2003 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open – Doubles
# 2003 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open – Doubles

Barbara Rittner and María Vento-Kabchi were the defending champions, but Rittner did not compete this year. Vento-Kabchi teamed up with Angelique Widjaja and lost in semifinals to tournament winners Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova.

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova won the title by defeating Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, $7–6^{(9–7)}$ in the final.

## Seeds

* Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (final)
* Petra Mandula / Patricia Wartusch (first round)
* Janet Lee / Wynne Prakusya (quarterfinals)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova / Martina Navratilova (champions)

## Draw

### Key

* 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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva | $7^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Mauresmo P Schnyder | $6^3$ | 6 | 0 | 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dhenin T Poutchek | 6 | 4 | $6^5$ | | E Dominikovic J Kostanić | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Dominikovic J Kostanić | 2 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | J Lee W Prakusya | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | L Krasnoroutskaya N Pratt | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | R Grande I Tulyaganova | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | J Lee W Prakusya | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Krasnoroutskaya N Pratt | 6 | 6 | | | L Krasnoroutskaya N Pratt | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | I Benešová O Blahotová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 3 | $6^7$ |
| | M Maleeva T Musgrave | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova | 6 | $7^9$ |
| | R de los Ríos P Tarabini | 4 | 6 | 1 | | M Maleeva T Musgrave | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N de Villiers I Selyutina | 2 | 1 | | 4 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | S Kuznetsova M Navratilova | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | L Ahl S Sfar | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | M Vento-Kabchi A Widjaja | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi K Grant | 6 | 6 | | | E Gagliardi K Grant | 7 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Vento-Kabchi A Widjaja | 6 | 2 | 6 | | M Vento-Kabchi A Widjaja | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Mandula P Wartusch | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
