# 2023 National Bank Open – Women's doubles

Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara defeated Desirae Krawczyk and Demi Schuurs in the final, 6–4, 4–6, [13–11] to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2023 Canadian Open. Aoyama and Shibahara saved two championship points in the final.
Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula were the defending champions, but withdrew before their quarterfinal match.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (quarterfinals, withdrew)
* Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens (semifinals)
* Kateřina Siniaková / Luisa Stefani (second round)
* Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perez (quarterfinals)
* Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (final)
* Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (quarterfinals)
* Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (champions)
* Chan Hao-ching / Giuliana Olmos (first round)

## 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| | Latisha Chan Yang Zhaoxuan | 6$^4$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | |
| | Latisha Chan Yang Zhaoxuan | 6$^4$ | 6$^2$ | | 7 | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara | 6 | 4 | [13] |
| | | | | | 5 | Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs | 4 | 6 | [11] |
| 5 | Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs | 6 | 3 | [11] | 5 | Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs | 4 | 6 | [11] |
| 2 | Storm Hunter Elise Mertens | 3 | 6 | [9] | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | C Gauff J Pegula | 6$^3$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kato A Sutjiadi | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | M Kato A Sutjiadi | 7$^7$ | 1 | [3] | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Garcia P Martić | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | 1 | C Gauff J Pegula | | | | | | | |
| | M Sherif S Stephens | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | w/o | | | | | | |
| | L Siegemund V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | L Siegemund V Zvonareva | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Gamarra Martins L Marozava | 3 | 6 | [4] | 7 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L Chan Z Yang | 6$^4$ | 6$^2$ |
| | | | | | 4 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bouzková L Zhu | 4 | 6 | [9] | WC | M Stakusic C Zhao | 6 | 3 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Stakusic C Zhao | 6 | 3 | [11] | | | | | | 4 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 6 | 3 | [4] | | | | |
| | Ka Plíšková D Vekić | 3 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | L Chan Z Yang | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski E Routliffe | 6 | 4 | [10] | | G Dabrowski E Routliffe | 6 | 2 | [4] | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Chan Z Yang | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | L Chan Z Yang | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | H-c Chan G Olmos | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ninomiya S Santamaria | 0 | 2 | | 5 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Danilina B Mattek-Sands | 6 | 4 | [4] | | K Muchová M Vondroušová | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Muchová M Vondroušová | 0 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 5 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | U Eikeri I Neel | 6 | 6$^4$ | [10] | | | | | | | U Eikeri I Neel | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | A Guarachi M Niculescu | 3 | 7$^7$ | [4] | | U Eikeri I Neel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | K Siniaková L Stefani | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 6 | 3 | [11] |
| 6 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 6$^6$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Hunter E Mertens | 3 | 6 | [9] |
| WC | E Bouchard R Marino | 7$^8$ | 4 | [8] | 6 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | M Linette B Pera | 7$^{11}$ | 7$^7$ | | Alt | M Linette B Pera | 6 | 2 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kichenok A Parks | 6$^9$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | 6 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Kostyuk S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | S Hunter E Mertens | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Mihalíková Y Xu | 3 | 4 | | | M Kostyuk S Zhang | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | S Hunter E Mertens | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 31 July 2023.
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Coco Gauff | USA | Jessica Pegula | 7 | 1 |
| AUS | Storm Hunter | BEL | Elise Mertens | 11 | 2 |
| CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | BRA | Luisa Stefani | 15 | 3 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar-Martinez | AUS | Ellen Perez | 17 | 4 |
| USA | Desirae Krawczyk | NED | Demi Schuurs | 23 | 5 |
| UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 35 | 6 |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 40 | 7 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | MEX | Giuliana Olmos | 40 | 8 |

## Other entry information
### Wild cards

* Eugenie Bouchard / Rebecca Marino
* Marina Stakusic / Carol Zhao

### Alternates

* Magda Linette / Bernarda Pera

### Withdrawals

* Jennifer Brady / Madison Keys → replaced by Magda Linette / Bernarda Pera