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2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

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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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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

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  1. Chinese Taipei Janet Lee / Indonesia Angelique Widjaja (quarterfinals)
  2. Slovenia Tina Križan / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)
  3. Japan Shinobu Asagoe / Japan Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
  4. Japan Rika Fujiwara / Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a wrist injury on Fujiwara)

Draw

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Key

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Chinese Taipei J Lee
Indonesia A Widjaja
65 6 6
Japan S Hisamatsu
Japan Y Yoshida
77 4 4 1 Chinese Taipei J Lee
Indonesia A Widjaja
4 2
United States A Cargill
United States A Harkleroad
6 6 United States A Cargill
United States A Harkleroad
6 6
Republic of Ireland K Liggan
Spain A Parra Santonja
4 4 United States A Cargill
United States A Harkleroad
6 6
4 Japan R Fujiwara
Switzerland E Gagliardi
3 6 6 Australia T Musgrave
United States A Spears
1 1
Australia E Dominikovic
Russia M Kirilenko
6 3 2 4 Japan R Fujiwara
Switzerland E Gagliardi
Australia T Musgrave
United States A Spears
7 6 Australia T Musgrave
United States A Spears
w/o
Japan A Morigami
Japan S Obata
5 4 United States A Cargill
United States A Harkleroad
61 0
China Z Yan
China J Zheng
6 6 Russia M Sharapova
Thailand T Tanasugarn
77 6
United States J Craybas
Croatia S Talaja
4 3 China Z Yan
China J Zheng
6 7
China T Li
China T Sun
2 6 2 3 Japan S Asagoe
Japan N Miyagi
3 5
3 Japan S Asagoe
Japan N Miyagi
6 3 6 China Z Yan
China J Zheng
3 7 66
Q South Korea K-m Chang
South Korea J-h Kim
3 2 Russia M Sharapova
Thailand T Tanasugarn
6 5 78
Russia M Sharapova
Thailand T Tanasugarn
6 6 Russia M Sharapova
Thailand T Tanasugarn
77 4 6
South Korea M-r Jeon
Italy An Serra Zanetti
1 2 2 Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik
65 6 1
2 Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 6

References

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