2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
Champions	Maria Sharapova Tamarine Tanasugarn
Runners-up	Ansley Cargill Ashley Harkleroad
Score	7–6(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

Draw

Key

Draw

	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

• Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2019-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Results Archive (WTA)

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Maria Sharapova

39 WTA Tour-Level Titles: 36 SGL & 3 DBL

Entourage

• Yuri Sharapov (father & former coach)
• Riccardo Piatti (coach; Jul 2019—Jan 2020)
• Sven Groeneveld (coach; Nov 2013—Mar 2018)
• Jimmy Connors (coach; Jul—Aug 2013)
• Thomas Högstedt (coach; Jan 2011—Jul 2013, Mar 2018—Jul 2019)
• Michael Joyce (coach; Sep 2005—Jan 2011)
• Mauricio Hadad (coach; Mar 2004—Sep 2005)
• Robert Lansdorp (coach; Sep 1998—Sep 2005)
• Yuri Yudkin (coach; Nov 1991—May 1994)
• Max Eisenbud (former agent)

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• Boyfriends
  • Alexander Gilkes (since 2018; fiancé: since 2020)
  • Grigor Dimitrov (2012—2015)
  • Sasha Vujačić (2009—2012; fiancé: 2010—2012)

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• Title-winning doubles partners
  • Tamarine Tanasugarn
  • Maria Kirilenko

Career

• Statistics
• World No. 1 ranking (singles)
• Russia BJK Cup team
• Russia Olympics Flagbearer

Rivalries

• Rivalry with Serena Williams

Seasons

• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016

Year-end No.1

• Nil

Grand Slam titles

Australian Open	SGL 2008
French Open	SGL 2012 2014
Wimbledon	SGL 2004
US Open	SGL 2006

WTA Tour titles

WTA Finals	SGL 2004 Los Angeles
WTA 1000 & analogues	Qatar Open SGL 2008 (Q) Indian Wells Open SGL 2006 2013 Miami Open Nil Madrid Open SGL 2014 (M) Italian Open SGL 2011 2012 2015 Canadian Open Nil San Diego Open → Cincinnati Open SGL 2006 (S) 2007 (S) 2011 (C) Tokyo Open→ SGL 2005 (T) 2009 (T) Zurich Open & China Open SGL 2006 (Z) 2014 (C)
WTA 500	SGL 2005 Doha 2006 Linz 2008 Amelia Island 2012 Stuttgart 2013 Stuttgart 2014 Stuttgart 2015 Brisbane
WTA 250	SGL 2003 Tokyo 2003 Quebec 2004 Birmingham 2004 Seoul 2004 Tokyo 2005 Birmingham 2010 Memphis 2010 Strasbourg 2017 Tianjin DBL with Tamarine Tanasugarn 2003 Tokyo 2003 Luxembourg with Maria Kirilenko 2004 Birmingham

Other professional titles

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4 singles

ITF Tour	SGL 2002 Gunma 2002 Vancouver 2002 Peachtree City 2003 Sea Island

National representation

Olympics	SGL Silver at 2012 London
BJK Cup	2008

Surface —  Hard  Clay Grass Carpet
Category: SGL (Singles), DBL (Doubles)

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