2013 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions. They reached the final this year, but lost to unseeded pair Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei 4–6, 6–3, [10–8].

Women's doubles
2013 Italian Open
Final
Champions	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
Runners-up	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
Score	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.

1.   Sara Errani /   Roberta Vinci (final)
2.   Nadia Petrova /   Katarina Srebotnik (semifinals)
3.   Ekaterina Makarova /   Elena Vesnina (withdrew because of Makarova's left achilles injury)
4.   Liezel Huber /   María José Martínez Sánchez (second round)
5.   Raquel Kops-Jones /   Abigail Spears (first round)
6.   Bethanie Mattek-Sands /   Sania Mirza (quarterfinals)
7.   Anna-Lena Grönefeld /   Květa Peschke (second round)
8.   Zhang Shuai /   Zheng Jie (first round)

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							Final
	1	Sara Errani   Roberta Vinci	6	6
		Alla Kudryavtseva   Anastasia Rodionova	2	1
								1	Sara Errani   Roberta Vinci	6	3	[8]
									Hsieh Su-wei   Peng Shuai	4	6	[10]
		Hsieh Su-wei   Peng Shuai	6	6
	2	Nadia Petrova   Katarina Srebotnik	2	1

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	S Errani   R Vinci	7	6
		N Grandin   V Uhlířová	1	2					K Mladenovic   G Voskoboeva	5	4
		K Mladenovic   G Voskoboeva	6	6											1	S Errani   R Vinci	6	6
		D Hantuchová   A Medina Garrigues	3	1											6	B Mattek-Sands   S Mirza	4	3
		F Schiavone   S Stosur	6	6					F Schiavone   S Stosur	4	3
		S Aoyama   L Dekmeijere	1	3				6	B Mattek-Sands   S Mirza	6	6
	6	B Mattek-Sands   S Mirza	6	6																		1	S Errani   R Vinci	6	6
																							A Kudryavtseva   A Rodionova	2	1
								Alt	C Castaño   M Duque	3	6^4
		A Hlaváčková   P Martić	6	6					A Hlaváčková   P Martić	6	7^7
		E Birnerová   I Buryachok	0	1												A Hlaváčková   P Martić	3	1
		O Govortsova   M Moulton-Levy	3	6	[13]											A Kudryavtseva   A Rodionova	6	6
		H-c Chan   D Jurak	6	3	[11]				O Govortsova   M Moulton-Levy	6	4	[7]
		A Kudryavtseva   A Rodionova	7	7					A Kudryavtseva   A Rodionova	2	6	[10]
	5	R Kops-Jones   A Spears	5	5

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	S Zhang   J Zheng	3	1
		D Cibulková   M Niculescu	6	6					D Cibulková   M Niculescu	6	6
	WC	S Kuznetsova   F Pennetta	7^7	4	[7]				L Raymond   L Robson	4	4
		L Raymond   L Robson	6^2	6	[10]											D Cibulková   M Niculescu	4	4
	WC	ME Camerin   K Knapp	5	4												S-w Hsieh   S Peng	6	6
		S-w Hsieh   S Peng	7	6					S-w Hsieh   S Peng	7^8	6
								4	L Huber   MJ Martínez Sánchez	6^6	1
																							S-w Hsieh   S Peng	6	6
	7	A-L Grönefeld   K Peschke	6	6																		2	N Petrova   K Srebotnik	2	1
		O Kalashnikova   A Rosolska	1	1				7	A-L Grönefeld   K Peschke	6	3	[10]
	WC	J Janković   M Lučić-Baroni	6	6				WC	J Janković   M Lučić-Baroni	1	6	[12]
		J Görges   M Minella	4	1											WC	J Janković   M Lučić-Baroni	2	1
		K Marosi   A Tatishvili	5	6	[10]										2	N Petrova   K Srebotnik	6	6
	WC	N Burnett   C McHale	7	4	[6]				K Marosi   A Tatishvili	2	5
								2	N Petrova   K Srebotnik	6	7

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