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
Champions	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova
Runners-up	Elena Likhovtseva Nadia Petrova
Score	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Main article: 2003 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

1. Svetlana Kuznetsova / Martina Navratilova (champions)
2. Elena Likhovtseva / Nadia Petrova (final)
3. Els Callens / Janette Husárová (quarterfinals)
4. Marion Bartoli / Jelena Dokic (semifinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Draw

	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

Seeds

1. Adriana Barna / Mara Santangelo (first round)
2. Stephanie Gehrlein / Anna-Lena Grönefeld (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Anikó Kapros / Lydia Steinbach

Draw

	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

External links

• 2003 Sparkassen Cup draw