2021 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová were the defending champions,[1] but Strýcová retired from professional tennis in May 2021.[2] Hsieh played alongside Elise Mertens, but lost in the second round to Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos.

Women's doubles
2021 Italian Open
ChampionsCanada Sharon Fichman
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
Runners-upFrance Kristina Mladenovic
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
Score4–6, 7–5, [10–5]

The alternates Fichman and Olmos went on to win the title, defeating Kristina Mladenovic and Markéta Vondroušová in the final, 4–6, 7–5, [10–5], saving 2 championship points, in the process. By reaching the final, Mladenovic usurped newly crowned Mertens for the doubles number 1 ranking.[3]

Seeds

  1. Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Belgium Elise Mertens (second round)
  2. Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková / Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
  3. United States Nicole Melichar / Netherlands Demi Schuurs (second round)
  4. Japan Shuko Aoyama / Japan Ena Shibahara (semifinals)
  5. Chile Alexa Guarachi / United States Desirae Krawczyk (first round)
  6. Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan (quarterfinals)
  7. China Xu Yifan / China Zhang Shuai (first round)
  8. Canada Gabriela Dabrowski / United States Asia Muhammad (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
Alt Canada Sharon Fichman
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
6 6
4 Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara
3 2
Alt Canada Sharon Fichman
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
4 7 [10]
  France Kristina Mladenovic
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
6 5 [5]
WC Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Italy Sara Errani
2 3
  France Kristina Mladenovic
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
6 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Chinese Taipei S-w Hsieh
Belgium E Mertens
6 4 [4]
  United States B Mattek-Sands
United States J Pegula
6 2 [3] Alt Canada S Fichman
Mexico G Olmos
1 6 [10]
Alt Canada S Fichman
Mexico G Olmos
3 6 [10] Alt Canada S Fichman
Mexico G Olmos
1 78 [10]
WC Italy N Brancaccio
Italy L Bronzetti
0 0 United States C Gauff
Russia V Kudermetova
6 66 [6]
  United States C Gauff
Russia V Kudermetova
6 6 United States C Gauff
Russia V Kudermetova
77 6
PR Russia A Kudryavtseva
Romania M Niculescu
2 1 8 Canada G Dabrowski
United States A Muhammad
62 2
8 Canada G Dabrowski
United States A Muhammad
6 6 Alt Canada S Fichman
Mexico G Olmos
6 6
4 Japan S Aoyama
Japan E Shibahara
3 2
4 Japan S Aoyama
Japan E Shibahara
6 6
  Ukraine L Kichenok
Latvia J Ostapenko
3 2 WC Italy G Gatto-Monticone
Italy B Turati
1 0
WC Italy G Gatto-Monticone
Italy B Turati
6 6 4 Japan S Aoyama
Japan E Shibahara
4 7 [10]
  Croatia D Jurak
Slovenia A Klepač
2 7 [10] 6 Chinese Taipei H-c Chan
Chinese Taipei L Chan
6 5 [6]
  Ukraine N Kichenok
Romania R Olaru
6 5 [5] Croatia D Jurak
Slovenia A Klepač
3 4
  Russia D Kasatkina
Croatia P Martić
2 3 6 Chinese Taipei H-c Chan
Chinese Taipei L Chan
6 6
6 Chinese Taipei H-c Chan
Chinese Taipei L Chan
6 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 China Y Xu
China S Zhang
3 1
  Australia E Perez
China S Zheng
6 6 Australia E Perez
China S Zheng
3 6 [7]
WC Romania I-C Begu
Italy S Errani
1 7 [10] WC Romania I-C Begu
Italy S Errani
6 3 [10]
Alt China Q Wang
China Y Wang
6 5 [4] WC Romania I-C Begu
Italy S Errani
6 4 [10]
PR Russia E Vesnina
Russia V Zvonareva
4 6 [10] PR Russia E Vesnina
Russia V Zvonareva
2 6 [8]
  Russia E Alexandrova
China Z Yang
6 4 [3] PR Russia E Vesnina
Russia V Zvonareva
7 1 [11]
3 United States N Melichar
Netherlands D Schuurs
5 6 [9]
WC Romania I-C Begu
Italy S Errani
2 3
5 Chile A Guarachi
United States D Krawczyk
4 4 France K Mladenovic
Czech Republic M Vondroušová
6 6
  France K Mladenovic
Czech Republic M Vondroušová
6 6 France K Mladenovic
Czech Republic M Vondroušová
1 6 [10]
PR Japan M Ninomiya
Kazakhstan Y Shvedova
4 7 [7] Czech Republic L Hradecká
Germany L Siegemund
6 4 [8]
  Czech Republic L Hradecká
Germany L Siegemund
6 5 [10] France K Mladenovic
Czech Republic M Vondroušová
2 6 [10]
  France C Garcia
Argentina N Podoroska
1 2 2 Czech Republic B Krejčíková
Czech Republic K Siniaková
6 4 [3]
  United States H Carter
Brazil L Stefani
6 6 United States H Carter
Brazil L Stefani
2 3
2 Czech Republic B Krejčíková
Czech Republic K Siniaková
6 6

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 TPE Hsieh Su-wei  BEL Elise Mertens 4 1
 CZE Barbora Krejčíková  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 15 2
 USA Nicole Melichar  NED Demi Schuurs 21 3
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  JPN Ena Shibahara 26 4
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 34 5
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  TPE Latisha Chan 42 6
 CHN Xu Yifan  CHN Zhang Shuai 47 7
 CAN Gabriela Dabrowski  USA Asia Muhammad 48 8
  • Rankings are as of April 26, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

References

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