2022 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2022 BNP Paribas Open
Champions	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan
Runners-up	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara
Score	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Draw	32 (3 WC)
Seeds	8

Main article: 2022 BNP Paribas Open

Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan defeated Asia Muhammad and Ena Shibahara in the final, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4) to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters.^[1][2] They became the first all-Chinese team to win a WTA 1000-level title.

Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens were the defending champions.^[3] Hsieh chose not to compete. Mertens partnered with Veronika Kudermetova, but lost in the first round to Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya.

Seeds

1. Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens (first round)
2. Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai (first round)
3. Coco Gauff / Caty McNally (quarterfinals)
4. Darija Jurak Schreiber / Andreja Klepač (first round)
5. Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos (semifinals)
6. Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (second round)
7. Asia Muhammad / Ena Shibahara (final)
8. Caroline Dolehide / Storm Sanders (quarterfinals)

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
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Gabriela Dabrowski Giuliana Olmos	6^6	6	[5]
	7	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	7^8	3	[10]
								7	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	5	6^4
									Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	7	7^7
		Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	7	6
		Alizé Cornet Leylah Fernandez	5	1

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	V Kudermetova E Mertens	3	3
		E Hozumi M Ninomiya	6	6					E Hozumi M Ninomiya	4	5
	WC	D Yastremska I Yastremska	1	1					I-C Begu M Niculescu	6	7
		I-C Begu M Niculescu	6	6												I-C Begu M Niculescu	2	6	[7]
	SR	K Flipkens S Mirza	6	3	[10]										5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	6	2	[10]
		S Aoyama A Krunić	3	6	[7]			SR	K Flipkens S Mirza	4	6	[3]
	SR	T Mihalíková K Peschke	3	2				5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	6	4	[10]
	5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	6	6																		5	G Dabrowski G Olmos	6^6	6	[5]
	3	C Gauff C McNally	6	6																		7	A Muhammad E Shibahara	7^8	3	[10]
	WC	L Davis C McHale	3	3				3	C Gauff C McNally	6	6
		M Sakkari A Tomljanović	4	6	[10]				M Sakkari A Tomljanović	4	1
		P Martić S Rogers	6	4	[2]										3	C Gauff C McNally	2	6	[7]
		A Kontaveit E Rybakina	6^9	2											7	A Muhammad E Shibahara	6	1	[10]
	WC	S Kenin A Riske	7^11	6				WC	S Kenin A Riske	6	4	[1]
		K Siniaková C Tauson	3	6^4				7	A Muhammad E Shibahara	1	6	[10]
	7	A Muhammad E Shibahara	6	7^7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	C Dolehide S Sanders	6	4	[10]
		L Kichenok J Ostapenko	1	6	[7]			8	C Dolehide S Sanders	3	7^7	[10]
		M Keys J Pegula	6	6					M Keys J Pegula	6	6^4	[4]
		N Dzalamidze E Gorgodze	2	2											8	C Dolehide S Sanders	6	6^4	[9]
		Y Xu Z Yang	6	2	[10]											Y Xu Z Yang	1	7^7	[11]
		N Kichenok R Olaru	3	6	[8]				Y Xu Z Yang	6	6
		H-c Chan M Linette	6	2	[12]				H-c Chan M Linette	1	3
	4	D Jurak Schreiber A Klepač	3	6	[10]																		Y Xu Z Yang	7	6
	6	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	4	6	[10]																		A Cornet L Fernandez	5	1
		A Guarachi S Santamaria	6	2	[8]			6	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	4	4
		U Eikeri E Routliffe	6	0	[7]				M Bouzková L Hradecká	6	6
		M Bouzková L Hradecká	4	6	[10]											M Bouzková L Hradecká
		A Danilina B Haddad Maia	6	6^5	[8]											A Cornet L Fernandez	w/o
	SR	L Siegemund V Zvonareva	2	7^7	[10]			SR	L Siegemund V Zvonareva	2	6	[2]
		A Cornet L Fernandez	1	7^9	[10]				A Cornet L Fernandez	6	3	[10]
	2	S Stosur S Zhang	6	6^7	[8]

Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 28, 2022.

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
	Veronika Kudermetova	BEL	Elise Mertens	9	1
AUS	Samantha Stosur	CHN	Zhang Shuai	19	2
USA	Coco Gauff	USA	Caty McNally	23	3
CRO	Darija Jurak Schreiber	SLO	Andreja Klepač	29	4
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	MEX	Giuliana Olmos	31	5
USA	Desirae Krawczyk	NED	Demi Schuurs	37	6
USA	Asia Muhammad	JPN	Ena Shibahara	40	7
USA	Caroline Dolehide	AUS	Storm Sanders	41	8

Other entry information

Wildcards

• Lauren Davis / Christina McHale
• Sofia Kenin / Alison Riske
• Dayana Yastremska / Ivanna Yastremska

Special ranking

• Kirsten Flipkens / Sania Mirza
• Tereza Mihalíková / Květa Peschke
• Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva

Withdrawals

• Alexa Guarachi / Nicole Melichar-Martinez → replaced by Alexa Guarachi / Sabrina Santamaria
• Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková / Clara Tauson
• Magda Linette / Bernarda Pera → replaced by Chan Hao-ching / Magda Linette

References

1. "WTA Indian Wells Masters Draw 2022 | Women's Qualifying & Main Event Results". Archived from the original on 2022-03-21.
2. "Xu, Yang charge to Indian Wells doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
3. "Hsieh and Mertens prevail to win Indian Wells doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

External links

• Main draw