# 2023 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

Alycia Parks and Taylor Townsend defeated Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–4, [10–6] to win the women's doubles title at the 2023 Cincinnati Masters.
Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jeļena Ostapenko were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Parks and Townsend.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
* Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens (semifinals)
* Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perez (final)
* Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (quarterfinals)
* Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
* Hsieh Su-wei / Wang Xinyu (second round)
* Chan Hao-ching / Giuliana Olmos (semifinals)
* Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (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 | Chan Hao-ching Giuliana Olmos | 6 | 4 | [5] | | | | | |
| 3 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
| 3 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 2 | 6 | [10] | 3 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 7$^7$ | 4 | [6] |
| | | | | | | Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend | 6$^1$ | 6 | [10] |
| | Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend | 6 | 6 | | | Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend | 6$^1$ | 6 | [10] |
| 2 | Storm Hunter Elise Mertens | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Garcia M Kostyuk | 4 | 6 | [8] | | Ka Plíšková D Vekić | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ka Plíšková D Vekić | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | O Jabeur P Martić | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | H-c Chan G Olmos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | J Brady A Muhammad | 6 | 6 | | WC | J Brady A Muhammad | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Linette B Pera | 2 | 4 | | 7 | H-c Chan G Olmos | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | H-c Chan G Olmos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | H-c Chan G Olmos | 6 | 4 | [5] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 2 | 6 | [10] |
| | | | | | 3 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Mihalíková Y Xu | 3 | 6 | [10] | | T Mihalíková Y Xu | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Danilina O Kalashnikova | 6 | 4 | [7] | | | | | | 3 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | |
| | M Kato A Sutjiadi | 7 | 6$^5$ | [10] | | | | | | | M Kato A Sutjiadi | 5 | 6 | [8] | | | | | |
| | L Siegemund V Zvonareva | 5 | 7$^7$ | [8] | | M Kato A Sutjiadi | 7$^7$ | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski E Routliffe | 6 | 6 | | | G Dabrowski E Routliffe | 6$^4$ | 6 | [1] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 5 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | U Eikeri L Zhu | 5 | 5 | 5 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Parks T Townsend | 6 | 6 | | A Parks T Townsend | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Chan Z Yang | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | A Parks T Townsend | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | V Azarenka B Haddad Maia | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 6 | 0 | [6] | | | | |
| WC | E Navarro P Stearns | 7 | 6 | WC | E Navarro P Stearns | 7$^7$ | 3 | [4] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 6$^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Parks T Townsend | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | S-w Hsieh Xin Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Hunter E Mertens | 4 | 2 |
| | A Blinkova V Gracheva | 0 | 1 | 6 | S-w Hsieh Xin Wang | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | E Alexandrova A Sasnovich | 2 | 0 | PR | A Pavlyuchenkova L Stefani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | A Pavlyuchenkova L Stefani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | PR | A Pavlyuchenkova L Stefani | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | E Cocciaretto M Sherif | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | 2 | S Hunter E Mertens | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu S Sorribes Tormo | 7$^7$ | 6 | | I-C Begu S Sorribes Tormo | 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 7 August 2023.
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 3 | 1 |
| AUS | Storm Hunter | BEL | Elise Mertens | 11 | 2 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar-Martinez | AUS | Ellen Perez | 17 | 3 |
| USA | Desirae Krawczyk | NED | Demi Schuurs | 22 | 4 |
| UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 34 | 5 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CHN | Wang Xinyu | 38 | 6 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | MEX | Giuliana Olmos | 41 | 7 |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 42 | 8 |

## Other entry information
### Wild cards

* Jennifer Brady / Asia Muhammad
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Anastasia Potapova
* Emma Navarro / Peyton Stearns

### Protected ranking

* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Luisa Stefani

### Alternates

* Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
* Ulrikke Eikeri / Zhu Lin

### Withdrawals

* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Anastasia Potapova → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
* Karolína Muchová / Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Ulrikke Eikeri / Zhu Lin