# 2003 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Serena and Venus Williams defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2003 Australian Open. It was their second Australian Open title together and sixth major title together overall.
Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were the reigning champions, but Hingis did not participate. Kournikova partnered with Chanda Rubin, but lost in the third round to Conchita Martínez and Nadia Petrova.
This was the first edition to feature a final set tie-break.

## Seeds

* Serena Williams / Venus Williams (champions)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (final)
* Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová (second round)
* Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (third round)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals)
* Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond (semifinals)
* Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
* Conchita Martínez / Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals)
* Anna Kournikova / Chanda Rubin (third round)
* Els Callens / Rika Fujiwara (first round)
* Janet Lee / Wynne Prakusya (second round)
* Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
* Barbara Schett / Patricia Wartusch (first round)
* Elena Bovina / Justine Henin (third round)
* Silvia Farina Elia / Tathiana Garbin (second round)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova / Martina Navratilova (third round)

## 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama | 4 | 5 | | 1 | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Mary Pierce Rennae Stubbs | 1 | 5 | | 6 | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Daniela Hantuchová Meghann Shaughnessy | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Petra Mandula | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Petra Mandula | 6 | 6 | | | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Petra Mandula | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 8 | Conchita Martínez Nadia Petrova | 6 | 5 | 6$^3$ | 2 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 2 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1/WC | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande P Schnyder | 3 | 1 | | 1/WC | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Dellacqua N Sewell | 4 | 6 | 6 | WC | C Dellacqua N Sewell | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Fokina A Rodionova | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 1/WC | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Canepa M Sequera | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | 16 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | F Pennetta A Serra Zanetti | 3 | 6 | 3 | | A Canepa M Sequera | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Casanova N Pratt | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1/WC | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 7 |
| 12 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | K Clijsters A Sugiyama | 4 | 5 |
| | R McQuillan M Tu | 6 | 6 | | | R McQuillan M Tu | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Barclay M Müller | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6$^4$ | | K Freye D Zarić | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Freye D Zarić | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | K Freye D Zarić | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | J Hewitt A Szili | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | K Clijsters A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Coetzer J Steck | 6 | 6 | | | A Coetzer J Steck | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Musgrave T Tanasugarn | 3 | 5 | | 7 | K Clijsters A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | K Clijsters A Sugiyama | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Kulikovskaya T Poutchek | 3 | 6$^4$ | | 4 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rippner C Wheeler | 3 | 3 | | | N de Villiers A Jidkova | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N de Villiers A Jidkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | D Bedáňová R Vinci | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | M Pierce R Stubbs | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Pierce R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | M Pierce R Stubbs | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Augustus N Grandin | 3 | 2 | | 15 | S Farina Elia T Garbin | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | S Farina Elia T Garbin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Pierce R Stubbs | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | E Callens R Fujiwara | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | L Davenport L Raymond | 6 | 7 |
| | B Rittner M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 6$^1$ | 6 | | B Rittner M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Grant J Pullin | 5 | 2 | | | K Marosi S Reeves | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Marosi S Reeves | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Rittner M Vento-Kabchi | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | ME Salerni Å Svensson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | L Davenport L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Marrero R de los Ríos | 3 | 2 | | | ME Salerni Å Svensson | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Grahame C Watson | 1 | 1 | | 6 | L Davenport L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Davenport L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | D Hantuchová M Shaughnessy | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L McShea I Selyutina | 6$^6$ | 1 | | 5 | D Hantuchová M Shaughnessy | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Matevžič H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | M Matevžič H Nagyová | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Boogert M Serna | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | D Hantuchová M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Glass M Weingärtner | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | N Dechy É Loit | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | N Dechy É Loit | 6 | 6 | | | N Dechy É Loit | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Majoli M Maleeva | 1 | 4 | | 11 | J Lee W Prakusya | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | J Lee W Prakusya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Hantuchová M Shaughnessy | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | B Schett P Wartusch | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | E Gagliardi P Mandula | 6 | 6 |
| | J Hopkins J Kostanić | 2 | 6 | 6 | | J Hopkins J Kostanić | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ashley A Spears | 2 | 6 | 5 | | Z Gubacsi C Martínez Granados | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Gubacsi C Martínez Granados | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | Z Gubacsi C Martínez Granados | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi P Mandula | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Gagliardi P Mandula | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Medina Garrigues | 3 | 2 | | | E Gagliardi P Mandula | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Perebiynis S Talaja | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | E Dementieva J Husárová | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | E Dementieva J Husárová | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | C Martínez N Petrova | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Harkleroad P Tarabini | 4 | 6 | 6$^2$ | 8 | C Martínez N Petrova | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Li T Sun | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 | | A Vanc A van Exel | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Vanc A van Exel | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | C Martínez N Petrova | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Dominikovic B Stewart | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 9 | A Kournikova C Rubin | 7$^7$ | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | S Asagoe N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | S Asagoe N Miyagi | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Stevenson V Webb | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | A Kournikova C Rubin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | A Kournikova C Rubin | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | C Martínez N Petrova | 6 | 5 | 6$^3$ |
| 14 | E Bovina J Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 2 | 7 | 7$^7$ |
| | K Liggan A Widjaja | 4 | 0 | | 14 | E Bovina J Henin-Hardenne | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Tatarkova R Voráčová | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | E Tatarkova R Voráčová | 7$^7$ | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Stone S Stosur | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | 14 | E Bovina J Henin-Hardenne | | | | | | | | |
| | E Daniilidou C Vis | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | w/o | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Bartoli M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Bartoli M Sharapova | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Krasnoroutskaya T Panova | 5 | 4 | | 2 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |