2003 Swisscom Challenge – Doubles

2003 Swisscom Challenge s BEL Kim ClijstersJPN Ai Sugiyama ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 7–6(7–3), 6–2 women Zurich Open Swisscom Challenge Swisscom Challenge 16 (2WC Wild Cards/1Q Qualifiers/1Alt Alternates) 4 2003 Swisscom Challenge Elena Bovina and Justine Henin-Hardenne were the defending champions but none competed this year, as both players decided to priorize the singles competition. Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama won the title by defeating Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez 7–6(7–3), 6–2 in the final.2003 Zurich WTA Singles Results http://tennis.quickfound.net/wta_results/2003_zurich.html 19 November 2017 QuickFound - Tennis 2003 Kim Cijsters happens to be # 2 at doubles also at this time; the player stopping her from being # 1 at doubles is her partner, Ai Sugiyama, so that is unlikely to change. Kim and Ai won the Zurich doubles title by defeating the other current great team, Virgina Ruano Pascual & Paola Suarez, 7-6(3), 6-2 Seeds 30em BEL Kim Clijsters / JPN Ai Sugiyama (champions) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (final) USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals) ZIM Cara Black / RSA Liezel Huber (semifinals) Draw Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 3 6 6 RUS N PetrovaUSA M Shaughnessy 6 4 4 ITA 2003 R GrandeSLO M Matevžič 64 6 2 RUS E LikhovtsevaESP C Martínez 77 2 6 3 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 4 6 6 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 6 3 4 WC SUI T BacsinszkyUKR J Vakulenko 2 6 63 AUS A MolikESP M Serna 6 2 77 Alt UKR T PerebiynisCRO S Talaja 6 6 FRA É LoitAUS N Pratt 3 4 RUS E DementievaRUS V Zvonareva 4 64 4 ZIM C BlackRSA L Huber 6 77 WC FRA A MauresmoFRA M Pierce FR Yugoslavia J DokicSLO K Srebotnik w/o Q CAN S JeyaseelanTHA T Tanasugarn 0 4 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 1 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 4 6 6 RUS E LikhovtsevaESP C Martínez 6 3 1 3 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 5 63 AUS A MolikESP M Serna 7 77 Alt UKR T PerebiynisCRO S Talaja 6 2 1 4 ZIM C BlackRSA L Huber 4 6 6 FR Yugoslavia J DokicSLO K Srebotnik 710 1 4 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 68 6 6 1 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 AUS A MolikESP M Serna 4 2 4 ZIM C BlackRSA L Huber 6 3 62 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 1 6 77 1 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 77 6 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 63 2 Qualifiers Qualifying seeds 30em FRA Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / FRA Caroline Dhenin (qualifying competition) CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan / THA Tamarine Tanasugarn (qualified) Qualifiers CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan / THA Tamarine Tanasugarn Qualifying draw 175 Qualifying competition 1 FRA Stéphanie Cohen-AloroFRA Caroline Dhenin 4 2 CAN Sonya JeyaseelanTHA Tamarine Tanasugarn 8 References External links Official results archive (ITF) https://web.archive.org/web/20190216212111/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100007032 2019-02-16 Official results archive (WTA) 2003 Doubles Swisscom Challenge - Doubles