# 2013 China Open – Women's doubles

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Makarova withdrew due to injury. Vesnina was scheduled to partner with Marina Erakovic, but Erakovic withdrew before the first round for personal reasons. Cara Black and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Vera Dushevina and Arantxa Parra Santonja in the final, 6–2, 6–2.

## Seeds

* Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (semifinals)
* Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (semifinals)
* Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua (second round)
* Jelena Janković / Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (first round)
* Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (quarterfinals)
* Marina Erakovic / Elena Vesnina (withdrew)
* Cara Black / Sania Mirza (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 8 | Cara Black Sania Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 8 | Cara Black Sania Mirza | 6 | 6 | | 8 | Cara Black Sania Mirza | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Vera Dushevina Arantxa Parra Santonja | 2 | 2 |
| | Vera Dushevina Arantxa Parra Santonja | 3 | 6 | [10] | | Vera Dushevina Arantxa Parra Santonja | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | 6 | 1 | [8] | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 6$^4$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Williams V Williams | 7$^7$ | 4 | [9] | | H-c Chan L Huber | 4 | 7$^7$ | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| | H-c Chan L Huber | 6$^3$ | 6 | [11] | | | | | | 1 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Jurak M Minella | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | K Mladenovic F Pennetta | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | K Mladenovic F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | K Mladenovic F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Sun Y Zhang | 6$^4$ | 0 | | Alt | S Soler Espinosa C Suárez Navarro | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | S Soler Espinosa C Suárez Navarro | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Errani R Vinci | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | C Black S Mirza | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | A Barty C Dellacqua | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Shvedova S Zhang | 3 | 6 | [5] | | Y-j Chan J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-j Chan J Zheng | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | Y-j Chan J Zheng | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | V Lepchenko S Zheng | 7 | 0 | [6] | | | | | | 8 | C Black S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 5 | 6 | [10] | | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Date-Krumm C Scheepers | 3 | 3 | | 8 | C Black S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Black S Mirza | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 4 | 6 | [3] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lisicki A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 1 | [10] | | S Lisicki A Medina Garrigues | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová L Raymond | 7 | 6 | | | D Hantuchová L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva A Rodionova | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | D Hantuchová L Raymond | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | J Husárová O Kalashnikova | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | V Dushevina A Parra Santonja | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina A Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | V Dushevina A Parra Santonja | 6 | 6$^4$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | J Janković K Srebotnik | 4 | 7$^7$ | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | V Dushevina A Parra Santonja | 3 | 6 | [10] |
| 6 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 1 | [8] |
| | O Govortsova A Rosolska | 1 | 1 | | 6 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Kuznetsova S Stosur | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | V King G Voskoboeva | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V King G Voskoboeva | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama M Moulton-Levy | 5 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | 2 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | J Görges B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 7 | 4 | [10] | | J Görges B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |