2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles

2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

Final

Champion

Maria Sharapova

Runner-up

Anikó Kapros

Score

2–6, 6–2, 7–6

Details

Draw

30 (4 Q / 2 WC / 2 LL )

Seeds

Events

Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

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Jill Craybas was the defending champion, but lost in quarterfinals to Arantxa Parra Santonja.

Maria Sharapova won the title by defeating Anikó Kapros 2–6, 6–2, 7–6 in the final.

Seeds

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

Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (second round)
Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
Shinobu Asagoe (second round)
Maria Sharapova (champion)
Ashley Harkleroad (second round)
Saori Obata (first round)
Emmanuelle Gagliardi (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

	Anikó Kapros	6	6

	Arantxa Parra Santonja	1	2
					Anikó Kapros	6	2	6

				5	Maria Sharapova	2	6	7
5	Maria Sharapova	6	7

	Zheng Jie	3	5

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	A Sugiyama	6	3	7
	A Widjaja	4	5			Y Yoshida	3	6	6
	Y Yoshida	6	7							1	A Sugiyama	4	2
Q	T Sun	4	2								A Kapros	6	3
	A Kapros	6	6			A Kapros	6	6
Q	A Spears	1	6	4	8	E Gagliardi	0	2
8	E Gagliardi	6	2	6												A Kapros	6	6
4	S Asagoe	6	6													A Parra Santonja	1	2
Q	T Li	1	1		4	S Asagoe	7	4	3
	An Serra Zanetti	1	2			A Parra Santonja	5	6	6
	A Parra Santonja	6	6								A Parra Santonja	3	6	6
	A Cargill	3	2								J Craybas	6	4	2
WC	R Fujiwara	6	6		WC	R Fujiwara	6	4	2
	J Craybas	6	6			J Craybas	4	6	6
7	S Obata	4	2

Bottom half

First round				Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

5	M Sharapova	6	6
LL	J-h Kim	2	0	5	M Sharapova	6	6
	A Morigami	6	6		A Morigami	1	3
	M Kirilenko	1	2						5	M Sharapova	7	7
	M Suchá	1	5							C Schaul	5	6
	C Schaul	6	7		C Schaul	6	2	7
	E Dominikovic	3	3	3	K Srebotnik	3	6	6
3	K Srebotnik	6	6										5	M Sharapova	6	7
6	A Harkleroad	6	6											J Zheng	3	5
WC	M Ozaki	0	0	6	A Harkleroad	6	4
LL	Z Yan	6	6	LL	Z Yan	7	6
Q	M Saeki	2	4						LL	Z Yan	6	3
	J Zheng	6	7							J Zheng	7	6
	S Talaja	4	5		J Zheng	1	6	6
				2	T Tanasugarn	6	2	4

References

Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2019-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
Official Results Archive (WTA)

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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)

Maria Sharapova

39 WTA Tour-Level Titles: 36 SGL & 3 DBL

Entourage

Yuri Sharapov (father & former coach)
Riccardo Piatti (coach; Jul 2019—Jan 2020)
Sven Groeneveld (coach; Nov 2013—Mar 2018)
Jimmy Connors (coach; Jul—Aug 2013)
Thomas Högstedt (coach; Jan 2011—Jul 2013, Mar 2018—Jul 2019)
Michael Joyce (coach; Sep 2005—Jan 2011)
Mauricio Hadad (coach; Mar 2004—Sep 2005)
Robert Lansdorp (coach; Sep 1998—Sep 2005)
Yuri Yudkin (coach; Nov 1991—May 1994)
Max Eisenbud (former agent)

Boyfriends
- Alexander Gilkes (since 2018; fiancé: since 2020)
- Grigor Dimitrov (2012—2015)
- Sasha Vujačić (2009—2012; fiancé: 2010—2012)

Title-winning doubles partners
- Tamarine Tanasugarn
- Maria Kirilenko

Career

Rivalries

Rivalry with Serena Williams

Seasons

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Year-end No.1

Grand Slam titles

Australian Open	SGL 2008
French Open	SGL 2012 2014
Wimbledon	SGL 2004
US Open	SGL 2006

WTA Tour titles

WTA Finals

SGL
2004 Los Angeles

WTA 1000 &
analogues

Qatar Open	SGL 2008
Indian Wells Open	SGL 2006 2013
Miami Open	Nil
Madrid Open	SGL 2014
Italian Open	SGL 2011 2012 2015
Canadian Open	Nil
San Diego Open → Cincinnati Open	SGL 2006 (SD) 2007 (SD) 2011 (CI)
Tokyo Open	SGL 2005 2009
Zurich Open & China Open	SGL 2006 (Z) 2014 (C)