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
Final
ChampionsRussia Maria Sharapova
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
Runners-upUnited States Ansley Cargill
United States Ashley Harkleroad
Score7–6(7–1), 6–0
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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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

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  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

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Draw

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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

References

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