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] |
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.[1]
Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jeļena Ostapenko were the defending champions,[2] but lost in the second round to Parks and Townsend.[1]
Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
- Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
- Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens (semifinals)
- Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perez (final)
- Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (quarterfinals)
- Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
- Hsieh Su-wei / Wang Xinyu (second round)
- Chan Hao-ching / Giuliana Olmos (semifinals)
- Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
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
Protected ranking
Alternates
Withdrawals
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Anastasia Potapova → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Karolína Muchová / Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Ulrikke Eikeri / Zhu Lin
References
- ^ a b "Upset artists Parks and Townsend capture Cincinnati doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Kichenok, Ostapenko capture Cincinnati doubles title". wtatennis.com. 2022-08-21.