2023 Italian Open – Women's doubles
# 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.

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

## Seeds

* 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

### 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula | 4 | $7^7$ | [10] | | | | |
| 3 | Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs | 6 | $6^5$ | [8] | | | | |
| 3 | Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs | 6 | $6^5$ | [8] | 1 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 4 | Storm Hunter Elise Mertens | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Storm Hunter Elise Mertens | 7 | 6 | | 4 | Storm Hunter Elise Mertens | 6 | 6 |
| PR | Marie Bouzková Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 5 | 4 | | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | C Gauff J Pegula | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Kalashnikova Y Sizikova | 1 | 5 | 1 | C Gauff J Pegula | $6^2$ | $7^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Melichar-Martinez A Panova | 6 | 7 | | N Melichar-Martinez A Panova | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Paolini M Trevisan | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | C Gauff J Pegula | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Alexandrova A Potapova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | $6^5$ | 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 | $7^7$ | [10] |
| 3 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 6 | $6^5$ | [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 | $3^r$ | | | | | | | | 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 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 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | |
| | K Flipkens A Rosolska | 0 | $7^8$ | [4] | 4 | S Hunter E Mertens | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | S Hunter E Mertens | 6 | $6^6$ | [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 | $6^3$ | 6 | [6] | | N Kichenok K Zimmermann | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kichenok K Zimmermann | $7^7$ | 3 | [10] | | | | | PR | M Bouzková B Mattek-Sands | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | M Linette M Vondroušová | $7^9$ | 4 | [12] | | | | | 2 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | |
| | H-c Chan L Chan | $6^7$ | 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
