Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions. They reached the final this year, but lost to unseeded pair Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei 4–6, 6–3, [10–8].

Women's doubles
2013 Italian Open
Final
ChampionsChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Peng Shuai
Runners-upItaly Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
Score4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Seeds

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The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.

  1.   Sara Errani /   Roberta Vinci (final)
  2.   Nadia Petrova /   Katarina Srebotnik (semifinals)
  3.   Ekaterina Makarova /   Elena Vesnina (withdrew because of Makarova's left achilles injury)
  4.   Liezel Huber /   María José Martínez Sánchez (second round)
  5.   Raquel Kops-Jones /   Abigail Spears (first round)
  6.   Bethanie Mattek-Sands /   Sania Mirza (quarterfinals)
  7.   Anna-Lena Grönefeld /   Květa Peschke (second round)
  8.   Zhang Shuai /   Zheng Jie (first round)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1   Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci
6 6
  Alla Kudryavtseva
  Anastasia Rodionova
2 1
1   Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci
6 3 [8]
  Hsieh Su-wei
  Peng Shuai
4 6 [10]
  Hsieh Su-wei
  Peng Shuai
6 6
2   Nadia Petrova
  Katarina Srebotnik
2 1

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   S Errani
  R Vinci
7 6
  N Grandin
  V Uhlířová
1 2   K Mladenovic
  G Voskoboeva
5 4
  K Mladenovic
  G Voskoboeva
6 6 1   S Errani
  R Vinci
6 6
  D Hantuchová
  A Medina Garrigues
3 1 6   B Mattek-Sands
  S Mirza
4 3
  F Schiavone
  S Stosur
6 6   F Schiavone
  S Stosur
4 3
  S Aoyama
  L Dekmeijere
1 3 6   B Mattek-Sands
  S Mirza
6 6
6   B Mattek-Sands
  S Mirza
6 6 1   S Errani
  R Vinci
6 6
  A Kudryavtseva
  A Rodionova
2 1
Alt   C Castaño
  M Duque
3 64
  A Hlaváčková
  P Martić
6 6   A Hlaváčková
  P Martić
6 77
  E Birnerová
  I Buryachok
0 1   A Hlaváčková
  P Martić
3 1
  O Govortsova
  M Moulton-Levy
3 6 [13]   A Kudryavtseva
  A Rodionova
6 6
  H-c Chan
  D Jurak
6 3 [11]   O Govortsova
  M Moulton-Levy
6 4 [7]
  A Kudryavtseva
  A Rodionova
7 7   A Kudryavtseva
  A Rodionova
2 6 [10]
5   R Kops-Jones
  A Spears
5 5

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8   S Zhang
  J Zheng
3 1
  D Cibulková
  M Niculescu
6 6   D Cibulková
  M Niculescu
6 6
WC   S Kuznetsova
  F Pennetta
77 4 [7]   L Raymond
  L Robson
4 4
  L Raymond
  L Robson
62 6 [10]   D Cibulková
  M Niculescu
4 4
WC   ME Camerin
  K Knapp
5 4   S-w Hsieh
  S Peng
6 6
  S-w Hsieh
  S Peng
7 6   S-w Hsieh
  S Peng
78 6
4   L Huber
  MJ Martínez Sánchez
66 1
  S-w Hsieh
  S Peng
6 6
7   A-L Grönefeld
  K Peschke
6 6 2   N Petrova
  K Srebotnik
2 1
  O Kalashnikova
  A Rosolska
1 1 7   A-L Grönefeld
  K Peschke
6 3 [10]
WC   J Janković
  M Lučić-Baroni
6 6 WC   J Janković
  M Lučić-Baroni
1 6 [12]
  J Görges
  M Minella
4 1 WC   J Janković
  M Lučić-Baroni
2 1
  K Marosi
  A Tatishvili
5 6 [10] 2   N Petrova
  K Srebotnik
6 6
WC   N Burnett
  C McHale
7 4 [6]   K Marosi
  A Tatishvili
2 5
2   N Petrova
  K Srebotnik
6 7
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