2003 Pilot Pen Tennis – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2003 Pilot Pen Tennis | |
| Champions |  Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez |
| Runners-up |  Alicia Molik Magüi Serna |
| Score | 7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
| Draw | 16 (2WC/1Q) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Daniela Hantuchová and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Hantuchová chose to focus at the singles tournament, losing at the second round to Cara Black.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title by defeating Alicia Molik and Magüi Serna 7–6(8–6), 6–3 in the final. It was the third title for the pair during this season, after their wins at Charleston and Berlin.[1]
Seeds
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Virginia Ruano Pascual / 
Paola Suárez (champions)
Liezel Huber / 
Magdalena Maleeva (quarterfinals)
Nathalie Dechy / Émilie Loit (first round)
Emmanuelle Gagliardi / 
Meghann Shaughnessy (first round)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- 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
Draw
[edit]| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 T Križan K Srebotnik
| 2 | 60 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  F Pennetta A Rösch
| 3 | 2 |  T Perebiynis S Talaja
| 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| T Perebiynis S Talaja
| 6 | 6 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  E Gagliardi M Shaughnessy
| 6 | 3 | 4 |  E Callens A Widjaja
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Farina Elia T Garbin
| 3 | 6 | 6 | S Farina Elia T Garbin
| 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | L Granville S Taylor
| 3 | 2 | E Callens A Widjaja
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Callens A Widjaja
| 6 | 6 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 78 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 C Black C Morariu
| 3 | 2 | A Molik M Serna
| 66 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 D Bedáňová S Reeves
| 6 | 6 | D Bedáňová S Reeves
| 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 M Bartoli M Casanova
| 6 | 3 | 6 | M Bartoli M Casanova
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N Dechy É Loit
| 4 | 6 | 2 | M Bartoli M Casanova
| 7 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A Molik M Serna
| 6 | 7 | A Molik M Serna
| 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Myskina V Zvonareva
| 2 | 5 | A Molik M Serna
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Grande M Matevžič
| 3 | 2 | 2 |  L Huber M Maleeva
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Huber M Maleeva
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Paola cerró un año excepcional" [Paola closed an exceptional year]. Página 12 (in Spanish). 12 November 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
With this win, Suárez and Ruano Pascual have obtained five titles in the year, as they have previously won at Berlin, Charleston, New Haven and the US Open.