2022 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2022 Western & Southern Open | |
| Champions |  Lyudmyla Kichenok  Jeļena Ostapenko |
| Runners-up |  Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez |
| Score | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Seeds | 8 |
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.
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[edit]
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
Veronika Kudermetova / 
Elise Mertens (semifinals)
Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (second round)
Ena Shibahara / 
Zhang Shuai (second round)
Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (withdrew)
Gabriela Dabrowski / 
Giuliana Olmos (quarterfinals)- Desirae Krawczyk /
Demi Schuurs (semifinals) 
Lyudmyla Kichenok / 
Jeļena Ostapenko (champions)- Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (second round)
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
Finals[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
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 |
USA |
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| 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[edit]
Wild cards[edit]
Protected ranking[edit]
Alternates[edit]
Withdrawals[edit]
- Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Emma Raducanu / 
Elena Rybakina → replaced by 
Caroline Garcia / 
Petra Martić
References[edit]
- ^ "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.