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.

Women's doubles
2022 Western & Southern Open
Final
ChampionsUkraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
Runners-upUnited States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez
Score7–6(7–5), 6–3
Details
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions,[1] 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

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

Draw

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Finals

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Wild cards

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Protected ranking

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Alternates

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Withdrawals

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References

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  1. ^ "Samantha Stosur and Shuai Zhang Clinch 2021 Western & Southern Open Women's Doubles Title". wsopen.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
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