2003 Australian Open – Men's doubles

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

Men's doubles

2003 Australian Open

Final

Champion

Michaël Llodra

Fabrice Santoro

Runner-up

Score

6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Events

Singles	men	women		boys	girls
Doubles	men	women	mixed	boys	girls
WC Singles	men	women	quad
WC Doubles	men	women	quad
Legends	men	women	mixed

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This was the first Australian Open to include a final set tie-break in doubles.

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

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 Schneiter	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

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