2022 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

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

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.

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

	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

	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

	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

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

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

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

• Main draw