2003 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Els Callens and Émilie Loit.

Women's doubles
2003 Italian Open
Final
Champions	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova
Runners-up	Jelena Dokic Nadia Petrova
Score	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Events
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Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova won the title, defeating Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 in the final. It was the 6th doubles title for Kuznetsova and the 170th doubles title for Navratilova, in their respective careers.

Seeds

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

1.   Virginia Ruano Pascual /   Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)
2.   Kim Clijsters /   Ai Sugiyama (withdrew due to a left hamstring strain on Clijsters)
3.   Cara Black /   Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
4.   Jelena Dokic /   Nadia Petrova (final)
5.   Svetlana Kuznetsova /   Martina Navratilova (champions)
6.   Conchita Martínez /   Meghann Shaughnessy (withdrew due to a low back pain on Shaughnessy)
7.   Janette Husárová /   Patty Schnyder (first round)
8.   Emmanuelle Gagliardi /   Petra Mandula (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Els Callens   Émilie Loit	3	2
	5	Svetlana Kuznetsova   Martina Navratilova	6	6
								5	Svetlana Kuznetsova   Martina Navratilova	6	5	6
								4	Jelena Dokic   Nadia Petrova	4	7	2
	4	Jelena Dokic   Nadia Petrova	4	6	6
		Tina Križan   Katarina Srebotnik	6	4	2

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	7	6
		D Hantuchová   C Rubin	6	6					D Hantuchová   C Rubin	5	0
		K Marosi   S Reeves	2	3											1	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	5	0
		A Jidkova   A Spears	6	6												E Callens   É Loit	7	6
		C Dhenin   R Neffa-de los Ríos	3	4					A Jidkova   A Spears	3	5
		E Callens   É Loit	2	6	7^7				E Callens   É Loit	6	7
	LL	MJ Martínez Sánchez   A Medina Garrigues	6	0	6^4																		E Callens   É Loit	3	2
																						5	S Kuznetsova   M Navratilova	6	6
								3	C Black   E Likhovtseva	4	4
	Q	A Myskina   D Safina	2	0					L Huber   M Maleeva	6	6
		L Huber   M Maleeva	6	6												L Huber   M Maleeva	6^6	1
		J Lee   W Prakusya	6	7^7											5	S Kuznetsova   M Navratilova	7^8	6
		T Musgrave   T Perebiynis	2	6^3					J Lee   W Prakusya	5	4
		C Morariu   E Tatarkova	6^3	1				5	S Kuznetsova   M Navratilova	7	6
	5	S Kuznetsova   M Navratilova	7^7	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	E Gagliardi   P Mandula	6	6
		M Vento-Kabchi   A Widjaja	4	4				8	E Gagliardi   P Mandula	6	6
		J Hopkins   S Jeyaseelan	w/o						J Hopkins   S Jeyaseelan	4	2
	WC	R Grande   M Seles													8	E Gagliardi   P Mandula	7	4	3
		S Farina Elia   T Garbin	6	6											4	J Dokic   N Petrova	5	6	6
	WC	Ad Serra Zanetti   An Serra Zanetti	1	4					S Farina Elia   T Garbin	3	4
								4	J Dokic   N Petrova	6	6
																						4	J Dokic   N Petrova	4	6	6
	7	J Husárová   P Schnyder	3	0																			T Križan   K Srebotnik	6	4	2
		P Tarabini   C Vis	6	6					P Tarabini   C Vis	5	6^5
		M Bartoli   M Matevžič	4	6	6				M Bartoli   M Matevžič	7	7^7
		B Schett   P Wartusch	6	2	4											M Bartoli   M Matevžič	7^7	2	2
	WC	F Pennetta   R Vinci	1	4												T Križan   K Srebotnik	6^1	6	6
		T Križan   K Srebotnik	6	6					T Križan   K Srebotnik	6	6
								LL	E Dominikovic   A Vanc	2	1

References

• Main and Qualifying Draws