# 2022 National Bank Open – Women's doubles

Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula defeated Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final, 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–5] to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Canadian Open. With the win, Gauff gained the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking for the first time and became the second-youngest player in history to attain the No. 1 ranking, after Martina Hingis in 1997. Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai were also in contention for the top ranking.
Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani were the reigning champions, but Stefani did not return due to injury. Dabrowski partnered with Giuliana Olmos, but lost in the semifinals to Melichar-Martinez and Perez.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens (second round)
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos (semifinals)
* Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (champions)
* Storm Sanders / Zhang Shuai (quarterfinals)
* Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (quarterfinals)
* Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
* Beatriz Haddad Maia / Barbora Krejčíková (second round)
* Alexa Guarachi / Andreja Klepač (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Madison Keys Sania Mirza | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| 3 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula | 7 | 7 | 3 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] |
| | | | | | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 4 | 7$^7$ | [5] |
| | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 4 | 7$^7$ | [5] |
| 2 | Gabriela Dabrowski Giuliana Olmos | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | V Kudermetova E Mertens | 6 | 4 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Keys S Mirza | 6 | 3 | [10] | | M Keys S Mirza | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cornet J Teichmann | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | M Keys S Mirza | 7 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| | A Bondár K Zimmermann | 6$^{10}$ | 5 | | | | | | | | S Kenin Y Putintseva | 5 | 6 | [6] | | | | |
| | S Kenin Y Putintseva | 7$^{12}$ | 7 | | | S Kenin Y Putintseva | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | U Eikeri C Harrison | 6$^5$ | 6 | [10] | 6 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 6 | 1 | [4] | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 7$^7$ | 4 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | | | M Keys S Mirza | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Gauff J Pegula | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | 3 | C Gauff J Pegula | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bouzková L Siegemund | 6 | 6 | | | M Bouzková L Siegemund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kichenok T Mihalíková | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | C Gauff J Pegula | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | |
| | S Aoyama H-c Chan | 2 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | 5 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 3 | 6 | [3] | | | | |
| | Y Xu Z Yang | 6 | 2 | [10] | | Y Xu Z Yang | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Samsonova M Trevisan | 1 | 2 | | 5 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs | 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 |
| 7 | B Haddad Maia B Krejčíková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Christian O Kalashnikova | 1 | 2 | | 7 | B Haddad Maia B Krejčíková | 6 | 2 | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rosolska E Routliffe | 6$^1$ | 1 | | | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Hozumi M Ninomiya | 2 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | 4 | S Sanders S Zhang | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | V Heisen M Niculescu | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | V Heisen M Niculescu | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | S Sanders S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 8 | A Guarachi A Klepač | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | G Dabrowski G Olmos | 6$^5$ | 3 |
| WC | R Marino C Zhao | 3 | 3 | | 8 | A Guarachi A Klepač | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Flipkens S Sorribes Tormo | 4 | 1 | | WC | B Fernandez L Fernandez | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Fernandez L Fernandez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | A Guarachi A Klepač | 6 | 2 | [0] | | | | |
| | A Muhammad E Shibahara | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | 2 | G Dabrowski G Olmos | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| WC | K Cross V Mboko | 3 | 7 | [8] | | A Muhammad E Shibahara | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | G Dabrowski G Olmos | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams, based on WTA rankings as of August 1, 2022.
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| | Veronika Kudermetova | BEL | Elise Mertens | 6 | 1 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | MEX | Giuliana Olmos | 17 | 2 |
| USA | Coco Gauff | USA | Jessica Pegula | 18 | 3 |
| AUS | Storm Sanders | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 22 | 4 |
| USA | Desirae Krawczyk | NED | Demi Schuurs | 28 | 5 |
| UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 30 | 6 |
| BRA | Beatriz Haddad Maia | CZE | Barbora Krejčiková | 32 | 7 |
| CHI | Alexa Guarachi | SLO | Andreja Klepač | 43 | 8 |

## Other entry information
### Wild cards

* Kayla Cross / Victoria Mboko
* Bianca Fernandez / Leylah Fernandez
* Rebecca Marino / Carol Zhao

### Withdrawals

* Marie Bouzková / Laura Siegemund (Bouzková – back injury)
* Lucie Hradecká / Sania Mirza → replaced by Madison Keys / Sania Mirza
* Monica Niculescu / Elena-Gabriela Ruse → replaced by Vivian Heisen / Monica Niculescu