2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

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

Main article: 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

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^(7–5) in the final.

Seeds

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

1. Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
2. Tamarine Tanasugarn (second round)
3. Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
4. Shinobu Asagoe (second round)
5. Maria Sharapova (champion)
6. Ashley Harkleroad (second round)
7. Saori Obata (first round)
8. Emmanuelle Gagliardi (second round)

Draw

Key

• 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

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	2r
	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	M 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

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