2013 Italian Open – Women's doubles
# 2013 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions. They reached the final this year, but lost to unseeded pair Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei 4–6, 6–3, [10–8].

## Seeds

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

* Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (final)
* Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik (semifinals)
* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (withdrew because of Makarova's left achilles injury)
* Liezel Huber / María José Martínez Sánchez (second round)
* Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (first round)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza (quarterfinals)
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (second round)
* Zhang Shuai / Zheng Jie (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova | 2 | 1 | 1 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 6 | 3 | [8] |
| | | | | | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | 6 | 6 | | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| 2 | Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik | 2 | 1 | | | | | |

### Top 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 | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | S Errani R Vinci | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 1 | 2 | | | K Mladenovic G Voskoboeva | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Mladenovic G Voskoboeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová A Medina Garrigues | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | B Mattek-Sands S Mirza | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | F Schiavone S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | F Schiavone S Stosur | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama L Dekmeijere | 1 | 3 | | 6 | B Mattek-Sands S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | B Mattek-Sands S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Kudryavtseva A Rodionova | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | Alt | C Castaño M Duque | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Hlaváčková P Martić | 6 | 6 | | | A Hlaváčková P Martić | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Birnerová I Buryachok | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | A Hlaváčková P Martić | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | O Govortsova M Moulton-Levy | 3 | 6 | [13] | | | | | | | A Kudryavtseva A Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | H-c Chan D Jurak | 6 | 3 | [11] | | O Govortsova M Moulton-Levy | 6 | 4 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva A Rodionova | 7 | 7 | | | A Kudryavtseva A Rodionova | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | S Zhang J Zheng | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Cibulková M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | D Cibulková M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Kuznetsova F Pennetta | $7^7$ | 4 | [7] | | L Raymond L Robson | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Raymond L Robson | $6^2$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | D Cibulková M Niculescu | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | ME Camerin K Knapp | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 7 | 6 | | | S-w Hsieh S Peng | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | L Huber MJ Martínez Sánchez | $6^6$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Petrova K Srebotnik | 2 | 1 |
| | O Kalashnikova A Rosolska | 1 | 1 | | 7 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Janković M Lučić-Baroni | 6 | 6 | | WC | J Janković M Lučić-Baroni | 1 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | |
| | J Görges M Minella | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | WC | J Janković M Lučić-Baroni | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | K Marosi A Tatishvili | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 2 | N Petrova K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | N Burnett C McHale | 7 | 4 | [6] | | K Marosi A Tatishvili | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | N Petrova K Srebotnik | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
