2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Jill Craybas was the defending champion, but lost in quarterfinals to Arantxa Parra Santonja.

Women's singles
2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionRussia Maria Sharapova
Runner-upHungary Anikó Kapros
Score2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Details
Draw30 (4 Q / 2 WC / 2 LL )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Maria Sharapova won the title by defeating Anikó Kapros 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) in the final.

Seeds

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The first two seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1.   Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
  2.   Tamarine Tanasugarn (second round)
  3.   Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
  4.   Shinobu Asagoe (second round)
  5.   Maria Sharapova (champion)
  6.   Ashley Harkleroad (second round)
  7.   Saori Obata (first round)
  8.   Emmanuelle Gagliardi (second round)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
    Anikó Kapros 6 6
    Arantxa Parra Santonja 1 2
    Anikó Kapros 6 2 65
5   Maria Sharapova 2 6 77
5   Maria Sharapova 6 7
    Zheng Jie 3 5

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   A Sugiyama 6 3 77
  A Widjaja 4 5   Y Yoshida 3 6 60
  Y Yoshida 6 7 1   A Sugiyama 4 2r
Q   T Sun 4 2   A Kapros 6 3
  A Kapros 6 6   A Kapros 6 6
Q   A Spears 1 6 4 8   E Gagliardi 0 2
8   E Gagliardi 6 2 6   A Kapros 6 6
4   S Asagoe 6 6   A Parra Santonja 1 2
Q   T Li 1 1 4   S Asagoe 7 4 3
  An Serra Zanetti 1 2   A Parra Santonja 5 6 6
  A Parra Santonja 6 6   A Parra Santonja 3 6 6
  A Cargill 3 2   J Craybas 6 4 2
WC   R Fujiwara 6 6 WC   R Fujiwara 6 4 2
  J Craybas 6 6   J Craybas 4 6 6
7   S Obata 4 2

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5   M Sharapova 6 6
LL   J-h Kim 2 0 5   M Sharapova 6 6
  A Morigami 6 6   A Morigami 1 3
  M Kirilenko 1 2 5   M Sharapova 7 77
  M Suchá 1 5   C Schaul 5 61
  C Schaul 6 7   C Schaul 6 2 77
  E Dominikovic 3 3 3   K Srebotnik 3 6 65
3   K Srebotnik 6 6 5   M Sharapova 6 7
6   A Harkleroad 6 6   J Zheng 3 5
WC   M Ozaki 0 0 6   A Harkleroad 65 4
LL   Z Yan 6 6 LL   Z Yan 77 6
Q   M Saeki 2 4 LL   Z Yan 63 3
  J Zheng 6 7   J Zheng 77 6
  S Talaja 4 5   J Zheng 1 6 6
2   T Tanasugarn 6 2 4

References

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