2003 Italian Open – Women's doubles

2003 Italian Open s RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaUSA Martina Navratilova FR Yugoslavia Jelena DokicRUS Nadia Petrova 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 Italian Open (tennis) Italian Open Rome Masters Telecom Italia Masters 2003 Italian Open (tennis) Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Els Callens and Émilie Loit. Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova won the title, defeating Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 in the final. It was the 6th doubles title for Kuznetsova and the 170th doubles title for Navratilova, in their respective careers. Seeds The first four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (quarterfinals) BEL Kim Clijsters / JPN Ai Sugiyama (withdrew due to a left hamstring strain on Clijsters) ZIM Cara Black / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (second round) FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic / RUS Nadia Petrova (final) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / USA Martina Navratilova (champions) ESP Conchita Martínez / USA Meghann Shaughnessy (withdrew due to a low back pain on Shaughnessy) SVK Janette Husárová / SUI Patty Schnyder (first round) SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi / HUN Petra Mandula (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 BEL Els CallensFRA Émilie Loit 3 2 5 RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaUSA Martina Navratilova 6 6 4 FR Yugoslavia Jelena DokicRUS Nadia Petrova 4 6 6 SLO Tina KrižanSLO Katarina Srebotnik 6 4 2 5 RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaUSA Martina Navratilova 6 5 6 4 FR Yugoslavia Jelena DokicRUS Nadia Petrova 4 7 2 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals SVK D HantuchováUSA C Rubin 6 6 HUN K MarosiUSA S Reeves 2 3 RUS A JidkovaUSA A Spears 6 6 FRA C DheninPAR 1990 R Neffa-de los Ríos 3 4 BEL E CallensFRA É Loit 2 6 77 LL ESP MJ Martínez SánchezESP A Medina Garrigues 6 0 64 Q RUS A MyskinaRUS D Safina 2 0 RSA L HuberBUL M Maleeva 6 6 TPE J LeeINA W Prakusya 6 77 AUS T MusgraveUKR T Perebiynis 2 63 USA C MorariuUKR E Tatarkova 63 1 5 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 77 6 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 7 6 SVK D HantuchováUSA C Rubin 5 0 RUS A JidkovaUSA A Spears 3 5 BEL E CallensFRA É Loit 6 7 3 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 4 4 RSA L HuberBUL M Maleeva 6 6 TPE J LeeINA W Prakusya 5 4 5 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 7 6 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 5 0 BEL E CallensFRA É Loit 7 6 RSA L HuberBUL M Maleeva 66 1 5 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 78 6 BEL E CallensFRA É Loit 3 2 5 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 6 6 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 SUI E GagliardiHUN P Mandula 6 6 VEN 1954 M Vento-KabchiINA A Widjaja 4 4 USA J HopkinsCAN S Jeyaseelan w/o WC ITA 2003 R GrandeUSA M Seles ITA 2003 S Farina EliaITA 2003 T Garbin 6 6 WC ITA 2003 Ad Serra ZanettiITA 2003 An Serra Zanetti 1 4 7 SVK J HusárováSUI P Schnyder 3 0 ARG P TarabiniNED C Vis 6 6 FRA M BartoliSLO M Matevžič 4 6 6 AUT B SchettAUT P Wartusch 6 2 4 WC ITA 2003 F PennettaITA 2003 R Vinci 1 4 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 6 6 8 SUI E GagliardiHUN P Mandula 6 6 USA J HopkinsCAN S Jeyaseelan 4 2 ITA 2003 S Farina EliaITA 2003 T Garbin 3 4 4 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 6 6 ARG P TarabiniNED C Vis 5 65 FRA M BartoliSLO M Matevžič 7 77 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 6 6 LL AUS E DominikovicROM A Vanc 2 1 8 SUI E GagliardiHUN P Mandula 7 4 3 4 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 5 6 6 FRA M BartoliSLO M Matevžič 77 2 2 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 61 6 6 4 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 4 6 6 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 6 4 2 References Main and Qualifying Draws Women's Doubles Italian Open - Doubles Category:2003 in Italian women's sport