2021 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles

Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara were the defending champions, having won the previous event in 2019,^[1] but chose not to participate.

Women's doubles
2021 Kremlin Cup
Final
Champions	Jeļena Ostapenko Kateřina Siniaková
Runners-up	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru
Score	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Jeļena Ostapenko and Kateřina Siniaková won the title, defeating Nadiia Kichenok and Raluca Olaru in the final, 6–2, 4–6, [10–8]. Ostapenko and Siniaková won the title after saving three match points in their quarterfinal match against Viktória Kužmová and Alexandra Panova. This was the first time that Siniaková won a doubles title without regular partner Barbora Krejčíková since January 2019.^[2]

Seeds

1.   Alexa Guarachi /   Desirae Krawczyk (first round)
2.   Jeļena Ostapenko /   Kateřina Siniaková (champions)
3.   Marie Bouzková /   Lucie Hradecká (semifinals)
4.   Nadiia Kichenok /   Raluca Olaru (final)

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

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	A Guarachi   D Krawczyk	3	1
		E Alexandrova   Y Sizikova	6	6					E Alexandrova   Y Sizikova	1	6	[7]
	WC	O Selekhmeteva   A Tikhonova	4	7	[8]				N Dzalamidze   K Rakhimova	6	4	[10]
		N Dzalamidze   K Rakhimova	6	5	[10]											N Dzalamidze   K Rakhimova	5	5
	4	N Kichenok   R Olaru	0	6	[10]										4	N Kichenok   R Olaru	7	7
		T Martincová   M Vondroušová	6	2	[4]			4	N Kichenok   R Olaru	5
		K Christian   E Routliffe	4	0					A Kalinskaya   A Potapova	2^r
		A Kalinskaya   A Potapova	6	6																		4	N Kichenok   R Olaru	2	6	[8]
		E Lechemia   S Santamaria	1	6	[7]																	2	J Ostapenko   K Siniaková	6	4	[10]
		O Kalashnikova   M Kato	6	4	[10]				O Kalashnikova   M Kato	4	2
		A Danilina   Ar Rodionova	1	1				3	M Bouzková   L Hradecká	6	6
	3	M Bouzková   L Hradecká	6	6											3	M Bouzková   L Hradecká	2	7	[2]
		V Kužmová   A Panova	7	6											2	J Ostapenko   K Siniaková	6	5	[10]
		V Diatchenko   M Niculescu	5	2					V Kužmová   A Panova	7	3	[9]
	PR	V Lapko   L Marozava	3	2				2	J Ostapenko   K Siniaková	5	6	[11]
	2	J Ostapenko   K Siniaková	6	6

References

1. "Ena Shibahara and Shuko Aoyama: "It was important to play our best for the whole match"". kremlincup.ru. 20 October 2019. from the original on 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
2. "Kontaveit comeback in Moscow final denies Alexandrova, keeps WTA Finals hopes alive". Women's Tennis Association. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

External links

• Main Draw