2003 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2003 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo | |
| Champions |  Adriana Serra Zanetti Emily Stellato |
| Runners-up |  María José Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja |
| Score | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Draw | 16 (1WC/1Q) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Evgenia Kulikovskaya and Ekaterina Sysoeva were the defending champions, but Sysoeva did not compete this year. Kulikovskaya teamed up with Dinara Safina and lost in the quarterfinals to Li Ting and Sun Tiantian.
Wildcards Adriana Serra Zanetti and Emily Stellato won the title by defeating María José Martínez Sánchez and Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–4, 6–2 in the final.[1]
Seeds[edit]
Caroline Dhenin / 
Rossana de los Ríos (first round)
Trudi Musgrave / 
Renata Voráčová (quarterfinals)
Maret Ani / 
Henrieta Nagyová (semifinals)
Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (semifinals)
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 |  C Dhenin R de los Ríos
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MJ Martínez Sánchez A Parra Santonja
| 6 | 6 | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Parra Santonja
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Marrero C Martínez Granados
| 3 | 4 | Q | ME Camerin M Santangelo
| 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | ME Camerin M Santangelo
| 6 | 6 | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Parra Santonja
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  T Li T Sun
| 78 | 65 | 6 | 4 | T Li T Sun
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| T Garbin F Schiavone
| 66 | 77 | 3 | 4 | T Li T Sun
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Bondarenko V Bondarenko
| 1 | 2 |  E Kulikovskaya D Safina
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Kulikovskaya D Safina
| 6 | 6 | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Parra Santonja
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 I Benešová Ľ Cervanová
| 3 | 4 | WC | Ad Serra Zanetti E Stellato
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Z Yan J Zheng
| 6 | 6 | Z Yan J Zheng
| 62 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 I Abramović Y Fedak
| 3 | 2 | 3 |  M Ani H Nagyová
| 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Ani H Nagyová
| 6 | 6 | 3 | M Ani H Nagyová
| 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
S Disderi J Schruff
| 6 | 3 | 0 | WC | Ad Serra Zanetti E Stellato
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | Ad Serra Zanetti E Stellato
| 1 | 6 | 6 | WC | Ad Serra Zanetti E Stellato
| 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| C Schneider R Vinci
| 2 | 62 | 2 |  T Musgrave R Voráčová
| 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | T Musgrave R Voráčová
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Safina notches second career WTA title". ESPN. Palermo. Associated Press. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
Italy's Adriana Serra Zanetti and Emily Stellato, a wild card entry, won the doubles title, beating Spain's Maria Jose Martinez and Arantxa Parra 6-4, 6-2.