2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

Tennis tournament

Date

September 29 – October 5

Edition

30th

Surface

Hard / outdoors

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Venue

Champions

Maria Sharapova /

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The 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2003 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2003 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from September 29 through October 5, 2003. Rainer Schüttler and Maria Sharapova won the singles title.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Rainer Schüttler defeated Sébastien Grosjean 7–6, 6–2

It was Schüttler's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Maria Sharapova defeated Anikó Kapros 2–6, 6–2, 7–6

It was the 1st title of Sharapova's career.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Justin Gimelstob / Nicolas Kiefer defeated Scott Humphries / Mark Merklein 6–7, 6–3, 7–6

It was Gimelstob's 1st title of the year and the 10th of his career. It was Kiefer's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

Women's doubles

Main article: 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Maria Sharapova / Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated Ansley Cargill / Ashley Harkleroad 7–6, 6–0

It was Sharapova's 1st title of the year and the 1st of her career. It was Tanasugarn's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of her career.

References

"2003 Tokyo Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
"2003 Tokyo Men's Doubles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

External links

Official website Archived 2020-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
ATP tournament profile

v t e 2003 ATP Tour « 2002 2004 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Tennis Masters Series	Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Rome (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Paris (S, D)
ATP International Series Gold	Memphis (S, D) Rotterdam (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Vienna (S, D)
ATP International Series	Adelaide (S, D) Chennai (S, D) Doha (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Milan (S, D) Marseille (S, D) San Jose (S, D) Viña del Mar (S, D) Buenos Aires (S, D) Copenhagen (S, D) Delray Beach (S, D) Scottsdale (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Houston (S, D) Munich (S, D) Valencia (S, D) St. Pölten (S, D) Halle (S, D) London (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Newport (S, D) Amersfoort (S, D) Indianapolis (S, D) Umag (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) Sopot (S, D) Washington (S, D) Long Island (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Salvador (S, D) Bangkok (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Metz (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Lyon (S, D) Basel (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Stockholm (S, D)
Team events	Davis Cup World Team Cup
Tennis Masters Cup, Houston (S, D)

v t e 2003 WTA Tour « 2002 2004 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Tier I tournaments	Tokyo (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Key Biscayne (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Rome (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Zürich (S, D)
Tier II tournaments	Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Antwerp (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Scottsdale (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) San Diego (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Leipzig (S, D) Filderstadt (S, D) Linz (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D)
Tier III tournaments	Gold Coast (S, D) Doha (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Bol (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Vienna (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Sopot (S, D) Bali (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Luxembourg (S, D) Quebec City (S, D)
Tier IV tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Hyderabad (S, D) Sarasota (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Helsinki (S, D) Tashkent (S, D)
Tier V tournaments	Hobart (S, D) Canberra (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Pattaya (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup
WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles (S, D)

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