2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

2003 tennis tournament held in Japan 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships s USA Justin Gimelstob GER Nicolas Kiefer USA Scott Humphries BAH Mark Merklein 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 16 (2WC Wild cards) 4 Jeff Coetzee and Chris Haggard were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Jiří Novák and Petr Pála. Justin Gimelstob and Nicolas Kiefer won in the final 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4) against Scott Humphries and Mark Merklein. Seeds 30em AUS Wayne Arthurs / AUS Paul Hanley (first round) RSA Jeff Coetzee / RSA Chris Haggard (first round) USA Rick Leach / USA Brian MacPhie (quarterfinals) ISR Jonathan Erlich / ISR Andy Ram (first round) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 AUS W ArthursAUS P Hanley 4 4   WC JPN S IwabuchiJPN J Kato 6 6     USA J-M GambillUSA B Vahaly 63 65     SUI Y AllegroCZE P Luxa 77 77   4 ISR J ErlichISR A Ram 1 6 611   AUS T PerryUSA J Thomas 6 4 713   USA J GimelstobGER N Kiefer 6 7     AUS A KratzmannNED J van Lottum 2 5     GER L BurgsmüllerGER R Schüttler 3 4     USA S HumphriesBAH M Merklein 6 6     AUS J KerrRSA M Wakefield 4 6 3 3 USA R LeachUSA B MacPhie 6 3 6   ARG M GarcíaUSA G Oliver 6 5 77 WC JPN T ShimadaJPN T Suzuki 4 7 63   CZE J NovákCZE P Pála 6 7   2 RSA J CoetzeeRSA C Haggard 2 5   WC JPN S IwabuchiJPN J Kato 6 6     SUI Y AllegroCZE P Luxa 2 2     AUS T PerryUSA J Thomas 4 3     USA J GimelstobGER N Kiefer 6 6     USA S HumphriesBAH M Merklein 6 77   3 USA R LeachUSA B MacPhie 3 63     ARG M GarcíaUSA G Oliver 4 1     CZE J NovákCZE P Pála 6 6   WC JPN S IwabuchiJPN J Kato 3 4     USA J GimelstobGER N Kiefer 6 6     USA S HumphriesBAH M Merklein 2 6 6   CZE J NovákCZE P Pála 6 2 3   USA J GimelstobGER N Kiefer 66 6 77   USA S HumphriesBAH M Merklein 78 3 64 External links 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Men's Doubles Draw Doubles