2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

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

Women's Singles
2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion	Maria Sharapova
Runner-up	Anikó Kapros
Final score	2–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Draw	30 (4Q / 2WC / 2LL)
Seeds	8

Maria Sharapova won the title by defeating Anikó Kapros 2–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5) 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	6⁵

								5	Maria Sharapova	2	6	7⁷
	5	Maria Sharapova	6	7

		Zheng Jie	3	5

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals


								1	A Sugiyama	6	3	7⁷
		A Widjaja	4	5					Y Yoshida	3	6	6⁰
		Y Yoshida	6	7											1	A Sugiyama	4	2^r
	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	7⁷
		M Suchá	1	5												C Schaul	5	6¹
		C Schaul	6	7					C Schaul	6	2	7⁷
		E Dominikovic	3	3				3	K Srebotnik	3	6	6⁵
	3	K Srebotnik	6	6																		5	M Sharapova	6	7
	6	A Harkleroad	6	6																			J Zheng	3	5
	WC	Maika Ozaki	0	0				6	A Harkleroad	6⁵	4
	LL	Z Yan	6	6				LL	Z Yan	7⁷	6
	Q	M Saeki	2	4											LL	Z Yan	6³	3
		J Zheng	6	7												J Zheng	7⁷	6
		S Talaja	4	5					J Zheng	1	6	6
								2	T Tanasugarn	6	2	4

References

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