Ai Sugiyama and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Sugiyama with Daniela Hantuchová and Tauziat with Kimberly Po-Messerli.
Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez defeated Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2003 WTA Tour Championships.
Mary Joe Fernández and Martina Hingis were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but only Davenport competed that year with Natasha Zvereva.
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but only Zvereva competed that year with Mary Pierce.
Larisa Neiland and Helena Suková were the defending champions but only Neiland competed that year with Elena Tatarkova.
The 1999 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts doubles was the doubles event of the third edition of the Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts; a WTA Tier III tournament held in the Gold Coast. Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Anke Huber and Mary Pierce.
The 1999 Sydney International women's doubles was the doubles event of the fourteenth edition of the ASB Classic; a WTA Tier II tournament and the second most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Australia. Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
The 1999 Open Gaz de France doubles was the doubles event of the seventh edition of the Open GDF Suez; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Paris, France. Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama.
The 1999 Evert Cup doubles was the doubles event of the eleventh edition of the tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California, United States. It was the second WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.
The 1999 Kremlin Cup women's doubles was the women's doubles event of the fourth WTA edition of the Kremlin Cup; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious tournament held in Russia. Mary Pierce and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but Pierce competed this year with Barbara Schett, whereas Zvereva competed with Elena Tatarkova.
The 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg singles was the tennis singles event of the thirteenth edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, a WTA Tier III tournament held in Strasbourg, France and part of the European clay court season. Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the final by Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1.
The 1999 Sparkassen Cup doubles was the tennis doubles event of the tenth edition of the Sparkassen Cup; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Leipzig, Germany. Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but were defeated in this year's final by Larisa Neiland and Mary Pierce, 6–1, 6–3.
The 2000 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States of America. It was the 120th edition of the US Open and was held from 28 August through 10 September 2000.
The 2002 Sparkassen Cup doubles was the tennis doubles event of the thirteenth edition of the Sparkassen Cup; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Leipzig, Germany.
The 2003 Sparkassen Cup doubles was the tennis doubles event of the thirteenth and final edition of the Sparkassen Cup; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Leipzig, Germany.
The 2001 Sparkassen Cup doubles was the tennis doubles event of the twelfth edition of the Sparkassen Cup; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Leipzig, Germany.
The doubles tournament for the 2004 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts was won by Russian pair, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva who defeated South African player Liezel Huber and Magdalena Maleeva from Bulgaria 6–3, 6–4 in the final. For Kuznetsova, this was her second Gold Coast title after winning with Martina Navratilova in 2003. This was also Likhovtseva second Gold Coast title after winning the tournament in 1998 with Japanese doubles partner Ai Sugiyama.
Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova were the two-time defending champions, but Dokic did not participate in the doubles event at this tournament. Petrova partnered Elena Likhovtseva, but the pair withdrew before their semifinal match against Marion Bartoli and Silvia Farina Elia.
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Elena Likhovtseva 
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