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.[1]
| 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 |
Veronika Kudermetova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia.[2]
Seeds
edit- Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (final)
Lyudmyla Kichenok / 
Jeļena Ostapenko (quarterfinals)- Desirae Krawczyk /
Demi Schuurs (semifinals) - Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens (champions)
Gabriela Dabrowski / 
Luisa Stefani (first round)
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (quarterfinals)- Asia Muhammad /
Giuliana Olmos (first round) 
Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (first round)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editThe 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
editWildcards
editProtected ranking
editAlternates
editWithdrawals
edit- Leylah Fernandez / Taylor Townsend → replaced by Daria Kasatkina / Yulia Putintseva
References
edit- ^ "Hunter-Mertens won first doubles title at Italian Open". The Print. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Kudermetova, Pavlyuchenkova claim Rome doubles title". wtatennis.com. 15 May 2022.