Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Raymond with Lindsay Davenport and Stubbs with Jelena Dokić.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2003 Hastings Direct International Championships | |
| Champions |  Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond |
| Runners-up | Jennifer Capriati  Magüi Serna |
| Score | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Dokić and Stubbs lost in the quarterfinals to Stéphanie Foretz and Antonella Serra Zanetti.
Davenport and Raymond won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Jennifer Capriati and Magüi Serna.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Elena Likhovtseva / 
Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond (champions)
Jelena Dokić / 
Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
Daniela Hantuchová / Chanda Rubin (semifinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- 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
- SR = Special ranking
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Farina Elia T Garbin
| 2 | 3 | 1 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama
| 5 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 E Gagliardi M Shaughnessy
| 62 | 5 | WC | J Capriati M Serna
| 7 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Capriati M Serna
| 77 | 7 | WC | J Capriati M Serna
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  J Dokić R Stubbs
| 6 | 4 | 6 | LL |  S Foretz A Serra Zanetti
| 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
 C Fernández S Reeves
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | J Dokić R Stubbs
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E Dominikovic S Stosur
| 4 | 77 | 3 | LL | S Foretz A Serra Zanetti
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | S Foretz A Serra Zanetti
| 6 | 62 | 6 | WC | Jennifer Capriati Magüi Serna
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
 L Huber M Maleeva
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  J O'Donoghue J Pullin
| 2 | 2 | L Huber M Maleeva
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Kulikovskaya A Myskina
| 78 | 3 | 3 | 4 |  D Hantuchová C Rubin
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | D Hantuchová C Rubin
| 66 | 6 | 6 | 4 | D Hantuchová C Rubin
| 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A Molik M Navratilova
| 2 | 77 | 3 | 2 | L Davenport L Raymond
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E Bovina N Dechy
| 6 | 63 | 6 | E Bovina N Dechy
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A Morigami S Obata
| 1 | 5 | 2 | L Davenport L Raymond
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Davenport L Raymond
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||