2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2013 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champion	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza
Runner-up	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik
Score	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]

Main article: 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships

Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but chose not to participate together. Huber played with Hsieh Su-wei, but lost in the first round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza. Raymond played alongside Samantha Stosur but lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova.
Mattek-Sands and Mirza won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik in the final, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7].

Seeds

1. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (withdrew because of a viral illness for Vesnina)
2. Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik (final)
3. Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (first round)
4. Nuria Llagostera Vives / Zheng Jie (semifinals)
5. Hsieh Su-wei / Liezel Huber (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

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	5	S-w Hsieh L Huber	4	4
		B Mattek-Sands S Mirza	6	6					B Mattek-Sands S Mirza	6	6
	WC	F Al-Nabhani A Rosolska	0	4					A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová	4	4
		A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová	6	6												B Mattek-Sands S Mirza	6	7
	3	R Kops-Jones A Spears	2	4												C Black A Rodionova	2	5
		C Black An Rodionova	6	6					C Black An Rodionova	6	6
		N Grandin V Uhlířová	1	1				WC	L Raymond S Stosur	1	3
	WC	L Raymond S Stosur	6	6																			B Mattek-Sands S Mirza	6	2	[10]
		D Jurak K Marosi	4	6	[10]																	2	N Petrova K Srebotnik	4	6	[7]
	Alt	V Dushevina K Zakopalová	6	4	[7]				D Jurak K Marosi	3	4
		D Hantuchová A Medina Garrigues	0	3				4	N Llagostera Vives J Zheng	6	6
	4	N Llagostera Vives J Zheng	6	6											4	N Llagostera Vives J Zheng	1	0
	WC	J Görges A Kerber	7^11	7											2	N Petrova K Srebotnik	6	6
		J Husárová S Zhang	6^9	5				WC	J Görges A Kerber	7^9	6^4	[5]
		A-L Grönefeld K Peschke	0^r					2	N Petrova K Srebotnik	6^7	7^7	[10]
	2	N Petrova K Srebotnik	3

References

• Main Draw