2023 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens defeated Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2023 Italian Open.

Women's doubles
2023 Italian Open
Champions	Storm Hunter Elise Mertens
Runners-up	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula
Score	6–4, 6–4
Draw	32
Seeds	8

Main article: 2023 Italian Open (tennis)

Veronika Kudermetova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia.^[1]

Seeds

1. Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (final)
2. Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (quarterfinals)
3. Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (semifinals)
4. Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens (champions)
5. Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani (first round)
6. Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (quarterfinals)
7. Asia Muhammad / Giuliana Olmos (first round)
8. Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (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
	1	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	4	77	[10]
	3	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	6	65	[8]
								1	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	4	4
								4	Storm Hunter Elise Mertens	6	6
	4	Storm Hunter Elise Mertens	7	6
	PR	Marie Bouzková Bethanie Mattek-Sands	5	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	C Gauff J Pegula	6	7
		O Kalashnikova Y Sizikova	1	5				1	C Gauff J Pegula	62	77	[10]
		N Melichar-Martinez A Panova	6	7					N Melichar-Martinez A Panova	77	65	[8]
	WC	J Paolini M Trevisan	3	5											1	C Gauff J Pegula	77	6
		E Alexandrova A Potapova	7	6											6	S Aoyama E Shibahara	65	4
		M Kolodziejová V Zvonareva	5	2					E Alexandrova A Potapova	3	3
		A Guarachi E Routliffe	3	4				6	S Aoyama E Shibahara	6	6
	6	S Aoyama E Shibahara	6	6																		1	C Gauff J Pegula	4	77	[10]
	3	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	w/o																			3	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	6	65	[8]
		A Kalinskaya C McNally						3	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	6	6
		M Kostyuk E-G Ruse	6	6					M Kostyuk E-G Ruse	0	1
		T Mihalíková A Parks	2	4											3	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	6	6
	Alt	D Kasatkina Y Putintseva	3r													U Eikeri M Kato	3	3
		M Niculescu M Ninomiya	4						M Niculescu M Ninomiya	4	6	[6]
		U Eikeri M Kato	6	7					U Eikeri M Kato	6	4	[10]
	8	Y Xu Z Yang	3	5

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	A Muhammad G Olmos	6	3	[6]
		T Babos A Danilina	4	6	[10]				T Babos A Danilina	w/o
		V Kudermetova A Pavlyuchenkova	2	3					V Azarenka B Haddad Maia
		V Azarenka B Haddad Maia	6	6												T Babos A Danilina	4	2
	WC	A Moratelli C Rosatello	6	3	[10]										4	S Hunter E Mertens	6	6
	PR	S Kenin A Sasnovich	4	6	[7]			WC	A Moratelli C Rosatello	1	66
		K Flipkens A Rosolska	0	78	[4]			4	S Hunter E Mertens	6	78
	4	S Hunter E Mertens	6	66	[10]																	4	S Hunter E Mertens	7	6
	5	G Dabrowski L Stefani	6	2	[8]																	PR	M Bouzková B Mattek-Sands	5	4
	PR	M Bouzková B Mattek-Sands	2	6	[10]			PR	M Bouzková B Mattek-Sands	6	6
	PR	S-w Hsieh B Strýcová	63	6	[6]				N Kichenok K Zimmermann	4	2
		N Kichenok K Zimmermann	77	3	[10]										PR	M Bouzková B Mattek-Sands	77	6
		M Linette M Vondroušová	79	4	[12]										2	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	63	3
		H-c Chan L Chan	67	6	[10]				M Linette M Vondroušová	3	2
	WC	L Bronzetti E Cocciaretto						2	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	6	6
	2	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	w/o

Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of April 24, 2023.

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
USA	Coco Gauff	USA	Jessica Pegula	7	1
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	18	2
USA	Desirae Krawczyk	NED	Demi Schuurs	21	3
AUS	Storm Hunter	BEL	Elise Mertens	28	4
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	BRA	Luisa Stefani	32	5
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Ena Shibahara	40	6
USA	Asia Muhammad	MEX	Giuliana Olmos	40	7
CHN	Xu Yifan	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	42	8

Other entry information

Wildcards

• Lucia Bronzetti / Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Angelica Moratelli / Camilla Rosatello
• Jasmine Paolini / Martina Trevisan

Protected ranking

• Marie Bouzková / Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
• Sofia Kenin / Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Alternates

• Daria Kasatkina / Yulia Putintseva

Withdrawals

• Leylah Fernandez / Taylor Townsend → replaced by Daria Kasatkina / Yulia Putintseva

References

1. "Kudermetova, Pavlyuchenkova claim Rome doubles title". wtatennis.com. 15 May 2022.

External links

• Main draw