2018 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2018 Western & Southern Open
2017 Champions	Latisha Chan Martina Hingis

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Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017 and Chan chose to prepare for the Asian Games instead.

Chan will lose the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the end of the tournament as she is not defending her title. Tímea Babos and Kateřina Siniaková are in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
2. Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic
3. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová
4. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez
5. Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke (Second round, retired)
6. Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs
7. Lucie Hradecká / Ekaterina Makarova
8. Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu (First round)

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

Finals

Semifinals

Final

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	4	6	[10]
		R Olaru V Zvonareva	6	4	[10]				R Olaru V Zvonareva	6	4	[7]
		V King K Srebotnik	3	6	[3]										1	B Krejčíková K Siniaková
		L Arruabarrena K Flipkens	65	4											6	E Mertens D Schuurs
	WC	J Brady C Dolehide	77	6				WC	J Brady C Dolehide	65	7	[7]
		A Tomljanović S Zheng	3	2				6	E Mertens D Schuurs	77	5	[10]
	6	E Mertens D Schuurs	6	6
								4	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	5	6	[10]
	WC	L Davis N Gibbs	0	1					A Cornet A Krunić	7	4	[2]
		A Cornet A Krunić	6	6											4	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez
		X Han D Jurak	77	7											Alt	K Christian S Santamaria
		A Rosolska A Spears	64	5					X Han D Jurak	6	1	[7]
	Alt	K Christian S Santamaria	7	7				Alt	K Christian S Santamaria	1	6	[10]
	8	I-C Begu M Niculescu	5	5

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	N Melichar K Peschke	6	6
		M Adamczak L Kichenok	1	3				5	N Melichar K Peschke	2	2r
		A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova	2	6	[13]				A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova	6	5
		S-w Hsieh A Sabalenka	6	3	[11]											A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova
		N Kichenok An Rodionova	77	6											3	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová
		D Jakupović R Voráčová	65	1					N Kichenok An Rodionova	2	0r
								3	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	6	0
	7	L Hradecká E Makarova	5	4
		B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová	7	4r				7	L Hradecká E Makarova
		J Konta J Ostapenko	6	6					J Konta J Ostapenko
		R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	1	0
		S Aoyama L Marozava	6	6
		D Gavrilova A Kontaveit	4	0					S Aoyama L Marozava
								2	T Babos K Mladenovic

References

• Main Draw