Tamarine Tanasugarn and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions, but Tanasugarn chose not to participate. Zhang played alongside Yaroslava Shvedova, but lost in the first round to Tímea Babos and Olga Govortsova. First seeded Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai won the title, defeating in the final 3rd seeded Vania King and Galina Voskoboeva with the score 6–3, 4–6, [12–10].
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2013 Guangzhou International Women's Open | |
| Champions |  Hsieh Su-wei  Peng Shuai |
| Runners-up |  Vania King  Galina Voskoboeva |
| Score | 6–3, 4–6, [12–10] |
Seeds edit
Hsieh Su-wei / 
Peng Shuai (champions)
Varvara Lepchenko / Zheng Saisai (semifinals)- Vania King /
Galina Voskoboeva (final) 
Tímea Babos / 
Olga Govortsova (quarterfinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw edit
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | S-w Hsieh S Peng
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 MF Álvarez Terán K Wong
| 3 | 3 | 1 | S-w Hsieh S Peng
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 I Buryachok K Plíšková
| 6 | 6 | I Buryachok K Plíšková
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 O Kalashnikova S Pe'er
| 2 | 2 | 1 | S-w Hsieh S Peng
| 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  T Babos O Govortsova
| 6 | 6 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan
| 61 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Shvedova S Zhang
| 3 | 3 | 4 | T Babos O Govortsova
| 6 | 4 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H-c Chan Y-j Chan
| 6 | 6 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan
| 4 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Kichenok N Kichenok
| 2 | 3 | 1 | S-w Hsieh S Peng
| 6 | 4 | [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Glushko A Rodionova
| 6 | 6 | 3 | V King G Voskoboeva
| 3 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
S-y Hsieh P Ormaechea
| 0 | 4 | J Glushko A Rodionova
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | H Tang Z Yang
| 4 | 3 | 3 | V King G Voskoboeva
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | V King G Voskoboeva
| 6 | 6 | 3 | V King G Voskoboeva
| 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 V Dolonc D Jurak
| 6 | 6 | 2 | V Lepchenko S Zheng
| 61 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | C Liu R Tian
| 4 | 2 | V Dolonc D Jurak
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Johansson J Larsson
| 65 | 610 | 2 | V Lepchenko S Zheng
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | V Lepchenko S Zheng
| 77 | 712 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||