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 score	3–6, 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

• 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

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	7^7	6											4	M Bartoli J Dokic	3	1
		M Serna M Shaughnessy	6^5	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	2^r
	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

8^5

Tina Pisnik Višnja Vuletić

9^7

Tina Pisnik Višnja Vuletić

3

2

WC

Anikó Kapros Lydia Steinbach

9^8

WC

Anikó Kapros Lydia Steinbach

6

6

2

Stephanie Gehrlein Anna-Lena Grönefeld

8^6

External links

• 2003 Sparkassen Cup Draw