2023 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

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

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. 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
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

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