2003 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles

The 2003 Sparkassen Cup doubles was the tennis doubles event of the thirteenth and final edition of the Sparkassen Cup; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Leipzig, Germany.

Doubles
2003 Sparkassen Cup
Final
ChampionsRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova
United States Martina Navratilova
Runners-upRussia Elena Likhovtseva
Russia Nadia Petrova
Score3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
← 2002 · Sparkassen Cup

Alexandra Stevenson and Serena Williams were the defending champions, but Williams elected not to compete this year. Stevenson instead partnered Anastasia Myskina, but lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Likhovtseva and Nadia Petrova.

Top seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova won the title, defeating Likhovtseva and Petrova in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3.

Seeds

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Draw

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   S Kuznetsova
  M Navratilova
6 4 7
Q   A Kapros
  L Steinbach
2 6 5 1   S Kuznetsova
  M Navratilova
6 6
  B Rittner
  M Vento-Kabchi
0 3   D Hantuchová
  B Schett
4 3
  D Hantuchová
  B Schett
6 6 1   S Kuznetsova
  M Navratilova
6 6
4   M Bartoli
  J Dokic
77 6 4   M Bartoli
  J Dokic
3 1
  M Serna
  M Shaughnessy
65 2 4   M Bartoli
  J Dokic
6 3 7
  J Kostanić
  K Marosi
3 4   M Maleeva
  P Schnyder
2 6 5
  M Maleeva
  P Schnyder
6 6 1   S Kuznetsova
  M Navratilova
3 6 6
  E Daniilidou
  R Grande
6 6 2   E Likhovtseva
  N Petrova
6 1 3
  S Farina-Elia
  F Schiavone
4 3   E Daniilidou
  R Grande
2
WC   V Henke
  C Schneider
2 5 3   E Callens
  J Husárová
2r
3   E Callens
  J Husárová
6 7   E Daniilidou
  R Grande
3 1
  A Myskina
  A Stevenson
7 1 6 2   E Likhovtseva
  N Petrova
6 6
  S Jeyaseelan
  M Matevzic
5 6 2   A Myskina
  A Stevenson
1 6 1
  T Križan
  T Perebiynis
3 0   E Likhovtseva
  N Petrova
6 4 6
2   E Likhovtseva
  N Petrova
6 6

Qualifying

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Seeds

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Qualifiers

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  1.   Anikó Kapros /   Lydia Steinbach

Draw

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First round Qualifying competition
1   Adriana Barna
  Mara Santangelo
85
  Tina Pisnik
  Višnja Vuletić
97   Tina Pisnik
  Višnja Vuletić
3 2
WC   Anikó Kapros
  Lydia Steinbach
98 WC   Anikó Kapros
  Lydia Steinbach
6 6
2   Stephanie Gehrlein
  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
86
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