2023 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

Alycia Parks and Taylor Townsend defeated Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final, 6–7^(1–7), 6–4, [10–6] to win the women's doubles title at the 2023 Cincinnati Masters.

Women's doubles
2023 Western & Southern Open
Champions	Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend
Runners-up	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez
Score	6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–6]

Main article: 2023 Western & Southern Open

Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jeļena Ostapenko were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Parks and Townsend.

Seeds

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

1. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
2. Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens (semifinals)
3. Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perez (final)
4. Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (quarterfinals)
5. Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
6. Hsieh Su-wei / Wang Xinyu (second round)
7. Chan Hao-ching / Giuliana Olmos (semifinals)
8. Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	7	Chan Hao-ching Giuliana Olmos	6	4	[5]
	3	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	2	6	[10]
								3	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	77	4	[6]
									Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend	61	6	[10]
		Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend	6	6
	2	Storm Hunter Elise Mertens	4	2

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	w/o
		C Garcia M Kostyuk	4	6	[8]				Ka Plíšková D Vekić
		Ka Plíšková D Vekić	6	2	[10]										1	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	3	4
		O Jabeur P Martić	3	4											7	H-c Chan G Olmos	6	6
	WC	J Brady A Muhammad	6	6				WC	J Brady A Muhammad	5	2
		M Linette B Pera	2	4				7	H-c Chan G Olmos	7	6
	7	H-c Chan G Olmos	6	6																		7	H-c Chan G Olmos	6	4	[5]
																						3	N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	2	6	[10]
								3	N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	6	6
		T Mihalíková Y Xu	3	6	[10]				T Mihalíková Y Xu	3	4
		A Danilina O Kalashnikova	6	4	[7]										3	N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	7	4	[10]
		M Kato A Sutjiadi	7	65	[10]											M Kato A Sutjiadi	5	6	[8]
		L Siegemund V Zvonareva	5	77	[8]				M Kato A Sutjiadi	77	4	[10]
		G Dabrowski E Routliffe	6	6					G Dabrowski E Routliffe	64	6	[1]
	8	S Aoyama E Shibahara	4	4

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	7	7
	Alt	U Eikeri L Zhu	5	5				5	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	64	1
		A Parks T Townsend	6	6					A Parks T Townsend	77	6
		L Chan Z Yang	3	3												A Parks T Townsend	4	6	[10]
		V Azarenka B Haddad Maia	5	3											4	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	6	0	[6]
	WC	E Navarro P Stearns	7	6				WC	E Navarro P Stearns	77	3	[4]
								4	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	64	6	[10]
																							A Parks T Townsend	6	6
	6	S-w Hsieh Xin Wang	6	6																		2	S Hunter E Mertens	4	2
		A Blinkova V Gracheva	0	1				6	S-w Hsieh Xin Wang	3	4
	Alt	E Alexandrova A Sasnovich	2	0				PR	A Pavlyuchenkova L Stefani	6	6
	PR	A Pavlyuchenkova L Stefani	6	6											PR	A Pavlyuchenkova L Stefani	2	1
		E Cocciaretto M Sherif	65	3											2	S Hunter E Mertens	6	6
		I-C Begu S Sorribes Tormo	77	6					I-C Begu S Sorribes Tormo	4	1
								2	S Hunter E Mertens	6	6

Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 7 August 2023.

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	3	1
AUS	Storm Hunter	BEL	Elise Mertens	11	2
USA	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	AUS	Ellen Perez	17	3
USA	Desirae Krawczyk	NED	Demi Schuurs	22	4
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	34	5
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CHN	Wang Xinyu	38	6
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	MEX	Giuliana Olmos	41	7
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Ena Shibahara	42	8

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Jennifer Brady / Asia Muhammad
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Anastasia Potapova
• Emma Navarro / Peyton Stearns

Protected ranking

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Luisa Stefani

Alternates

• Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Ulrikke Eikeri / Zhu Lin

Withdrawals

• Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Anastasia Potapova → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Karolína Muchová / Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Ulrikke Eikeri / Zhu Lin

External links

• Main draw