# Japan Women's Open 2003

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/sackmann_wta:d6f4e42a333c44df59fc7be0c4020d4c88ec2811bee2844c2ab6ceee1734d5e0/japan-womens-open
Tour: WTA

Maria Sharapova won the 2003 Japan Women's Open, defeating Aniko Kapros 2-6 6-2 7-6(5) in the final. The WTA 250 event was played on hard courts in Japan Open, Japan, from September 29 to October 5, 2003. The match log contains 29 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Japan Women's Open is a hard-court WTA tournament in Osaka.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Japan Open, Osaka Open, Japan Women's Tennis Open
- Category: Tier III -> WTA 250
- Surface: Hard
- Location: Japan Open
- Start date: 2003-09-29
- End date: 2003-10-05

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
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## Champion
- Winner: Maria Sharapova
- Runner-up: Aniko Kapros
- Final score: 2-6 6-2 7-6(5)

## Knockout results
### F
- Maria Sharapova def. Aniko Kapros 2-6 6-2 7-6(5)

### SF
- Maria Sharapova def. Jie Zheng 6-3 7-5
- Aniko Kapros def. Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-1 6-2

### QF
- Jie Zheng def. Zi Yan 7-6(3) 6-3
- Aniko Kapros def. Ai Sugiyama 6-4 3-2 RET
- Arantxa Parra Santonja def. Jill Craybas 3-6 6-4 6-2
- Maria Sharapova def. Claudine Schaul 7-5 7-6(1)

### R16
- Claudine Schaul def. Katarina Srebotnik 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)
- Ai Sugiyama def. Yuka Yoshida 6-3 3-6 7-6(0)
- Arantxa Parra Santonja def. Shinobu Asagoe 5-7 6-4 6-3
- Aniko Kapros def. Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-0 6-2
- Jie Zheng def. Tamarine Tanasugarn 1-6 6-2 6-4
- Zi Yan def. Ashley Harkleroad 7-6(5) 6-4
- Maria Sharapova def. Akiko Morigami 6-1 6-3
- Jill Craybas def. Rika Fujiwara 4-6 6-4 6-2

### R32
- Katarina Srebotnik def. Evie Dominikovic 6-3 6-3
- Ashley Harkleroad def. Maika Ozaki 6-0 6-0
- Arantxa Parra Santonja def. Antonella Serra Zanetti 6-1 6-2
- Claudine Schaul def. Martina Sucha 6-1 7-5
- Zi Yan def. Miho Saeki 6-2 6-4
- Yuka Yoshida def. Angelique Widjaja 6-4 7-5
- Rika Fujiwara def. Ansley Cargill 6-3 6-2
- Aniko Kapros def. Tiantian Sun 6-4 6-2
- Jill Craybas def. Saori Obata 6-4 6-2
- Maria Sharapova def. Jin-Hee (sr) Kim 6-2 6-0
- Akiko Morigami def. Maria Kirilenko 6-1 6-2
- Shinobu Asagoe def. Ting (sr) Li 6-1 6-1
- Jie Zheng def. Silvija Talaja 6-4 7-5
- Emmanuelle Gagliardi def. Abigail Spears 6-1 2-6 6-4

## Stats
- Total matches: 29
- Players: 30

Other editions available: 2003

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