# 2021 BWF World Championships – Women's doubles

The women's doubles tournament of the 2021 BWF World Championships took place from 12 to 19 December 2021 at the Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín at Huelva.

## Seeds

The seeding list is based on the World Rankings of 23 November 2021.

## Draw
### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 4 | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | 15 | 12 | | | | |
| 4 | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | 15 | 12 | 1 | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | 2 | Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan | 16 | 17 |
| 3 | Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong | 18 | 17 | 2 | Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan | 16 | 17 |
| 2 | Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan | 21 | 21 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | | | 1 | Chen QC Jia YF | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | I Castillo P la Torre Regal | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1 | Chen QC Jia YF | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 15 | R Honderich K Tsai | 11 | 17 | | | | |
| | | | | 15 | R Honderich K Tsai | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | A Tirtosentono I van der Aar | 12 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| P Dandu S Santosh | 12$^r$ | | | | A Tirtosentono I van der Aar | 12 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| A Tirtosentono I van der Aar | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Tirtosentono I van der Aar | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Chen QC Jia YF | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | N Matsuyama C Shida | 13 | 17 |
| | | | | 7 | N Matsuyama C Shida | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | C Azurmendi B Corrales | 9 | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| S F S Ramadhanti R Sugiarto | | | | | C Azurmendi B Corrales | 9 | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| C Azurmendi B Corrales | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C Azurmendi B Corrales | w | / | o | | | | | 7 | N Matsuyama C Shida | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 12 | P Supajirakul S Taerattanachai | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | 12 | P Supajirakul S Taerattanachai | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | A Akchurina O Morozova | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| L Efler I Lohau | 21 | 14 | 12 | | A Akchurina O Morozova | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| A Akchurina O Morozova | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | | | 4 | M Matsumoto W Nagahara | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | C Busch A Schulz | 12 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| J Magnusson C Nistad | 20 | 17 | | | C Busch A Schulz | 12 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| C Busch A Schulz | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C Busch A Schulz | 22 | 21 | | | | | | 4 | M Matsumoto W Nagahara | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Ng W Y Yeung N T | 14 | 14 | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | A Magelund F Ravn | 16 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Ng W Y Yeung N T | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| K-K Marran H Rüütel | 9 | 13 | | | Ng W Y Yeung N T | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| Ng W Y Yeung N T | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ng W Y Yeung N T | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Matsumoto W Nagahara | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | G Stoeva S Stoeva | 15 | 17 |
| | | | | 8 | G Stoeva S Stoeva | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | B Erçetin N İnci | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| A F. Gonçalves S Gonçalves | 9 | 10 | | | B Erçetin N İnci | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| B Erçetin N İnci | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B Erçetin N İnci | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 8 | G Stoeva S Stoeva | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 9 | C Birch L Smith | 10 | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | 9 | C Birch L Smith | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | J Lima S Lima | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| K. Maneesha R Panda | | | | | J Lima S Lima | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| J Lima S Lima | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| B Aimsaard N Aimsaard | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S Au Yeong K Hochmeir | 11 | 8 | | B Aimsaard N Aimsaard | 9 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Li WM Zheng Y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 10 | Li WM Zheng Y | 12 | 21 | 18 | | | | |
| V Kozyreva M Sukhova | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | R Iwanaga K Nakanishi | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | |
| R Iwanaga K Nakanishi | 21 | 21 | | R Iwanaga K Nakanishi | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | G Polii A Rahayu | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Iwanaga K Nakanishi | 8 | 18 |
| Teoh M X Yap L | 18 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Kim S-y Kong H-y | 21 | 21 |
| A Bøje M Poulsen | 21 | 21 | | A Bøje M Poulsen | 21 | 20 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | M Fruergaard S Thygesen | 18 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 11 | M Fruergaard S Thygesen | 13 | 19 | | | | | |
| K Frost M Ryan | 22 | 12 | | | | | | 3 | Kim S-y Kong H-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| A Müller J Stadelmann | 24 | 21 | | A Müller J Stadelmann | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Kim S-y Kong H-y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| A Ponnappa N. S Reddy | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D Delrue L Palermo | | | | | A Ponnappa N. S Reddy | 21 | 9 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | Liu XX Xia YT | 11 | 21 | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | A Ponnappa N. S Reddy | 13 | 15 | | | | | |
| A N Abdul Razzaq F N Abdul Razzaq | | | | | | | | | 6 | J Kititharakul R Prajongjai | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| E Malkova A Davletova | w | / | o | | E Malkova A Davletova | 16 | 21 | 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | J Kititharakul R Prajongjai | 21 | 13 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | J Kititharakul R Prajongjai | 21 | 18 | 18 |
| Ng T Y Yuen S Y | 21 | 20 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Lee S-h Shin S-c | 19 | 21 | 21 |
| J MacPherson C Torrance | 15 | 22 | 12 | | Ng T Y Yuen S Y | 10 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 13 | P Tan Thinaah M | 21 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Ng T Y Yuen S Y | 17 | 18 | | | | | |
| C Hoshi A Matsuda | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 2 | Lee S-h Shin S-c | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| A Prozorova V Rudakova | 7 | 8 | | | C Hoshi A Matsuda | 12 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | Lee S-h Shin S-c | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |