# 2023 Miami Open – Women's doubles

Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula defeated Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend in the final, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–2 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2023 Miami Open. This marked the first all-North American final in the history of the event.
Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions, but lost to Magda Linette and Bernarda Pera in the second round.

## Seeds

* Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (withdrew)
* Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (champions)
* Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (quarterfinals)
* Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (first round)
* Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (second round)
* Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens (quarterfinals)
* Beatriz Haddad Maia / Giuliana Olmos (second round)
* Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perez (semifinals)
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani (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 |
| | Magda Linette Bernarda Pera | 6 | 2 | [12] | | | | |
| | Leylah Fernandez Taylor Townsend | 1 | 6 | [14] | | | | |
| | Leylah Fernandez Taylor Townsend | 1 | 6 | [14] | | Leylah Fernandez Taylor Townsend | 6$^6$ | 2 |
| | | | | | 2 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula | 7$^8$ | 6 |
| 8 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | | 2 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula | 7$^8$ | 6 |
| 2 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 9 | G Dabrowski L Stefani | 4 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Linette B Pera | 6 | 2 | [10] | | M Linette B Pera | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Jones S Stephens | 2 | 6 | [5] | | L Siegemund V Zvonareva | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Siegemund V Zvonareva | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | M Linette B Pera | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| Alt | I-C Begu A Kalinina | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | Alt | I-C Begu A Kalinina | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 6 | 1 | [6] | Alt | I-C Begu A Kalinina | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Guarachi E Routliffe | 6 | 5 | [5] | 5 | Y Xu Z Yang | 6$^6$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Y Xu Z Yang | 3 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | M Linette B Pera | 6 | 2 | [12] |
| 3 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | L Fernandez T Townsend | 1 | 6 | [14] |
| WC | D Collins P Stearns | 6 | 1 | [8] | 3 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dolehide M Keys | 4 | 4 | | | V Kudermetova L Samsonova | 6$^4$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Kudermetova L Samsonova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 6 | 6$^4$ | [8] | | | | |
| | T Babos K Mladenovic | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | L Fernandez T Townsend | 2 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | |
| | L Fernandez T Townsend | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | L Fernandez T Townsend | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bouzková D Kasatkina | 2 | 3 | | 7 | B Haddad Maia G Olmos | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Haddad Maia G Olmos | 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 |
| 8 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 6 | 6$^5$ | [15] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | S Kenin N Kichenok | 3 | 7$^7$ | [13] | 8 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 6$^7$ | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kalinskaya C McNally | 6 | 6 | | | A Kalinskaya C McNally | 7$^9$ | 4 | [9] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bondár K Zimmermann | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 3 | 7 | [10] | | | | |
| Alt | E Alexandrova T Mihalíková | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | H-c Chan L Chan | 6 | 5 | [2] | | | | |
| | E Hozumi A Parks | 7 | 2 | [8] | Alt | E Alexandrova T Mihalíková | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-c Chan L Chan | 6 | 7$^{11}$ | | | H-c Chan L Chan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 3 | 6$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ |
| 6 | S Hunter E Mertens | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Gauff J Pegula | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| | M Kato A Sutjiadi | 3 | 6$^1$ | | 6 | S Hunter E Mertens | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Niculescu A Rosolska | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | M Niculescu A Rosolska | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | K Flipkens B Mattek-Sands | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | 6 | S Hunter E Mertens | 7$^7$ | 5 | [2] | | | | |
| | A Danilina A Muhammad | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | C Gauff J Pegula | 6$^4$ | 7 | [10] | | | | |
| | P Badosa O Jabeur | 4 | 4 | | | A Danilina A Muhammad | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Fruhvirtová L Fruhvirtová | 3 | 6 | [4] | 2 | C Gauff J Pegula | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Gauff J Pegula | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of March 6, 2023.
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 3 | 1 |
| USA | Coco Gauff | USA | Jessica Pegula | 8 | 2 |
| UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 18 | 3 |
| USA | Desirae Krawczyk | NED | Demi Schuurs | 22 | 4 |
| CHN | Xu Yifan | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 25 | 5 |
| AUS | Storm Hunter | BEL | Elise Mertens | 27 | 6 |
| BRA | Beatriz Haddad Maia | MEX | Giuliana Olmos | 33 | 7 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar-Martinez | AUS | Ellen Perez | 35 | 8 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | BRA | Luisa Stefani | 36 | 9 |

## Other entry information
### Wildcards

* Danielle Collins / Peyton Stearns
* Brenda Fruhvirtová / Linda Fruhvirtová
* Makenna Jones / Sloane Stephens

### Protected ranking

* Kirsten Flipkens / Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Sofia Kenin / Nadiia Kichenok

### Alternates

* Ekaterina Alexandrova / Tereza Mihalíková
* Irina-Camelia Begu / Anhelina Kalinina

### Withdrawals

* Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Tereza Mihalíková
* Makoto Ninomiya / Zheng Saisai → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu / Anhelina Kalinina