2003 MasterCard German Open – Doubles

2003 MasterCard German Open s ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez BEL Kim ClijstersJPN Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 28 8 singles doubles German Open (WTA) WTA German Open Eurocard German Open Ladies German Open 2003 MasterCard German Open Elena Dementieva and Janette Husárová were the defending champions but had different outcomes. Dementieva had to withdraw due to a left foot strain, while Husárová teamed up with Elena Likhovtseva and reached the semifinals. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title, defeating Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the final. It was the 20th title for Ruano Pascual and the 27th title for Suárez in their respective double's careers. It was also the 2nd title for the pair during this season after their win in Charleston. Seeds The first four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (champions) SVK Janette Husárová / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (semifinals) BEL Kim Clijsters / JPN Ai Sugiyama (final) FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic / RUS Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / USA Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals) SVK Daniela Hantuchová / USA Chanda Rubin (quarterfinals) FRA Nathalie Dechy / FRA Émilie Loit (quarterfinals) ESP Conchita Martínez / UZB Iroda Tulyaganova (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 185 1 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 6 RSA Liezel HuberBUL Magdalena Maleeva 3 1 3 BEL Kim ClijstersJPN Ai Sugiyama 6 6 2 SVK Janette HusárováRUS Elena Likhovtseva 1 4 1 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 4 6 3 BEL Kim ClijstersJPN Ai Sugiyama 3 6 4 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals NED K BoogertESP M Serna 6 6 GER M MüllerGER B Rittner 4 2 RUS E DementievaRUS A Myskina ESP MJ MartínezESP A Medina Garrigues w/o AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 5 5 6 SVK D HantuchováUSA C Rubin 7 7 BEL E CallensCRO I Majoli 710 4 3 CRO J KostanićHUN K Marosi 68 6 6 RSA L HuberBUL M Maleeva 6 7 SLO M MatevžičSVK H Nagyová 3 5 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 5 3 8 ESP C MartínezUZB I Tulyaganova 7 6 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 NED K BoogertESP M Serna 4 3 ESP MJ MartínezESP A Medina Garrigues 6 3 1 6 SVK D HantuchováUSA C Rubin 4 6 6 4 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 7 6 CRO J KostanićHUN K Marosi 5 3 RSA L HuberBUL M Maleeva 6 6 8 ESP C MartínezUZB I Tulyaganova 4 2 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 6 SVK D HantuchováUSA C Rubin 0 3 4 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 4 5 RSA L HuberBUL M Maleeva 6 7 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 RSA L HuberBUL M Maleeva 3 1 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 7 FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 6 6 ARG P TarabiniNED C Vis 3 2 AUS C BarclayGER K Freye 4 3 WC GER A BarnaGER M Weingärtner 6 6 FRA C DheninPAR 1990 R Neffa-de los Ríos 6 77 WC GER AL GrönefeldUSA M Shaughnessy 1 64 5 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 6 6 FRA M BartoliUSA M Irvin 3 1 AUS T MusgraveUSA A Spears 5 3 ITA 2003 S Farina EliaITA 2003 T Garbin 7 6 USA S ReevesUSA M Tu 5 6 6 Q GER A BachmannGER V Henke 7 3 4 7 FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 6 6 WC GER A BarnaGER M Weingärtner 1 3 FRA C DheninPAR 1990 R Neffa-de los Ríos 1 0 3 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 5 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 6 6 ITA 2003 S Farina EliaITA 2003 T Garbin 1 2 USA S ReevesUSA M Tu 4 3 2 SVK J HusárováRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 7 FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 3 6 4 3 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 3 6 5 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 6 2 5 2 SVK J HusárováRUS E Likhovtseva 3 6 7 3 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 2 SVK J HusárováRUS E Likhovtseva 1 4 External links Main and qualifying draws MasterCard German Open - Doubles Category:WTA German Open