# 2022 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

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, 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

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
### 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 |
| 1 | Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens | 6 | 6$^5$ | [5] | | | | |
| 7 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko | 4 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | |
| 7 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko | 4 | 7$^7$ | [10] | 7 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 6$^5$ | 3 |
| 6 | Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs | 5 | 4 | | | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 6$^5$ | 3 |
| | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 7 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | V Kudermetova E Mertens | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bouzková L Siegemund | 6 | 6$^7$ | [10] | | M Bouzková L Siegemund | 6$^6$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rosolska E Routliffe | 3 | 7$^9$ | [7] | | | | | 1 | V Kudermetova E Mertens | 6 | 1 | [10] | | | | | |
| | E Hozumi M Ninomiya | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | 5 | G Dabrowski G Olmos | 2 | 6 | [3] | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu M Trevisan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | 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 | 6$^5$ | [5] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 4 | 7$^7$ | [10] |
| | | | | | 3 | E Shibahara S Zhang | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | L Chan S Stosur | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | A Danilina B Haddad Maia | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Danilina B Haddad Maia | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 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

| 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 |
| 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 | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| WC | C McNally T Townsend | 0 | 6 | [1] | | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

## Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams, based on WTA rankings as of August 8, 2022.
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | 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 |

## Other entry information
### Wild cards

* Jessie Aney / Ingrid Neel
* Caty McNally / Taylor Townsend

### Protected ranking

* Latisha Chan / Samantha Stosur
* Kirsten Flipkens / Sara Sorribes Tormo

### Alternates

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

### Withdrawals

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