2003 French Open – Women's doubles

2003 French Open s Belgium Kim ClijstersJPN Ai Sugiyama ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 9–7 64 (7 WC Wild Cards) 16 French Open – Women's doubles French Open – Women's doubles 2003 French Open Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the two-time defending champions, but were defeated in the final by Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–9. Seeds ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (finals) BEL Kim Clijsters / JPN Ai Sugiyama (champions) USA Lindsay Davenport / USA Lisa Raymond (third round) ZIM Cara Black / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (semifinals) SCG Jelena Dokic / RUS Nadia Petrova (third round) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / USA Martina Navratilova (third round) HUN Petra Mandula / AUT Patricia Wartusch (third round) USA Liezel Huber / BUL Magdalena Maleeva (first round) SVK Daniela Hantuchová / USA Chanda Rubin (semifinals) ESP Conchita Martínez / USA Meghann Shaughnessy (first round) SVK Janette Husárová / AUT Barbara Schett (quarterfinals) FRA Nathalie Dechy / FRA Émilie Loit (quarterfinals) SVN Tina Križan / SVN Katarina Srebotnik (second round) JPN Shinobu Asagoe / JPN Nana Smith (second round) SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi / SUI Patty Schnyder (third round) TPE Janet Lee / INA Wynne Prakusya (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 180 1 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 6 11 SVK Janette HusárováAUT Barbara Schett 1 3 RUS Elena BovinaAUS Alicia Molik 3 1 9 SVK Daniela HantuchováUSA Chanda Rubin 6 6 12 FRA Nathalie DechyFRA Émilie Loit 4 61 4 ZIM Cara BlackRUS Elena Likhovtseva 6 77 SVN Maja MatevžičSVK Henrieta Nagyová 2 5 2 BEL Kim ClijstersJPN Ai Sugiyama 6 7 1 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 77 9 SVK Daniela HantuchováUSA Chanda Rubin 2 65 4 ZIM Cara BlackRUS Elena Likhovtseva 1 4 2 BEL Kim ClijstersJPN Ai Sugiyama 6 6 1 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 77 2 7 2 BEL Kim ClijstersJPN Ai Sugiyama 65 6 9 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 RSA A CoetzerRSA J Steck 1 2 CZE D BedáňováITA R Vinci 3r ESP M MarreroPAR R de los Ríos 2 CRO I MajoliUZB I Tulyaganova 6 77 USA L GranvilleUSA A Stevenson 3 65 HUN K MarosiUSA S Reeves 2 1 13 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 6 6 11 SVK J HusárováAUT B Schett 6 6 WC FRA S BeltrameFRA C Pin 2 3 AUS C BarclayAUS R McQuillan 77 6 AUS L McSheaKAZ I Selyutina 62 4 FRA M BartoliSUI M Casanova 6 3 6 RSA N de VilliersRSA N Grandin 3 6 3 ESP C Martínez GranadosESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 1 7 2 5 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 6 5 6 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 ESP M MarreroPAR R de los Ríos 1 0 CRO I MajoliUZB I Tulyaganova 79 6 13 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 67 2 11 SVK J HusárováAUT B Schett 6 7 AUS C BarclayAUS R McQuillan 2 5 FRA M BartoliSUI M Casanova 2 1 5 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 6 6 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 CRO I MajoliUZB I Tulyaganova 4 1 11 SVK J HusárováAUT B Schett 79 6 5 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 67 4 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 11 SVK J HusárováAUT B Schett 1 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond 6 713 BUL L BachevaFRA C Dhenin 4 611 WC FRA M JohanssonFRA S Montero 1 2 ARG G DulkoARG ME Salerni 6 6 RUS