2013 China Open – Women's Doubles

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

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

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

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	6^4	[10]
WC	S Williams   V Williams	7^7	4	[9]				H-c Chan   L Huber	4	7^7	[8]
	H-c Chan   L Huber	6^3	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	6^4	0				Alt	S Soler Espinosa   C Suárez Navarro	3	1
Alt	S Soler Espinosa   C Suárez Navarro	7^7	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	6^4	[10]
							4	J Janković   K Srebotnik	4	7^7	[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	6^5	3					V King   G Voskoboeva	3	2
	V King   G Voskoboeva	7^7	6											6	R Kops-Jones   A Spears	2	6^4
	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