2022 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2022 Western & Southern Open
2021 Champions	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai
Seeds	8

Main article: 2022 Western & Southern Open

Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Stosur plays alongside Latisha Chan, while Zhang teams up with Ena Shibahara.

Cori Gauff, Elise Mertens and Katerina Siniaková are in contention for the WTA number 1 doubles ranking at the beginning of the tournament. Following Gauff's withdrawal from the tournament, Mertens and Siniaková must reach the final in order to regain the top ranking.

Seeds

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

1. Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens
2. Barbora Krejčiková / Kateřina Siniaková (second round)
3. Ena Shibahara / Zhang Shuai
4. Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (withdrew)
5. Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos
6. Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs
7. Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko
8. Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan

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	V Kudermetova E Mertens	78	77
		M Bouzková L Siegemund	6	67	[10]				M Bouzková L Siegemund	66	64
		A Rosolska E Routliffe	3	79	[7]										1	V Kudermetova E Mertens
		E Hozumi M Ninomiya	4	65											5	G Dabrowski G Olmos
		I-C Begu M Trevisan	6	77					I-C Begu M Trevisan	1	4
		A Cornet J Teichmann	7	4	[7]			5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	6	6
	5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	5	6	[10]
								3	E Shibahara S Zhang
	PR	L Chan S Stosur
		A Danilina B Haddad Maia
		L Hradecká S Mirza
		E Raducanu E Rybakina
	PR	K Flipkens S Sorribes Tormo	1	5				7	L Kichenok J Ostapenko
	7	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	6	7

Bottom Half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	6	4	[10]
		A Krunić M Linette	4	6	[6]			6	D Krawczyk D Schuurs
		C Dolehide S Sanders	2	6	[8]				A Kontaveit S Stephens
		A Kontaveit S Stephens	6	3	[10]
		A Guarachi A Klepač	1	6	[9]
	WC	J Aney I Neel	6	4	[11]			WC	J Aney I Neel
								Alt	E Alexandrova A Sasnovich
	8	Y Xu Z Yang	4	6	[10]
		N Dzalamidze M Niculescu	6	3	[6]			8	Y Xu Z Yang
		V Azarenka O Jabeur	6	6					V Azarenka O Jabeur
		S Aoyama H-c Chan	3	3
		N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	6	3	[10]											N Melichar-Martinez E Perez
	WC	C McNally T Townsend	0	6	[1]				N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	6	6
								2	B Krejčiková K Siniaková	3	2

Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams, based on WTA rankings as of August 8, 2022.

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
	Veronika Kudermetova	BEL	Elise Mertens	5	1
CZE	Barbora Krejčiková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	10	2
JPN	Ena Shibahara	CHN	Zhang Shuai	11	3
USA	Coco Gauff	USA	Jessica Pegula	18	4
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	MEX	Giuliana Olmos	18	5
USA	Desirae Krawczyk	NED	Demi Schuurs	30	6
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	31	7
CHN	Xu Yifan	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	31	8

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Jessie Aney / Ingrid Neel
• Caty McNally / Taylor Townsend

Protected ranking

• Latisha Chan / Samantha Stosur
• Kirsten Flipkens / Sara Sorribes Tormo

Alternates

• Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Withdrawals

• Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich

External links

• Main draw