E BovinaAUS A Molik 77 77 WC FRA S LefèvreFRA V Pichet 63 62 AUS T MusgraveUKR E Tatarkova 1 2 14 JPN S AsagoeJPN N Miyagi 6 6 9 SVK D HantuchováUSA C Rubin 7 6 NED K BoogertESP M Serna 5 1 ARG P TarabiniNED C Vis 63 6 6 RUS G FattakhetdinovaRUS G Fokina 77 3 4 GER K FreyeFR Yugoslavia D Zarić 1 4 RUS A JidkovaJPN A Morigami 6 6 WC FRA É Le BescondFRA C Rousseau 0 2 6 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 6 6 3 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond 6 6 ARG G DulkoARG ME Salerni 4 0 RUS E BovinaAUS A Molik 6 6 14 JPN S AsagoeJPN N Miyagi 3 4 9 SVK D HantuchováUSA C Rubin 6 6 ARG P TarabiniNED C Vis 2 4 RUS A JidkovaJPN A Morigami 6 66 4 6 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 3 78 6 3 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond RUS E BovinaAUS A Molik w/o 9 SVK D HantuchováUSA C Rubin 6 3 7 6 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 4 6 5 RUS E BovinaAUS A Molik 3 1 9 SVK D HantuchováUSA C Rubin 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 HUN P MandulaAUT P Wartusch 6 6 BLR T PoutchekRUS A Rodionova 0 3 CAN S JeyaseelanCRO J Kostanić 6 6 RUS E KulikovskayaUKR T Perebiynis 3 4 WC FRA S ForetzFRA V Razzano 5 2 VEN M SequeraCAN V Webb 7 6 JPN R FujiwaraRUS D Safina 2 1 12 FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 6 6 15 SUI E GagliardiSUI P Schnyder 6 6 USA A AugustusUSA J Embry 1 4 GER B LamadeGER M Müller 6 6 USA A HarkleroadUSA M Irvin 1 2 USA T AshleyUSA A Spears 6 2 6 CZE R VoráčováGER M Weingärtner 4 6 2 AUS N PrattGER B Rittner 2 2 4 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 7 HUN P MandulaAUT P Wartusch 6 2 6 CAN S JeyaseelanCRO J Kostanić 4 6 3 VEN M SequeraCAN V Webb 3 4 12 FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 6 6 15 SUI E GagliardiSUI P Schnyder 77 77 GER B LamadeGER M Müller 61 61 USA T AshleyUSA A Spears 4 4 4 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 7 HUN P MandulaAUT P Wartusch 2 2 12 FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 6 6 15 SUI E GagliardiSUI P Schnyder 1 4 4 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 12 FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 4 61 4 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 77 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 8 RSA L HuberBUL M Maleeva 2 4 ITA S Farina EliaITA T Garbin 6 6 ITA F PennettaROU A Vanc 2 3 VEN M Vento-KabchiINA A Widjaja 6 6 WC FRA A DulonFRA A-L Heitz 6 4 4 USA N ArendtAUS E Dominikovic 3 6 6 SLO M MatevžičSVK H Nagyová 6 6 10 ESP C MartínezUSA M Shaughnessy 2 3 16 TPE J LeeINA W Prakusya 5 64 BEL E CallensUSA M Tu 7 77 GRE E DaniilidouITA R Grande 6 6 WC FRA T GolovinFRA A Laurendon 0 3 USA C MorariuAUS R Stubbs 1 62 RUS E DementievaRUS L Krasnoroutskaya 6 77 FRA S Cohen-AloroFRA N Tauziat 1 1 2 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 ITA S Farina EliaITA T Garbin 3 6 6 VEN M Vento-KabchiINA A Widjaja 6 3 2 USA N ArendtAUS E Dominikovic 2 6 4 SLO M MatevžičSVK H Nagyová 6 3 6 BEL E CallensUSA M Tu 6 2 2 GRE E DaniilidouITA R Grande 4 6 6 RUS E DementievaRUS L Krasnoroutskaya 4 4 2 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 ITA S Farina EliaITA T Garbin 4 3 SLO M MatevžičSVK H Nagyová 6 6 GRE E DaniilidouITA R Grande 2 0 2 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 SLO M MatevžičSVK H Nagyová 2 5 2 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 7 External links Draw Order of play WTA official archive 2003 French 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