Japan Open 2003

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WTA WTA Tier III Hard Start: Sep 29, 2003 Draw: 30 29 matches

Champion: Maria Sharapova

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Ai Sugiyama 6 3 7

Yuka Yoshida 3 6 6

Aniko Kapros 6 6

8 Emmanuelle Gagliardi 0 2

Arantxa Parra Santonja 5 6 6

4 Shinobu Asagoe 7 4 3

Jill Craybas 4 6 6

Rika Fujiwara 6 4 2

5 Maria Sharapova 6 6

Akiko Morigami 1 3

Claudine Schaul 6 2 7

3 Katarina Srebotnik 3 6 6

6 Ashley Harkleroad 6 4

Jie Zheng 1 6 6

2 Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 2 4

Quarterfinal

Aniko Kapros 6 3

1 Ai Sugiyama 4 2

Arantxa Parra Santonja 3 6 6

Jill Craybas 6 4 2

5 Maria Sharapova 7 7

Claudine Schaul 5 6

Semifinal

Aniko Kapros 6 6

Arantxa Parra Santonja 1 2

5 Maria Sharapova 6 7

Final

5 Maria Sharapova 2 6 7

Aniko Kapros 6 2 6

Early rounds

Round of 32 14 matches

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

Players (30)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Maria Sharapova	RUS	Winner
AK	Aniko Kapros	HUN	Final
AS	Arantxa Parra Santonja	ESP	Semifinal
	Jie Zheng	CHN	Semifinal
	Ai Sugiyama	JPN	Quarterfinal
CS	Claudine Schaul	LUX	Quarterfinal
	Jill Craybas	USA	Quarterfinal
ZY	Zi Yan	CHN	Quarterfinal
AM	Akiko Morigami	JPN	Round of 16
AH	Ashley Harkleroad	USA	Round of 16
EG	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	SUI	Round of 16
	Katarina Srebotnik	SLO	Round of 16
RF	Rika Fujiwara	JPN	Round of 16
SA	Shinobu Asagoe	JPN	Round of 16
	Tamarine Tanasugarn	THA	Round of 16
YY	Yuka Yoshida	JPN	Round of 16
AS	Abigail Spears	USA	Round of 32
AW	Angelique Widjaja	INA	Round of 32
AC	Ansley Cargill	USA	Round of 32
AZ	Antonella Serra Zanetti	ITA	Round of 32
ED	Evie Dominikovic	AUS	Round of 32
JK	Jin Hee Kim	KOR	Round of 32
MO	Maika Ozaki	JPN	Round of 32
	Maria Kirilenko	RUS	Round of 32
MS	Martina Sucha	SVK	Round of 32
MS	Miho Saeki	JPN	Round of 32
SO	Saori Obata	JPN	Round of 32
ST	Silvija Talaja	CRO	Round of 32
TS	Tian Tian Sun	CHN	Round of 32
TL	Ting Li	CHN	Round of 32