2013 China Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2013 China Open
Champions	Cara Black Sania Mirza
Runners-up	Vera Dushevina Arantxa Parra Santonja
Score	6–2, 6–2

Main article: 2013 China Open (tennis)

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Makarova withdrew due to injury. Vesnina was scheduled to partner with Marina Erakovic, but Erakovic withdrew before the first round for personal reasons.
Cara Black and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Vera Dushevina and Arantxa Parra Santonja in the final, 6–2, 6–2.

Seeds

1. Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (semifinals)
2. Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (semifinals)
3. Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua (second round)
4. Jelena Janković / Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
5. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (first round)
6. Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (quarterfinals)
7. Marina Erakovic / Elena Vesnina (withdrew)
8. Cara Black / Sania Mirza (champions)

Draw

Key

• 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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4	4
	8	Cara Black Sania Mirza	6	6
								8	Cara Black Sania Mirza	6	6
									Vera Dushevina Arantxa Parra Santonja	2	2
		Vera Dushevina Arantxa Parra Santonja	3	6	[10]
	2	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	6	1	[8]

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	S Errani R Vinci	6	64	[10]
	WC	S Williams V Williams	77	4	[9]				H-c Chan L Huber	4	77	[8]
		H-c Chan L Huber	63	6	[11]										1	S Errani R Vinci	6	6
		D Jurak M Minella	2	2												K Mladenovic F Pennetta	3	4
		K Mladenovic F Pennetta	6	6					K Mladenovic F Pennetta	6	6
	WC	Z Sun Y Zhang	64	0				Alt	S Soler Espinosa C Suárez Navarro	3	1
	Alt	S Soler Espinosa C Suárez Navarro	77	6																		1	S Errani R Vinci	4	4
																						8	C Black S Mirza	6	6
								3	A Barty C Dellacqua	4	4
	WC	Y Shvedova S Zhang	3	6	[5]				Y-j Chan J Zheng	6	6
		Y-j Chan J Zheng	6	3	[10]											Y-j Chan J Zheng	4	1
		V Lepchenko S Zheng	7	0	[6]										8	C Black S Mirza	6	6
		A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová	5	6	[10]				A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová	3	2
		K Date-Krumm C Scheepers	3	3				8	C Black S Mirza	6	6
	8	C Black S Mirza	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	A-L Grönefeld K Peschke	4	6	[3]
		S Lisicki A Medina Garrigues	6	1	[10]				S Lisicki A Medina Garrigues	3	4
		D Hantuchová L Raymond	7	6					D Hantuchová L Raymond	6	6
		A Kudryavtseva A Rodionova	5	3												D Hantuchová L Raymond	4	5
		J Husárová O Kalashnikova	2	3												V Dushevina A Parra Santonja	6	7
		V Dushevina A Parra Santonja	6	6					V Dushevina A Parra Santonja	6	64	[10]
								4	J Janković K Srebotnik	4	77	[6]
																							V Dushevina A Parra Santonja	3	6	[10]
	6	R Kops-Jones A Spears	6	6																		2	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	1	[8]
		O Govortsova A Rosolska	1	1				6	R Kops-Jones A Spears	6	6
	WC	S Kuznetsova S Stosur	65	3					V King G Voskoboeva	3	2
		V King G Voskoboeva	77	6											6	R Kops-Jones A Spears	2	64
		S Aoyama M Moulton-Levy	5	6	[8]										2	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	7
		J Görges B Záhlavová-Strýcová	7	4	[10]				J Görges B Záhlavová-Strýcová	3	4
								2	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	6

References

• Main Draw