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].
Women's doubles | |
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2013 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
Champion | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza |
Runner-up | Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik |
Score | 6–4, 2–6, [10–7] |
Seeds
edit- Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (withdrew because of a viral illness for Vesnina)
- Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik (final)
- Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (first round)
- Nuria Llagostera Vives / Zheng Jie (semifinals)
- Hsieh Su-wei / Liezel Huber (first round)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
editFirst 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 | 711 | 7 | 2 | N Petrova K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Husárová S Zhang | 69 | 5 | WC | J Görges A Kerber | 79 | 64 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 0r | 2 | N Petrova K Srebotnik | 67 | 77 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | N Petrova K Srebotnik | 3 |