2022 National Bank Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
2022 National Bank Open
Final
Champions	Coco Gauff; Jessica Pegula
Runners-up	Nicole Melichar-Martinez; Ellen Perez
Score	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Events

Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula defeated Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–5] to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Canadian Open. With the win, Gauff gained the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking for the first time and became the second-youngest player in history to attain the No. 1 ranking, after Martina Hingis in 1997.^[1] Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai were also in contention for the top ranking.

Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani were the reigning champions,^[2] but Stefani did not return due to injury. Dabrowski partnered with Giuliana Olmos, but lost in the semifinals to Melichar-Martinez and Perez.^[3]

Seeds

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

Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens (second round)
Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos (semifinals)
Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (champions)
Storm Sanders / Zhang Shuai (quarterfinals)
Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs (quarterfinals)
Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
Beatriz Haddad Maia / Barbora Krejčíková (second round)
Alexa Guarachi / Andreja Klepač (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

	Madison Keys Sania Mirza	5	5

3	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	7	7
				3	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	6	6⁵	[10]

					Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	4	7⁷	[5]
	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	7⁷	6

2	Gabriela Dabrowski Giuliana Olmos	6⁵	3

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	V Kudermetova E Mertens	6	4	[8]
	M Keys S Mirza	6	3	[10]		M Keys S Mirza	3	6	[10]
	A Cornet J Teichmann	4	6	[6]							M Keys S Mirza	7	3	[10]
	A Bondár K Zimmermann	6¹⁰	5								S Kenin Y Putintseva	5	6	[6]
	S Kenin Y Putintseva	7¹²	7			S Kenin Y Putintseva	1	6	[10]
	U Eikeri C Harrison	6⁵	6	[10]	6	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	6	1	[4]
6	L Kichenok J Ostapenko	7⁷	4	[12]												M Keys S Mirza	5	5
															3	C Gauff J Pegula	7	7
					3	C Gauff J Pegula	w/o
	M Bouzková L Siegemund	6	6			M Bouzková L Siegemund
	N Kichenok T Mihalíková	3	4							3	C Gauff J Pegula	6	2	[10]
	S Aoyama H-c Chan	2	6	[7]						5	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	3	6	[3]
	Y Xu Z Yang	6	2	[10]		Y Xu Z Yang	4	4
	L Samsonova M Trevisan	1	2		5	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	6	6
5	D Krawczyk D Schuurs	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

7	B Haddad Maia B Krejčíková	6	6
	K Christian O Kalashnikova	1	2		7	B Haddad Maia B Krejčíková	6	2	[7]
	A Rosolska E Routliffe	6¹	1			N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	1	6	[10]
	N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	7⁷	6								N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	6	6
	E Hozumi M Ninomiya	2	6⁶							4	S Sanders S Zhang	4	4
	V Heisen M Niculescu	6	7⁸			V Heisen M Niculescu	3	3
					4	S Sanders S Zhang	6	6
																N Melichar-Martinez E Perez	7⁷	6
8	A Guarachi A Klepač	6	6												2	G Dabrowski G Olmos	6⁵	3
WC	R Marino C Zhao	3	3		8	A Guarachi A Klepač	6	6
	K Flipkens S Sorribes Tormo	4	1		WC	B Fernandez L Fernandez	1	2
WC	B Fernandez L Fernandez	6	6							8	A Guarachi A Klepač	6	2	[0]
	A Muhammad E Shibahara	6	5	[10]						2	G Dabrowski G Olmos	2	6	[10]
WC	K Cross V Mboko	3	7	[8]		A Muhammad E Shibahara	5	3
					2	G Dabrowski G Olmos	7	6

Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams, based on WTA rankings as of August 1, 2022.

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
	Veronika Kudermetova	BEL	Elise Mertens	6	1
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	MEX	Giuliana Olmos	17	2
USA	Coco Gauff	USA	Jessica Pegula	18	3
AUS	Storm Sanders	CHN	Zhang Shuai	22	4
USA	Desirae Krawczyk	NED	Demi Schuurs	28	5
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	30	6
BRA	Beatriz Haddad Maia	CZE	Barbora Krejčiková	32	7
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	SLO	Andreja Klepač	43	8

Other entry information

Wild cards

Withdrawals

Marie Bouzková / Laura Siegemund (Bouzková – back injury)
Lucie Hradecká / Sania Mirza → replaced by Madison Keys / Sania Mirza
Monica Niculescu / Elena-Gabriela Ruse → replaced by Vivian Heisen / Monica Niculescu

References

^ Ramsay, George (15 August 2022). "Coco Gauff reaches the top of the women's doubles rankings with Canadian Open victory". CNN. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Canada's Dabrowski wins National Bank Open women's doubles title with Stefani". Sportsnet. 15 August 2021. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Two-time champion Halep advances to National Bank Open final". TSN. The Canadian Press. 13 August 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

External links

Main draw

[1] Ramsay, George (15 August 2022). "Coco Gauff reaches the top of the women's doubles rankings with Canadian Open victory". CNN. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[2] "Canada's Dabrowski wins National Bank Open women's doubles title with Stefani". Sportsnet. 15 August 2021. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[3] "Two-time champion Halep advances to National Bank Open final". TSN. The Canadian Press. 13 August 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

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