Anna Kournikova and Janet Lee were the defending champions, but Kournikova did not compete this year. Lee teamed up with Corina Morariu and lost in quarterfinals to Ai Sugiyama and Tamarine Tanasugarn.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2003 China Open | |
| Champions |  Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt |
| Runners-up |  Ai Sugiyama Tamarine Tanasugarn |
| Score | 6–3, 6–3 |
Émilie Loit and Nicole Pratt won the title by defeating Ai Sugiyama and Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–3 in the final.
Seeds
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Conchita Martínez / 
Angelique Widjaja (semifinals)
Cara Black / Alicia Molik (first round)
Petra Mandula / 
Barbara Schett (first round)
Emmanuelle Gagliardi / 
Chanda Rubin (semifinals)
Draws
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- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Draw
edit| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | C Martínez A Widjaja
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 R Neffa-de los Ríos M Sharapova
| 5 | 3 | 1 | C Martínez A Widjaja
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Cargill J Craybas
| 6 | 6 | A Cargill J Craybas
| 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  Dong Yanhua Zhang Yao
| 3 | 2 | 1 | C Martínez A Widjaja
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | P Mandula B Schett
| 64 | 710 | 3 | A Sugiyama T Tanasugarn
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 J Lee C Morariu
| 77 | 68 | 6 | J Lee C Morariu
| 0r | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Sugiyama T Tanasugarn
| 7 | 6 | A Sugiyama T Tanasugarn
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A Nakamura S Okamoto
| 5 | 2 | A Sugiyama T Tanasugarn
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Musgrave A Spears
| 3 | 1 | É Loit N Pratt
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 T Garbin F Pennetta
| 6 | 6 | T Garbin F Pennetta
| 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| T Li T Sun
| 4 | 4 | 4 | E Gagliardi C Rubin
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | E Gagliardi C Rubin
| 6 | 6 | 4 | E Gagliardi C Rubin
| 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| É Loit N Pratt
| 5 | 6 | 6 | É Loit N Pratt
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Z Yan J Zheng
| 7 | 3 | 1 | É Loit N Pratt
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Morigami D Safina
| 78 | 3 | 6 | A Morigami D Safina
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | C Black A Molik
| 66 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2019-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Official Results Archive (WTA)