2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships RUS Maria Sharapova HUN Anikó Kapros 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 30 (4 Q Qualifiers / 2 WC Wild Cards / 2 LL Lucky losers) 8 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Jill Craybas was the defending champion, but lost in quarterfinals to Arantxa Parra Santonja. Maria Sharapova won the title by defeating Anikó Kapros 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) in the final. Seeds The first two seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em JPN Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals) THA Tamarine Tanasugarn (second round) SLO Katarina Srebotnik (second round) JPN Shinobu Asagoe (second round) RUS Maria Sharapova (champion) USA Ashley Harkleroad (second round) JPN Saori Obata (first round) SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175   HUN Anikó Kapros 6 6   ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 1 2 5 RUS Maria Sharapova 6 7   CHN Zheng Jie 3 5   HUN Anikó Kapros 6 2 65 5 RUS Maria Sharapova 2 6 77 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals INA A Widjaja 4 5 JPN Y Yoshida 6 7 Q CHN T Sun 4 2 HUN A Kapros 6 6 Q USA A Spears 1 6 4 8 SUI E Gagliardi 6 2 6 4 JPN S Asagoe 6 6 Q CHN T Li 1 1 ITA 2003 An Serra Zanetti 1 2 ESP A Parra Santonja 6 6 USA A Cargill 3 2 WC JPN R Fujiwara 6 6 USA J Craybas 6 6 7 JPN S Obata 4 2 1 JPN A Sugiyama 6 3 77 JPN Y Yoshida 3 6 60 HUN A Kapros 6 6 8 SUI E Gagliardi 0 2 4 JPN S Asagoe 7 4 3 ESP A Parra Santonja 5 6 6 WC JPN R Fujiwara 6 4 2 USA J Craybas 4 6 6 1 JPN A Sugiyama 4 2r HUN A Kapros 6 3 ESP A Parra Santonja 3 6 6 USA J Craybas 6 4 2 HUN A Kapros 6 6 ESP A Parra Santonja 1 2 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 LL KOR J-h Kim 2 0 JPN A Morigami 6 6 RUS M Kirilenko 1 2 SVK M Suchá 1 5 LUX C Schaul 6 7 AUS E Dominikovic 3 3 3 SLO K Srebotnik 6 6 6 USA A Harkleroad 6 6 WC JPN M Ozaki 0 0 LL CHN Z Yan 6 6 Q JPN M Saeki 2 4 CHN J Zheng 6 7 CRO S Talaja 4 5 5 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 JPN A Morigami 1 3 LUX C Schaul 6 2 77 3 SLO K Srebotnik 3 6 65 6 USA A Harkleroad 65 4 LL CHN Z Yan 77 6 CHN J Zheng 1 6 6 2 THA T Tanasugarn 6 2 4 5 RUS M Sharapova 7 77 LUX C Schaul 5 61 LL CHN Z Yan 63 3 CHN J Zheng 77 6 5 RUS M Sharapova 6 7 CHN J Zheng 3 5 References Official Results Archive (ITF) https://web.archive.org/web/20190307112333/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100007013 2019-03-07 Official Results Archive (WTA) collapsed Singles Category:2003 WTA Tour Category:2003 in Japanese women's sport Category:Women's tennis tournaments in Japan