2003 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
2003 Italian Open
Champions	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley
Runners-up	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro
Score	6–1, 6–3

Main article: 2003 Italian Open (tennis)

Martin Damm and Cyril Suk were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro.

Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Llodra and Santoro.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

1. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
2. Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi (semifinals)
3. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (second round)
4. Leander Paes / David Rikl (second round)
5. Martin Damm / Cyril Suk (semifinals)
6. Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett (second round)
7. Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro (final)
8. Joshua Eagle / Jared Palmer (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• 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

Final

	Final
	7	Michaël Llodra  Fabrice Santoro	1	3
		Wayne Arthurs  Paul Hanley	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	6
		T Cibulec  P Vízner	3	5					S Grosjean  A Roddick	4	3
		S Grosjean  A Roddick	6	7											1	M Knowles  D Nestor	2	6	6^3
		D Adams  M Hood	6	6											5	M Damm  C Suk	6	3	7^7
		J Novák  R Štěpánek	4	4					D Adams  M Hood	4	3
								5	M Damm  C Suk	6	6
																						5	M Damm  C Suk	5	6	3
																						7	M Llodra  F Santoro	7	4	6
								3	B Bryan  M Bryan	4	6	1
		W Ferreira  Y Kafelnikov	3	6	6				W Ferreira  Y Kafelnikov	6	3	6
		J-M Gambill  G Oliver	6	3	4											W Ferreira  Y Kafelnikov	3	2
		D Johnson  B MacPhie	7^8	3	4										7	M Llodra  F Santoro	6	6
		C Haggard  R Koenig	6^6	6	6				C Haggard  R Koenig	2	3
								7	M Llodra  F Santoro	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								6	W Black  K Ullyett	6^6	3
		W Arthurs  P Hanley	6	7					W Arthurs  P Hanley	7^8	6
		G Etlis  S Schalken	3	5												W Arthurs  P Hanley	6	7^9
	ALT	A Seppi  P Starace	3	4												R Federer  P Srichaphan	3	6^7
		R Federer  P Srichaphan	6	6					R Federer  P Srichaphan	6	6
								4	L Paes  D Rikl	4	3
																							W Arthurs  P Hanley	7^8	6
																						2	M Bhupathi  M Mirnyi	6^6	3
								8	J Eagle  J Palmer	7	7^7
	WC	M Bertolini  G Galimberti	5	6	0			WC	G Kuerten  T Henman	5	6^5
	WC	T Henman  G Kuerten	7	4	6										8	J Eagle  J Palmer	1	7^7	4
		A Calleri  G Coria	3	6	6										2	M Bhupathi  M Mirnyi	6	6^4	6
		F Čermák  L Friedl	6	3	4				A Calleri  G Coria	6^2	6^6
								2	M Bhupathi  M Mirnyi	7^7	7^8

References

• 2003 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Men's Doubles Draw