2003 Australian Open – Men's Doubles

2003 Australian Open
Champions		Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro
Runners-up		Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Final score		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men				mixed
WC Singles		men		women		quad
WC Doubles		men		women		quad

Main article: 2003 Australian Open

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro.

Contents

1 Seeds
2 Draw
3 External links

Seeds

Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Final)
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (Third Round)
Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer (Quarterfinals)
Mahesh Bhupathi / Joshua Eagle (First Round)
Martin Damm / Cyril Suk (Third Round)
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett (Third Round)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Radek Štěpánek (Second Round)
Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro (Champions)

Leander Paes / David Rikl (Quarterfinals)
David Adams / Robbie Koenig (Second Round)
David Prinosil / Nenad Zimonjić (First Round)
Jeff Coetzee / Chris Haggard (Semifinals)
Petr Pála / Pavel Vízner (First Round)
Jan-Michael Gambill / Graydon Oliver (First Round)
Ellis Ferreira / Brian MacPhie (Second Round)
Gastón Etlis / Martín Rodríguez (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

	1	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6	6
		Albert Portas Tommy Robredo	1	3
								1	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6	6

								16	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	3	4
	16	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6	6

	9	Leander Paes David Rikl	3	3
															1	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4	6	3
															8	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6	3	6
	12	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	6³	6	7
	3	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	7	2	6²
								12	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	2	6	5

								8	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6	4	7
	8	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6	6

		Nicolás Lapentti Todd Woodbridge	4	4

Top Half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

1	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6
	M Hood A Sá	3	3				1	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6
WC	R Henry T Reid	2	7	6			WC	R Henry T Reid	3	3
	K Braasch R Schüttler	6	5	4										1	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6
	J Acasuso A Schneider	5	3											WC	R Durek A Jones	3	3
	À Corretja A Costa	7	6					À Corretja A Costa	4	7	4
WC	R Durek A Jones	7	4	6			WC	R Durek A Jones	6	5	6
13	P Pála P Vízner	5	6	2																	1	M Knowles D Nestor	6	6
10	D Adams R Koenig	7	3	7																		A Portas T Robredo	1	3
	J Thomas T Vanhoudt	5	6	6⁵			10	D Adams R Koenig	5	7	2
	J Knowle M Kohlmann	4	2					A Portas T Robredo	7	6⁵	6
	A Portas T Robredo	6	6												A Portas T Robredo	7	6
	L Arnold Ker D Nalbandian	6	4	2										5	M Damm C Suk	6⁴	3
	S Schalken J van Lottum	3	6	6				S Schalken J van Lottum	6	4	2
WC	L Burgsmüller H-T Lee	0	6²				5	M Damm C Suk	3	6	6
5	M Damm C Suk	6	7

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

4	M Bhupathi J Eagle	4	6	4
	T Cibulec D Škoch	6	4	6				T Cibulec D Škoch	2	3
	O Fukárek P Luxa	6	6					O Fukárek P Luxa	6	6
	A Martín D Sánchez	3	4												O Fukárek P Luxa	6	5	3
	M Mirnyi V Voltchkov	6	6											16	G Etlis M Rodríguez	1	7	6
	G Gaudio M Puerta	2	3					M Mirnyi V Voltchkov	4	3
	J Landsberg J Nieminen	4	4				16	G Etlis M Rodríguez	6	6
16	G Etlis M Rodríguez	6	6																		16	G Etlis M Rodríguez	6	6
9	L Paes D Rikl	6	6																		9	L Paes D Rikl	3	3
	P Hanley A Kratzmann	4	3				9	L Paes D Rikl	7	6
	H Arazi Y El Aynaoui	6	6					H Arazi Y El Aynaoui	6⁴	1
WC	F López T Shimada	4	4											9	L Paes D Rikl	6	4	6
	J Blake M Merklein	6	6												J Blake M Merklein	4	6	2
	G Cañas F Clavet	3	4					J Blake M Merklein	6²	6	6
	C Brandi I Ljubičić	1	6¹				7	Y Kafelnikov R Štěpánek	7	4	3
7	Y Kafelnikov R Štěpánek	6	7

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

6	W Black K Ullyett	6	6
	M Bertolini D Sanguinetti	1	2				6	W Black K Ullyett	4	6	6
	JI Chela L Lobo	7	7					JI Chela L Lobo	6	3	2
WC	W Arthurs T Larkham	6⁶	6⁵											6	W Black K Ullyett	4	5
	A Montañés F Vicente	2	3											12	J Coetzee C Haggard	6	7
WC	N Healey J Kerr	6	6				WC	N Healey J Kerr	7	3	6³
	M García F González	4	6⁴				12	J Coetzee C Haggard	5	6	7
12	J Coetzee C Haggard	6	7																		12	J Coetzee C Haggard	6³	6	7
15	E Ferreira B MacPhie	6	7																		3	D Johnson J Palmer	7	2	6²
	Á López Morón C Moyà	2	5				15	E Ferreira B MacPhie	2	6	6²
	O Rochus F Saretta	6	3	2				D Bowen A Fisher	6	4	7
	D Bowen A Fisher	3	6	6											D Bowen A Fisher	3	4
WC	J Crabb P Luczak	2	4											3	D Johnson J Palmer	6	6
	S Aspelin J-L de Jager	6	6					S Aspelin J-L de Jager	3	0
	M Fish M Hill	2	4				3	D Johnson J Palmer	6	6
3	D Johnson J Palmer	6	6

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

8	M Llodra F Santoro	6	6
	S Humphries S Huss	3	4				8	M Llodra F Santoro	6	6⁴	6
WC	L Bourgeois S Draper	4	7	7			WC	L Bourgeois S Draper	4	7	3
	D Ferrer F Squillari	6	5	6²										8	M Llodra F Santoro	6	6
	J Tarango M Wakefield	2	5												Y Allegro R Federer	2	4
	A Dupuis F Meligeni	6	7					A Dupuis F Meligeni	3	4
	Y Allegro R Federer	3	6	7				Y Allegro R Federer	6	6
11	D Prinosil N Zimonjić	6	3	6⁷																	8	M Llodra F Santoro	6	6
14	J-M Gambill G Oliver	6	4	4																		N Lapentti T Woodbridge	4	4
	N Lapentti T Woodbridge	4	6	6				N Lapentti T Woodbridge	6	6
	F Čermák L Friedl	6	6					F Čermák L Friedl	3	4
	A Florent S Stolle	2	2												N Lapentti T Woodbridge	3	7	7
	X Malisse S Sargsian	6	6											2	B Bryan M Bryan	6	6²	5
	G Coria M Zabaleta	2	3					X Malisse S Sargsian
	S Prieto M Youzhny	3	5				2	B Bryan M Bryan	w/o
2	B Bryan M Bryan	6	7

External links

Draw