2022 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jeļena Ostapenko defeated Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Cincinnati Open.^[1]

Women's doubles
2022 Western & Southern Open
Champions	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko
Runners-up	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez
Score	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Seeds	8

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Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions,^[2] but chose not to compete together. Stosur partnered Latisha Chan, but they lost in the first round to Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia. Zhang partnered Ena Shibahara, they lost in the second round to Danilina and Haddad Maia.

Coco Gauff, Elise Mertens and Kateřina Siniaková were in contention for the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking. Gauff retained the top ranking despite withdrawing from the tournament, following Siniaková's loss in the second round and Mertens' loss in the semifinals.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens (semifinals)
2. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (second round)
3. Ena Shibahara / Zhang Shuai (second round)
4. Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (withdrew)
5. Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos (quarterfinals)
6. Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (semifinals)
7. Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (champions)
8. Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (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
	1	Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens	6	65	[5]
	7	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko	4	77	[10]
								7	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko	77	6
									Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	65	3
	6	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	5	4
		Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	7	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	V Kudermetova E Mertens	78	77
		M Bouzková L Siegemund	6	67	[10]				M Bouzková L Siegemund	66	64
		A Rosolska E Routliffe	3	79	[7]										1	V Kudermetova E Mertens	6	1	[10]
		E Hozumi M Ninomiya	4	65											5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	2	6	[3]
		I-C Begu M Trevisan	6	77					I-C Begu M Trevisan	1	4
		A Cornet J Teichmann	7	4	[7]			5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	6	6
	5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	5	6	[10]																	1	V Kudermetova E Mertens	6	65	[5]
																						7	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	4	77	[10]
								3	E Shibahara S Zhang	3	3
	PR	L Chan S Stosur	3	65					A Danilina B Haddad Maia	6	6
		A Danilina B Haddad Maia	6	77												A Danilina B Haddad Maia	3	6	[8]
		L Hradecká S Mirza	1	6	[11]										7	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	6	3	[10]
	Alt	C Garcia P Martić	6	3	[9]				L Hradecká S Mirza	2	4
	PR	K Flipkens S Sorribes Tormo	1	5				7	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	6	6
	7	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	6	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	6	4	[10]
		A Krunić M Linette	4	6	[6]			6	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	6	6
		C Dolehide S Sanders	2	6	[8]				A Kontaveit S Stephens	4	1
		A Kontaveit S Stephens	6	3	[10]										6	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	6	6
		A Guarachi A Klepač	1	6	[9]										Alt	E Alexandrova A Sasnovich	1	3
	WC	J Aney I Neel	6	4	[11]			WC	J Aney I Neel	4	7	[7]
								Alt	E Alexandrova A Sasnovich	6	5	[10]
																						6	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	5	4
	8	Y Xu Z Yang	4	6	[10]																		N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	7	6
		N Dzalamidze M Niculescu	6	3	[6]			8	Y Xu Z Yang	5	2
		V Azarenka O Jabeur	6	6					V Azarenka O Jabeur	7	6
		S Aoyama H-c Chan	3	3												V Azarenka O Jabeur	4	62
		N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	6	3	[10]											N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	6	77
	WC	C McNally T Townsend	0	6	[1]				N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	6	6
								2	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	3	2

Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams, based on WTA rankings as of August 8, 2022.

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
	Veronika Kudermetova	BEL	Elise Mertens	5	1
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	10	2
JPN	Ena Shibahara	CHN	Zhang Shuai	11	3
USA	Coco Gauff	USA	Jessica Pegula	18	4
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	MEX	Giuliana Olmos	18	5
USA	Desirae Krawczyk	NED	Demi Schuurs	30	6
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	31	7
CHN	Xu Yifan	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	31	8

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Jessie Aney / Ingrid Neel
• Caty McNally / Taylor Townsend

Protected ranking

• Latisha Chan / Samantha Stosur
• Kirsten Flipkens / Sara Sorribes Tormo

Alternates

• Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Caroline Garcia / Petra Martić

Withdrawals

• Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Emma Raducanu / Elena Rybakina → replaced by Caroline Garcia / Petra Martić