2023 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles
# 2023 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia and Laura Siegemund in the final, 6–1, $6–7^{(3–7)},$ [10–7], to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters. It was their first title at Indian Wells, third WTA 1000 title, and 15th career WTA Tour doubles title together.

Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Alexa Guarachi and Erin Routliffe.

## Seeds

* Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (champions)
* Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (second round)
* Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
* Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (second round)
* Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (first round)
* Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens (quarterfinals)
* Giuliana Olmos / Zhang Shuai (first round)
* Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perez (second 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara | 4 | 2 | 1 | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková | 6 | $6^3$ | [10] |
| | | | | | Beatriz Haddad Maia Laura Siegemund | 1 | $7^7$ | [7] |
| | Beatriz Haddad Maia Laura Siegemund | 6 | 6 | | Beatriz Haddad Maia Laura Siegemund | 1 | $7^7$ | [7] |
| | Miyu Kato Aldila Sutjiadi | 1 | 2 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Kudermetova L Samsonova | 1 | 2 | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 7 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-c Chan L Chan | 4 | $6^5$ | WC | L Fernandez T Townsend | 5 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Fernandez T Townsend | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Bondár K Zimmermann | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 6 | S Hunter E Mertens | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | D Collins P Stearns | 6 | 6 | WC | D Collins P Stearns | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Badosa E Rybakina | $6^2$ | 3 | 6 | S Hunter E Mertens | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Hunter E Mertens | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 4 | 2 |
| | P Martić Ka Plíšková | 5 | 3 | 4 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 6 | 1 | [9] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Linette C McNally | 6 | 6 | | M Linette C McNally | 4 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Niculescu A Rosolska | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | M Linette C McNally | 4 | 6 | [8] | | | | |
| | U Eikeri M Ninomiya | $6^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| | S Aoyama E Shibahara | $7^7$ | 6 | | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Andreescu Y Putintseva | $6^3$ | 4 | 8 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 6 | 4 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | G Olmos S Zhang | 4 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Panova A Parks | 6 | $7^7$ | | | A Panova A Parks | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Kasatkina M Trevisan | 2 | 6 | [8] | Alt | B Bencic J Teichmann | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | B Bencic J Teichmann | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | Alt | B Bencic J Teichmann | | | | | |
| | E Hozumi Y Sizikova | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | B Haddad Maia L Siegemund | w/o | | | | |
| | B Haddad Maia L Siegemund | 6 | 6 | | | B Haddad Maia L Siegemund | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | |
| | M Kostyuk E-G Ruse | 2 | 3 | | 3 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 1 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | |
| 3 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | B Haddad Maia L Siegemund | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Y Xu Z Yang | 1 | $7^8$ | [7] | | | | | | | | | | M Kato A Sutjiadi | 1 | 2 |
| | A Guarachi E Routliffe | 6 | $6^6$ | [10] | | A Guarachi E Routliffe | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski L Stefani | 6 | 6 | | | G Dabrowski L Stefani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Danilina A Muhammad | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | G Dabrowski L Stefani | 2 | $6^4$ | | | |
| | K Flipkens B Mattek-Sands | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | M Kato A Sutjiadi | 6 | $7^7$ | | | |
| | M Kato A Sutjiadi | 6 | 6 | | | M Kato A Sutjiadi | 6 | 4 | [12] | | | | | | | |
| | M Kolodziejová M Vondroušová | $6^5$ | 2 | | 2 | C Gauff J Pegula | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Gauff J Pegula | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams, based on WTA rankings as of February 27, 2023.

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 3 | 1 |
| USA | Coco Gauff | USA | Jessica Pegula | 8 | 2 |
| UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 18 | 3 |
| USA | Desirae Krawczyk | NED | Demi Schuurs | 22 | 4 |
| CHN | Xu Yifan | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 25 | 5 |
| AUS | Storm Hunter | BEL | Elise Mertens | 27 | 6 |
| MEX | Giuliana Olmos | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 31 | 7 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar-Martinez | AUS | Ellen Perez | 35 | 8 |

## Other entry information

### Wildcards

* Bianca Andreescu / Yulia Putintseva
* Danielle Collins / Peyton Stearns
* Leylah Fernandez / Taylor Townsend

### Alternates

* Belinda Bencic / Jil Teichmann

### Withdrawals

* Caroline Dolehide / Madison Keys → replaced by Belinda Bencic / Jil Teichmann
