2021 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
2021 Italian Open
Final
Champions	Sharon Fichman; Giuliana Olmos
Runners-up	Kristina Mladenovic; Markéta Vondroušová
Score	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events

Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová were the defending champions,^[1] but Strýcová retired from professional tennis in May 2021.^[2] Hsieh played alongside Elise Mertens, but lost in the second round to Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos.

The alternates Fichman and Olmos went on to win the title, defeating Kristina Mladenovic and Markéta Vondroušová in the final, 4–6, 7–5, [10–5], saving 2 championship points, in the process. By reaching the final, Mladenovic usurped newly crowned Mertens for the doubles number 1 ranking.^[3]

Seeds

Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens (second round)
Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs (second round)
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (semifinals)
Alexa Guarachi / Desirae Krawczyk (first round)
Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan (quarterfinals)
Xu Yifan / Zhang Shuai (first round)
Gabriela Dabrowski / Asia Muhammad (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

Alt	Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos	6	6

4	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	3	2
				Alt	Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos	4	7	[10]

					Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	6	5	[5]
WC	Irina-Camelia Begu Sara Errani	2	3

	Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	6	6

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	S-w Hsieh E Mertens	6	4	[4]
	B Mattek-Sands J Pegula	6	2	[3]	Alt	S Fichman G Olmos	1	6	[10]
Alt	S Fichman G Olmos	3	6	[10]						Alt	S Fichman G Olmos	1	7⁸	[10]
WC	N Brancaccio L Bronzetti	0	0								C Gauff V Kudermetova	6	6⁶	[6]
	C Gauff V Kudermetova	6	6			C Gauff V Kudermetova	7⁷	6
PR	A Kudryavtseva M Niculescu	2	1		8	G Dabrowski A Muhammad	6²	2
8	G Dabrowski A Muhammad	6	6												Alt	S Fichman G Olmos	6	6
															4	S Aoyama E Shibahara	3	2
					4	S Aoyama E Shibahara	6	6
	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	3	2		WC	G Gatto-Monticone B Turati	1	0
WC	G Gatto-Monticone B Turati	6	6							4	S Aoyama E Shibahara	4	7	[10]
	D Jurak A Klepač	2	7	[10]						6	H-c Chan L Chan	6	5	[6]
	N Kichenok R Olaru	6	5	[5]		D Jurak A Klepač	3	4
	D Kasatkina P Martić	2	3		6	H-c Chan L Chan	6	6
6	H-c Chan L Chan	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

7	Y Xu S Zhang	3	1
	E Perez S Zheng	6	6			E Perez S Zheng	3	6	[7]
WC	I-C Begu S Errani	1	7	[10]	WC	I-C Begu S Errani	6	3	[10]
Alt	Q Wang Y Wang	6	5	[4]						WC	I-C Begu S Errani	6	4	[10]
PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	4	6	[10]						PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	2	6	[8]
	E Alexandrova Z Yang	6	4	[3]	PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	7	1	[11]
					3	N Melichar D Schuurs	5	6	[9]
															WC	I-C Begu S Errani	2	3
5	A Guarachi D Krawczyk	4	4													K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	6	6
	K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	6	6			K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	1	6	[10]
PR	M Ninomiya Y Shvedova	4	7	[7]		L Hradecká L Siegemund	6	4	[8]
	L Hradecká L Siegemund	6	5	[10]							K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	2	6	[10]
	C Garcia N Podoroska	1	2							2	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	4	[3]
	H Carter L Stefani	6	6			H Carter L Stefani	2	3
					2	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	6

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	BEL	Elise Mertens	4	1
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	15	2
USA	Nicole Melichar	NED	Demi Schuurs	21	3
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Ena Shibahara	26	4
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	USA	Desirae Krawczyk	34	5
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	42	6
CHN	Xu Yifan	CHN	Zhang Shuai	47	7
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	USA	Asia Muhammad	48	8