0

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

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

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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