# 2022 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan defeated Asia Muhammad and Ena Shibahara in the final, 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters. They became the first all-Chinese team to win a WTA 1000-level title.
Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens were the defending champions. Hsieh chose not to compete. Mertens partnered with Veronika Kudermetova, but lost in the first round to Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya.

## Seeds

* Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens (first round)
* Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai (first round)
* Coco Gauff / Caty McNally (quarterfinals)
* Darija Jurak Schreiber / Andreja Klepač (first round)
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos (semifinals)
* Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (second round)
* Asia Muhammad / Ena Shibahara (final)
* Caroline Dolehide / Storm Sanders (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| 5 | Gabriela Dabrowski Giuliana Olmos | 6$^6$ | 6 | [5] | | | | |
| 7 | Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara | 7$^8$ | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| 7 | Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara | 7$^8$ | 3 | [10] | 7 | Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara | 5 | 6$^4$ |
| | | | | | | Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan | 7 | 7$^7$ |
| | Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan | 7 | 6 | | | Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan | 7 | 7$^7$ |
| | Alizé Cornet Leylah Fernandez | 5 | 1 | | | | | |

### 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 | V Kudermetova E Mertens | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Hozumi M Ninomiya | 6 | 6 | | | E Hozumi M Ninomiya | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Yastremska I Yastremska | 1 | 1 | | | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 2 | 6 | [7] | | | | | |
| SR | K Flipkens S Mirza | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | 5 | G Dabrowski G Olmos | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama A Krunić | 3 | 6 | [7] | SR | K Flipkens S Mirza | 4 | 6 | [3] | | | | | | | | | | |
| SR | T Mihalíková K Peschke | 3 | 2 | | 5 | G Dabrowski G Olmos | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | G Dabrowski G Olmos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | G Dabrowski G Olmos | 6$^6$ | 6 | [5] |
| 3 | C Gauff C McNally | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Muhammad E Shibahara | 7$^8$ | 3 | [10] |
| WC | L Davis C McHale | 3 | 3 | | 3 | C Gauff C McNally | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sakkari A Tomljanović | 4 | 6 | [10] | | M Sakkari A Tomljanović | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martić S Rogers | 6 | 4 | [2] | | | | | | 3 | C Gauff C McNally | 2 | 6 | [7] | | | | | |
| | A Kontaveit E Rybakina | 6$^9$ | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | A Muhammad E Shibahara | 6 | 1 | [10] | | | | | |
| WC | S Kenin A Riske | 7$^{11}$ | 6 | | WC | S Kenin A Riske | 6 | 4 | [1] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Siniaková C Tauson | 3 | 6$^4$ | | 7 | A Muhammad E Shibahara | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Muhammad E Shibahara | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | C Dolehide S Sanders | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 1 | 6 | [7] | 8 | C Dolehide S Sanders | 3 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | M Keys J Pegula | 6 | 6 | | | M Keys J Pegula | 6 | 6$^4$ | [4] | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dzalamidze E Gorgodze | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | C Dolehide S Sanders | 6 | 6$^4$ | [9] | | | |
| | Y Xu Z Yang | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | Y Xu Z Yang | 1 | 7$^7$ | [11] | | | |
| | N Kichenok R Olaru | 3 | 6 | [8] | | Y Xu Z Yang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-c Chan M Linette | 6 | 2 | [12] | | H-c Chan M Linette | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Jurak Schreiber A Klepač | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | Y Xu Z Yang | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | A Cornet L Fernandez | 5 | 1 |
| | A Guarachi S Santamaria | 6 | 2 | [8] | 6 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | U Eikeri E Routliffe | 6 | 0 | [7] | | M Bouzková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bouzková L Hradecká | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | M Bouzková L Hradecká | | | | | | |
| | A Danilina B Haddad Maia | 6 | 6$^5$ | [8] | | | | | | | A Cornet L Fernandez | w/o | | | | | |
| SR | L Siegemund V Zvonareva | 2 | 7$^7$ | [10] | SR | L Siegemund V Zvonareva | 2 | 6 | [2] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cornet L Fernandez | 1 | 7$^9$ | [10] | | A Cornet L Fernandez | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Stosur S Zhang | 6 | 6$^7$ | [8] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 28, 2022.
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| | Veronika Kudermetova | BEL | Elise Mertens | 9 | 1 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 19 | 2 |
| USA | Coco Gauff | USA | Caty McNally | 23 | 3 |
| CRO | Darija Jurak Schreiber | SLO | Andreja Klepač | 29 | 4 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | MEX | Giuliana Olmos | 31 | 5 |
| USA | Desirae Krawczyk | NED | Demi Schuurs | 37 | 6 |
| USA | Asia Muhammad | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 40 | 7 |
| USA | Caroline Dolehide | AUS | Storm Sanders | 41 | 8 |

## Other entry information
### Wildcards

* Lauren Davis / Christina McHale
* Sofia Kenin / Alison Riske
* Dayana Yastremska / Ivanna Yastremska

### Special ranking

* Kirsten Flipkens / Sania Mirza
* Tereza Mihalíková / Květa Peschke
* Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva

### Withdrawals

* Alexa Guarachi / Nicole Melichar-Martinez → replaced by Alexa Guarachi / Sabrina Santamaria
* Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková / Clara Tauson
* Magda Linette / Bernarda Pera → replaced by Chan Hao-ching / Magda Linette