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
Champions	Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos
Runners-up	Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová
Score	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Main article: 2021 Italian Open (tennis)

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. Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens (second round)
2. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
3. Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs (second round)
4. Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (semifinals)
5. Alexa Guarachi / Desirae Krawczyk (first round)
6. Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan (quarterfinals)
7. Xu Yifan / Zhang Shuai (first round)
8. Gabriela Dabrowski / Asia Muhammad (second 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
	Alt	Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos	6	6
	4	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	3	2
								Alt	Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos	4	7	[10]
									Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	6	5	[5]
	WC	Irina-Camelia Begu Sara Errani	2	3
		Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	6	6

Top half

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

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	Y Xu S Zhang	3	1
		E Perez S Zheng	6	6					E Perez S Zheng	3	6	[7]
	WC	I-C Begu S Errani	1	7	[10]			WC	I-C Begu S Errani	6	3	[10]
	Alt	Q Wang Y Wang	6	5	[4]										WC	I-C Begu S Errani	6	4	[10]
	PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	4	6	[10]										PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	2	6	[8]
		E Alexandrova Z Yang	6	4	[3]			PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	7	1	[11]
								3	N Melichar D Schuurs	5	6	[9]
																						WC	I-C Begu S Errani	2	3
	5	A Guarachi D Krawczyk	4	4																			K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	6	6
		K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	6	6					K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	1	6	[10]
	PR	M Ninomiya Y Shvedova	4	7	[7]				L Hradecká L Siegemund	6	4	[8]
		L Hradecká L Siegemund	6	5	[10]											K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	2	6	[10]
		C Garcia N Podoroska	1	2											2	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	4	[3]
		H Carter L Stefani	6	6					H Carter L Stefani	2	3
								2	B Krejčíková 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:

• Irina-Camelia Begu / Sara Errani
• Nuria Brancaccio / Lucia Bronzetti
• Giulia Gatto-Monticone / Bianca Turati

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

• Alla Kudryavtseva / Monica Niculescu
• Makoto Ninomiya / Yaroslava Shvedova
• Elena Vesnina / Vera Zvonareva

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

• Sharon Fichman / Giuliana Olmos
• Wang Qiang / Wang Yafan

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Tímea Babos / Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Coco Gauff / Veronika Kudermetova
• Ashleigh Barty / Jennifer Brady → replaced by Sharon Fichman / Giuliana Olmos
• Sofia Kenin / Alison Riske → replaced by Wang Qiang / Wang Yafan