2022 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan defeated Asia Muhammad and Ena Shibahara in the final, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4) to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters.^[1][2] They became the first all-Chinese team to win a WTA 1000-level title.

Women's doubles
2022 BNP Paribas Open
Champions	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan
Runners-up	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara
Score	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Draw	32 (3 WC)
Seeds	8

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Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens were the defending champions.^[3] Hsieh chose not to compete. Mertens partnered with Veronika Kudermetova, but lost in the first round to Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya.

Seeds

1. Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens (first round)
2. Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai (first round)
3. Coco Gauff / Caty McNally (quarterfinals)
4. Darija Jurak Schreiber / Andreja Klepač (first round)
5. Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos (semifinals)
6. Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (second round)
7. Asia Muhammad / Ena Shibahara (final)
8. Caroline Dolehide / Storm Sanders (quarterfinals)

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
	5	Gabriela Dabrowski Giuliana Olmos	66	6	[5]
	7	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	78	3	[10]
								7	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	5	64
									Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	7	77
		Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	7	6
		Alizé Cornet Leylah Fernandez	5	1

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	V Kudermetova E Mertens	3	3
		E Hozumi M Ninomiya	6	6					E Hozumi M Ninomiya	4	5
	WC	D Yastremska I Yastremska	1	1					I-C Begu M Niculescu	6	7
		I-C Begu M Niculescu	6	6												I-C Begu M Niculescu	2	6	[7]
	SR	K Flipkens S Mirza	6	3	[10]										5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	6	2	[10]
		S Aoyama A Krunić	3	6	[7]			SR	K Flipkens S Mirza	4	6	[3]
	SR	T Mihalíková K Peschke	3	2				5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	6	4	[10]
	5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	6	6																		5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	66	6	[5]
	3	C Gauff C McNally	6	6																		7	A Muhammad E Shibahara	78	3	[10]
	WC	L Davis C McHale	3	3				3	C Gauff C McNally	6	6
		M Sakkari A Tomljanović	4	6	[10]				M Sakkari A Tomljanović	4	1
		P Martić S Rogers	6	4	[2]										3	C Gauff C McNally	2	6	[7]
		A Kontaveit E Rybakina	69	2											7	A Muhammad E Shibahara	6	1	[10]
	WC	S Kenin A Riske	711	6				WC	S Kenin A Riske	6	4	[1]
		K Siniaková C Tauson	3	64				7	A Muhammad E Shibahara	1	6	[10]
	7	A Muhammad E Shibahara	6	77

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	C Dolehide S Sanders	6	4	[10]
		L Kichenok J Ostapenko	1	6	[7]			8	C Dolehide S Sanders	3	77	[10]
		M Keys J Pegula	6	6					M Keys J Pegula	6	64	[4]
		N Dzalamidze E Gorgodze	2	2											8	C Dolehide S Sanders	6	64	[9]
		Y Xu Z Yang	6	2	[10]											Y Xu Z Yang	1	77	[11]
		N Kichenok R Olaru	3	6	[8]				Y Xu Z Yang	6	6
		H-c Chan M Linette	6	2	[12]				H-c Chan M Linette	1	3
	4	D Jurak Schreiber A Klepač	3	6	[10]																		Y Xu Z Yang	7	6
	6	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	4	6	[10]																		A Cornet L Fernandez	5	1
		A Guarachi S Santamaria	6	2	[8]			6	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	4	4
		U Eikeri E Routliffe	6	0	[7]				M Bouzková L Hradecká	6	6
		M Bouzková L Hradecká	4	6	[10]											M Bouzková L Hradecká
		A Danilina B Haddad Maia	6	65	[8]											A Cornet L Fernandez	w/o
	SR	L Siegemund V Zvonareva	2	77	[10]			SR	L Siegemund V Zvonareva	2	6	[2]
		A Cornet L Fernandez	1	79	[10]				A Cornet L Fernandez	6	3	[10]
	2	S Stosur S Zhang	6	67	[8]

Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 28, 2022.

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
	Veronika Kudermetova	BEL	Elise Mertens	9	1
AUS	Samantha Stosur	CHN	Zhang Shuai	19	2
USA	Coco Gauff	USA	Caty McNally	23	3
CRO	Darija Jurak Schreiber	SLO	Andreja Klepač	29	4
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	MEX	Giuliana Olmos	31	5
USA	Desirae Krawczyk	NED	Demi Schuurs	37	6
USA	Asia Muhammad	JPN	Ena Shibahara	40	7
USA	Caroline Dolehide	AUS	Storm Sanders	41	8

Other entry information

Wildcards

• Lauren Davis / Christina McHale
• Sofia Kenin / Alison Riske
• Dayana Yastremska / Ivanna Yastremska

Special ranking

• Kirsten Flipkens / Sania Mirza
• Tereza Mihalíková / Květa Peschke
• Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva

Withdrawals

• Alexa Guarachi / Nicole Melichar-Martinez → replaced by Alexa Guarachi / Sabrina Santamaria
• Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková / Clara Tauson
• Magda Linette / Bernarda Pera → replaced by Chan Hao-ching / Magda Linette