Alycia Parks and Taylor Townsend defeated Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final, 6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–6] to win the women's doubles title at the 2023 Cincinnati Masters.[1]
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2023 Western & Southern Open | |
| Champions |  Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend |
| Runners-up | Nicole Melichar-Martinez  Ellen Perez |
| Score | 6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–6] |
Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jeļena Ostapenko were the defending champions,[2] but lost in the second round to Parks and Townsend.[1]
Seeds
editThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
Storm Hunter / 
Elise Mertens (semifinals)
Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perez (final)- Desirae Krawczyk /
Demi Schuurs (quarterfinals) 
Lyudmyla Kichenok / 
Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
Hsieh Su-wei / 
Wang Xinyu (second round)- Chan Hao-ching /
Giuliana Olmos (semifinals) 
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (first round)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
edit| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  Chan Hao-ching  Giuliana Olmos
| 6 | 4 | [5] | |||||||||
| 3 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez
| 2 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||
| 3 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez
| 77 | 4 | [6] | |||||||||
| Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend
| 61 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||
| Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Storm Hunter  Elise Mertens
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
Top half
edit| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  B Krejčíková K Siniaková
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 C Garcia  M Kostyuk
| 4 | 6 | [8] | Ka Plíšková  D Vekić
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ka Plíšková D Vekić
| 6 | 2 | [10] | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 O Jabeur P Martić
| 3 | 4 | 7 | H-c Chan G Olmos
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Brady A Muhammad
| 6 | 6 | WC | J Brady A Muhammad
| 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Linette B Pera
| 2 | 4 | 7 | H-c Chan G Olmos
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | H-c Chan G Olmos
| 6 | 6 | 7 | H-c Chan G Olmos
| 6 | 4 | [5] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez
| 2 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 T Mihalíková  Y Xu
| 3 | 6 | [10] | T Mihalíková Y Xu
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Danilina  O Kalashnikova
| 6 | 4 | [7] | 3 | N Melichar-Martinez E Perez
| 7 | 4 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
 M Kato  A Sutjiadi
| 7 | 65 | [10] | M Kato A Sutjiadi
| 5 | 6 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
 L Siegemund  V Zvonareva
| 5 | 77 | [8] | M Kato A Sutjiadi
| 77 | 4 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
 G Dabrowski  E Routliffe
| 6 | 6 | G Dabrowski E Routliffe
| 64 | 6 | [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | S Aoyama E Shibahara
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
edit| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | L Kichenok  J Ostapenko
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt |  U Eikeri L Zhu
| 5 | 5 | 5 | L Kichenok J Ostapenko
| 64 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Parks T Townsend
| 6 | 6 | A Parks T Townsend
| 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Chan Z Yang
| 3 | 3 | A Parks T Townsend
| 4 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
V Azarenka  B Haddad Maia
| 5 | 3 | 4 | D Krawczyk  D Schuurs
| 6 | 0 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | E Navarro P Stearns
| 7 | 6 | WC | E Navarro P Stearns
| 77 | 3 | [4] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | D Krawczyk D Schuurs
| 64 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Parks T Townsend
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | S-w Hsieh Xin Wang
| 6 | 6 | 2 | S Hunter E Mertens
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Blinkova V Gracheva
| 0 | 1 | 6 | S-w Hsieh Xin Wang
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | E Alexandrova A Sasnovich
| 2 | 0 | PR | A Pavlyuchenkova L Stefani
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PR | A Pavlyuchenkova L Stefani
| 6 | 6 | PR | A Pavlyuchenkova L Stefani
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 E Cocciaretto  M Sherif
| 65 | 3 | 2 | S Hunter E Mertens
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 I-C Begu  S Sorribes Tormo
| 77 | 6 | I-C Begu S Sorribes Tormo
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S Hunter E Mertens
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeded teams
editThe following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 7 August 2023.
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZE
|
Barbora Krejčíková | CZE
|
Kateřina Siniaková | 3 | 1 |
| AUS
|
Storm Hunter | BEL
|
Elise Mertens | 11 | 2 |
| USA
|
Nicole Melichar-Martinez | AUS
|
Ellen Perez | 17 | 3 |
| USA
|
Desirae Krawczyk | NED
|
Demi Schuurs | 22 | 4 |
| UKR
|
Lyudmyla Kichenok | LAT
|
Jeļena Ostapenko | 34 | 5 |
| TPE
|
Hsieh Su-wei | CHN
|
Wang Xinyu | 38 | 6 |
| TPE
|
Chan Hao-ching | MEX
|
Giuliana Olmos | 41 | 7 |
| JPN
|
Shuko Aoyama | JPN
|
Ena Shibahara | 42 | 8 |
Other entry information
editWild cards
editProtected ranking
editAlternates
editWithdrawals
edit- Bethanie Mattek-Sands /
Anastasia Potapova → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich - Karolína Muchová / Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by
Ulrikke Eikeri / Zhu Lin
References
edit- ^ a b "Upset artists Parks and Townsend capture Cincinnati doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Kichenok, Ostapenko capture Cincinnati doubles title". wtatennis.com. 2022-08-21.