2021 Miami Open – Women's doubles

Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara defeated Hayley Carter and Luisa Stefani in the final, 6–2, 7–5, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Miami Open. Aoyama and Shibahara's first WTA 1000 victory earned them their third title of the year and made them the first Japanese champions in Miami since Ai Sugiyama in 2008.^[1]

Women's doubles
2021 Miami Open
Final
Champions	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara
Runners-up	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani
Score	6–2, 7–5
Events
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Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka were the defending champions from when the tournament was last held in 2019,^[2] but the pair lost in the first round to Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber.

Sabalenka, Tímea Babos and Hsieh Su-wei were in contention for the WTA doubles No. 1 ranking at the beginning at the tournament. Hsieh usurped Sabalenka for the top ranking after Sabalenka and Babos lost in the first and second round, respectively.^[3]

Seeds

1.   Elise Mertens /   Aryna Sabalenka (first round)
2.   Barbora Krejčíková /   Kateřina Siniaková (second round)
3.   Nicole Melichar /   Demi Schuurs (first round)
4.   Tímea Babos /   Veronika Kudermetova (second round)
5.   Shuko Aoyama /   Ena Shibahara (champions)
6.   Xu Yifan /   Zhang Shuai (second round)
7.   Alexa Guarachi /   Desirae Krawczyk (first round)
8.   Hayley Carter /   Luisa Stefani (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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Iga Świątek	6	6^4	[2]
	5	Shuko Aoyama   Ena Shibahara	3	7^7	[10]
								5	Shuko Aoyama   Ena Shibahara	6	7
								8	Hayley Carter   Luisa Stefani	2	5
	8	Hayley Carter   Luisa Stefani	2	6	[10]
		Gabriela Dabrowski   Giuliana Olmos	6	3	[8]

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	E Mertens   A Sabalenka	5	5
		S Halep   A Kerber	7	7					S Halep   A Kerber
	PR	K Flipkens   C Vandeweghe	6	2	[6]				L Kichenok   J Ostapenko	w/o
		L Kichenok   J Ostapenko	3	6	[10]											L Kichenok   J Ostapenko	1	4
		A Blinkova   M Niculescu	0	1												B Mattek-Sands   I Świątek	6	6
		B Mattek-Sands   I Świątek	6	6					B Mattek-Sands   I Świątek	6	6
		S Kenin   S Stephens	6	3	[8]			6	Y Xu   S Zhang	3	1
	6	Y Xu   S Zhang	4	6	[10]																		B Mattek-Sands   I Świątek	6	6^4	[2]
	4	T Babos   V Kudermetova	3	6	[10]																	5	S Aoyama   E Shibahara	3	7^7	[10]
		E Perez   S Zheng	6	4	[7]			4	T Babos   V Kudermetova	1	5
	Alt	C Garcia   N Podoroska	7^7	6				Alt	C Garcia   N Podoroska	6	7
		L Hradecká   Kr Plíšková	6^3	2											Alt	C Garcia   N Podoroska	3	2
	PR	K Christian   A Kudryavtseva	2	3											5	S Aoyama   E Shibahara	6	6
		D Jurak   N Stojanović	6	6					D Jurak   N Stojanović
		A Klepač   T Zidanšek	7^7	1	[6]			5	S Aoyama   E Shibahara	w/o
	5	S Aoyama   E Shibahara	6^2	6	[10]

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	H Carter   L Stefani	6	6
		E Rybakina   M Sakkari	1	4				8	H Carter   L Stefani	6	6
	WC	A Tomljanović   H Watson	4	1				Alt	E Alexandrova   Z Yang	0	3
	Alt	E Alexandrova   Z Yang	6	6											8	H Carter   L Stefani	6	6
	WC	H Baptiste   R Montgomery	2	2											Alt	A Muhammad   J Pegula	4	1
	Alt	P Martić   S Rogers	6	6				Alt	P Martić   S Rogers	6	3	[3]
	Alt	A Muhammad   J Pegula	6	6				Alt	A Muhammad   J Pegula	4	6	[10]
	3	N Melichar   D Schuurs	2	2																		8	H Carter   L Stefani	2	6	[10]
	7	A Guarachi   D Krawczyk	3	6	[7]																		G Dabrowski   G Olmos	6	3	[8]
		G Dabrowski   G Olmos	6	4	[10]				G Dabrowski   G Olmos	6	6
	PR	V King   Y Shvedova	5	2					A-L Friedsam   S Sanders	2	4
		A-L Friedsam   S Sanders	7	6												G Dabrowski   G Olmos	6	7^7
		C Gauff   C McNally	6	6												C Gauff   C McNally	4	6^4
		N Kichenok   R Olaru	3	1					C Gauff   C McNally	6^5	6	[10]
	WC	K Bertens   A Rus	1	4				2	B Krejčíková   K Siniaková	7^7	4	[8]
	2	B Krejčíková   K Siniaková	6	6

References

1. "Aoyama, Shibahara win Miami Open for third title of the year". Women's Tennis Association. April 4, 2021. from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
2. "Mertens & Sabalenka win 10th straight match to claim Miami title and Sunshine Double". Women's Tennis Association. March 31, 2019. from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
3. "WTA rankings Watch: Doubles No.1 to Change After Miami". Women's Tennis Association. March 29, 2021. from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

External links

• Main draw