# 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová were the two-time defending champions, but they chose not to participate.
Alexa Guarachi and Darija Jurak won the title, defeating Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final, 6–0, 6–3.

## Seeds

* Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka (second round)
* Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
* Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs (quarterfinals)
* Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (second round)
* Tímea Babos / Veronika Kudermetova (semifinals)
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Coco Gauff (first round)
* Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani (quarterfinals)
* Alexa Guarachi / Darija Jurak (champions)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jessica Pegula | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| 8 | Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak | 6 | 6 | 8 | Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan | 0 | 3 |
| | Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan | 6 | 7 | | Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Tímea Babos Veronika Kudermetova | 3 | 5 | | | | |

### 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 | E Mertens A Sabalenka | 6 | 6$^2$ | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Mattek-Sands J Pegula | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | B Mattek-Sands J Pegula | 3 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ninomiya R Voráčová | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | B Mattek-Sands J Pegula | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | A Klepač S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | H Carter L Stefani | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | S Rogers S Zheng | 1 | 3 | | PR | A Klepač S Mirza | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Silva R van der Hoek | 1 | 2 | | 7 | H Carter L Stefani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | H Carter L Stefani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Mattek-Sands J Pegula | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | A Guarachi D Jurak | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | N Melichar D Schuurs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bertens L Pattinama Kerkhove | 6 | 5 | [10] | | K Bertens L Pattinama Kerkhove | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Christian S Santamaria | 4 | 7 | [5] | | | | | | 3 | N Melichar D Schuurs | 3 | 6 | [3] | | | | |
| | M Niculescu A Potapova | 6$^1$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 8 | A Guarachi D Jurak | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | |
| | O Kalashnikova L Marozava | 7$^7$ | 0 | [6] | | M Niculescu A Potapova | 1 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Behbehani Ç Büyükakçay | 0 | 1 | | 8 | A Guarachi D Jurak | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Guarachi D Jurak | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | G Dabrowski C Gauff | 6 | 2 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Siegemund V Zvonareva | 2 | 6 | [10] | | L Siegemund V Zvonareva | 3 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bencic L Hradecká | 6 | 4 | [8] | | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 2 | 6 | [7] | | | | |
| | Y Xu Z Yang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Y Xu Z Yang | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| PR | N Dzalamidze C Lister | 3 | 0 | | | Y Xu Z Yang | 7$^9$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 6$^7$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Y Xu Z Yang | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | T Babos V Kudermetova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Babos V Kudermetova | 3 | 5 |
| PR | A Krunić A Panova | 3 | 3 | | 5 | T Babos V Kudermetova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | E Rybakina Y Shvedova | 4 | 2 | | | Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | T Babos V Kudermetova | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova Ar Rodionova | 6 | 2 | [5] | | | | | | 2 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | N Kichenok R Olaru | 4 | 6 | [10] | | N Kichenok R Olaru | 7 | 4 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |