2003 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

2003 Australian Open
Champions		Serena Williams Venus Williams
Runners-up		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
Final score		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men		women		mixed
WC Singles		men		women		quad
WC Doubles		men		women		quad
Australian Open  < 2002 2004 >

Main article: 2003 Australian Open

Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were the defending champions, but Hingis didn't participate in the tournament.
Kournikova partnered up with Chanda Rubin, but they lost in the third round to Conchita Martínez and Nadia Petrova.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, against Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.

Seeds

1. Serena Williams / Venus Williams (Champions)
2. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (Final)
3. Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová (Second Round)
4. Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (Third Round)
5. Daniela Hantuchová / Meghann Shaughnessy (Quarterfinals)
6. Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond (Semifinals)
7. Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals)
8. Conchita Martínez / Nadia Petrova (Quarterfinals)

9. Anna Kournikova / Chanda Rubin (Third Round)
10. Els Callens / Rika Fujiwara (First Round)
11. Janet Lee / Wynne Prakusya (Second Round)
12. Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (First Round)
13. Barbara Schett / Patricia Wartusch (First Round)
14. Elena Bovina / Justine Henin (Third Round)
15. Silvia Farina Elia / Tathiana Garbin (Second Round)
16. Svetlana Kuznetsova / Martina Navratilova (Third Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Serena Williams   Venus Williams	6	7
	7	Kim Clijsters   Ai Sugiyama	4	5
								1	Serena Williams   Venus Williams	6	6
								6	Lindsay Davenport   Lisa Raymond	2	2
	6	Lindsay Davenport   Lisa Raymond	6	7
		Mary Pierce   Rennae Stubbs	1	5
															1	Serena Williams   Venus Williams	4	6	6
															2	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	6	4	3
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi   Petra Mandula	6	6
	5	Daniela Hantuchová   Meghann Shaughnessy	4	2
									Emmanuelle Gagliardi   Petra Mandula	0	2
								2	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	6	6
	2	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	2	7	7
	8	Conchita Martínez   Nadia Petrova	6	5	6