2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles

2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions   United States Justin Gimelstob
Germany Nicolas Kiefer
Runners-up   United States Scott Humphries
The Bahamas Mark Merklein
Final score   67(68), 63, 76(74)
Events
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women
AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
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Jeff Coetzee and Chris Haggard were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Jiří Novák and Petr Pála.

Justin Gimelstob and Nicolas Kiefer won in the final 67(68), 63, 76(74) against Scott Humphries and Mark Merklein.

Seeds

  1. Australia Wayne Arthurs / Australia Paul Hanley (First Round)
  2. South Africa Jeff Coetzee / South Africa Chris Haggard (First Round)
  3. United States Rick Leach / United States Brian MacPhie (Quarterfinals)
  4. Israel Jonathan Erlich / Israel Andy Ram (First Round)

Draw

Key

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 Australia W Arthurs
Australia P Hanley
4 4  
WC Japan S Iwabuchi
Japan J Kato
6 6   WC Japan S Iwabuchi
Japan J Kato
6 6  
  United States J-M Gambill
United States B Vahaly
63 65     Switzerland Y Allegro
Czech Republic P Luxa
2 2  
  Switzerland Y Allegro
Czech Republic P Luxa
77 77   WC Japan S Iwabuchi
Japan J Kato
3 4  
4 Israel J Erlich
Israel A Ram
1 6 611   United States J Gimelstob
Germany N Kiefer
6 6  
  Australia T Perry
United States J Thomas
6 4 713   Australia T Perry
United States J Thomas
4 3  
  United States J Gimelstob
Germany N Kiefer
6 7     United States J Gimelstob
Germany N Kiefer
6 6  
  Australia A Kratzmann
Netherlands J van Lottum
2 5     United States J Gimelstob
Germany N Kiefer
66 6 77
  Germany L Burgsmüller
Germany R Schüttler
3 4     United States S Humphries
The Bahamas M Merklein
78 3 64
  United States S Humphries
The Bahamas M Merklein
6 6     United States S Humphries
The Bahamas M Merklein
6 77  
  Australia J Kerr
South Africa M Wakefield
4 6 3 3 United States R Leach
United States B MacPhie
3 63  
3 United States R Leach
United States B MacPhie
6 3 6   United States S Humphries
The Bahamas M Merklein
2 6 6
  Argentina M García
United States G Oliver
6 5 77   Czech Republic J Novák
Czech Republic P Pála
6 2 3
WC Japan T Shimada
Japan T Suzuki
4 7 63   Argentina M García
United States G Oliver
4 1  
  Czech Republic J Novák
Czech Republic P Pála
6 7     Czech Republic J Novák
Czech Republic P Pála
6 6  
2 South Africa J Coetzee
South Africa C Haggard
2 5  

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