2021 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
2021 Mutua Madrid Open
Final
Champions	Barbora Krejčíková ; Kateřina Siniaková
Runners-up	Gabriela Dabrowski ; Demi Schuurs
Score	6–4, 6–3
Events

Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Gabriela Dabrowski and Demi Schuurs in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Madrid Open. It marked the duo's seventh career WTA Tour doubles title together, as well as Krejčíková's eighth individual doubles title and Siniaková's 10th.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová were the reigning champions from when the tournament was last held in 2019,^[4] but Strýcová did not return to compete due to her pregnancy.^[5] Hsieh partnered Elise Mertens; they lost in the second round to Jeļena Ostapenko and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.^[6] Despite the loss, Mertens usurped Hsieh for the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking.

Seeds[edit]

Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens (second round)
Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (champions)
Gabriela Dabrowski / Demi Schuurs (final)
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (first round)
Alexa Guarachi / Desirae Krawczyk (second round)
Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan (first round)
Xu Yifan / Zhang Shuai (quarterfinals)
Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani (first round)

Draw[edit]

Key[edit]

Finals[edit]

Semifinals					Final

	Jeļena Ostapenko Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7	4	[6]

3	Gabriela Dabrowski Demi Schuurs	5	6	[10]
					3	Gabriela Dabrowski Demi Schuurs	4	3

					2	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	6	6
	Belinda Bencic Jil Teichmann	2	4

2	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	6	6

Top half[edit]

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

					1	S-w Hsieh E Mertens	6²	6	[9]
	J Ostapenko A Pavlyuchenkova	6	5	[10]		J Ostapenko A Pavlyuchenkova	7⁷	4	[11]
PR	M Ninomiya Y Shvedova	1	7	[7]							J Ostapenko A Pavlyuchenkova	7⁷	6
PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	6	6							PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	6²	3
	L Hradecká L Siegemund	3	4		PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	4	6	[10]
	B Mattek-Sands I Świątek	2	6	[10]		B Mattek-Sands I Świątek	6	3	[5]
8	H Carter L Stefani	6	3	[6]											J Ostapenko A Pavlyuchenkova	7	4	[6]
3	G Dabrowski D Schuurs	7⁷	7											3	G Dabrowski D Schuurs	5	6	[10]
PR	O Kalashnikova A Kudryavtseva	6²	5		3	G Dabrowski D Schuurs	4	6	[10]
	V Kudermetova A Potapova	w/o				V Kudermetova A Potapova	6	2	[7]
	V Azarenka O Jabeur									3	G Dabrowski D Schuurs	6	6
	E Perez S Zheng	6	2	[10]							E Perez S Zheng	2	4
	K Christian S Santamaria	2	6	[7]		E Perez S Zheng	6	6
WC	P Badosa S Sorribes Tormo	7⁷	6²	[7]	5	A Guarachi D Krawczyk	4	4
5	A Guarachi D Krawczyk	6²	7⁷	[10]

Bottom half[edit]

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

6	H-c Chan L Chan	6	3	[3]
Alt	P Martić S Rogers	2	6	[10]	Alt	P Martić S Rogers	6	6
	N Kichenok R Olaru	7	6			N Kichenok R Olaru	1	4
	E Alexandrova Z Yang	5	3							Alt	P Martić S Rogers	3	6³
	D Jurak A Klepač	4	6⁷								B Bencic J Teichmann	6	7⁷
	B Bencic J Teichmann	6	7⁹			B Bencic J Teichmann	6	7
	N Hibino R Voráčová	7⁷	4	[10]		N Hibino R Voráčová	3	5
4	S Aoyama E Shibahara	6⁴	6	[7]											B Bencic J Teichmann	2	4
7	Y Xu S Zhang	7	7											2	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	6
	C Gauff N Melichar	5	5		7	Y Xu S Zhang	6	6
	S Fichman G Olmos	6	6			S Fichman G Olmos	4	3
	L Kichenok M Niculescu	4	0							7	Y Xu S Zhang	1	0
Alt	P Kania-Choduń K Piter	3	3							2	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	6
	M Keys J Pegula	6	6			M Keys J Pegula	6	2	[8]
					2	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	3	6	[10]

WTA doubles main draw entrants[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	BEL	Elise Mertens	4	1
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	15	2
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	NED	Demi Schuurs	23	3
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Ena Shibahara	26	4
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	USA	Desirae Krawczyk	34	5
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	42	6
CHN	Xu Yifan	CHN	Zhang Shuai	47	7
USA	Hayley Carter	BRA	Luisa Stefani	53	8

Rankings are as of April 26, 2021.

Other entrants[edit]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Paula Badosa / Sara Sorribes Tormo
~~Aliona Bolsova~~ / ~~Danka Kovinić~~

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:

The following pair received entry into the doubles draw as an alternate:

Withdrawals[edit]

Before the tournament

Tímea Babos / Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova / Anastasia Potapova
Ashleigh Barty / Jennifer Brady → replaced by Nao Hibino / Renata Voráčová
Aliona Bolsova / Danka Kovinić → replaced by Paula Kania-Choduń / Katarzyna Piter
Anna Kalinskaya / Viktória Kužmová → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Yang Zhaoxuan
Asia Muhammad / Jessica Pegula → replaced by Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria
Elena Rybakina / Maria Sakkari → replaced by Petra Martić / Shelby Rogers

During the tournament

Victoria Azarenka / Ons Jabeur

References[edit]

^ "Krejcikova, Siniakova win in Madrid for second title of the year". Women's Tennis Association. 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ "Krejcikova y Siniakova conquistan Madrid". Madrid Open (in Spanish). 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Gabriela Dabrowski halted in the doubles final in Madrid". Tennis Canada. 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Hsieh and Strycova masterful in Madrid doubles triumph". Women's Tennis Association. 11 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Strycova welcomes 'a little bun in the oven' in pregnancy announcement". Women's Tennis Association. 26 March 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ "Road to the WTA Finals: Hsieh and Mertens gel after tough start". Women's Tennis Association. 4 November 2021. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

External links[edit]

Main Draw

[1] "Krejcikova, Siniakova win in Madrid for second title of the year". Women's Tennis Association. 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[2] "Krejcikova y Siniakova conquistan Madrid". Madrid Open (in Spanish). 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[3] "Gabriela Dabrowski halted in the doubles final in Madrid". Tennis Canada. 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[4] "Hsieh and Strycova masterful in Madrid doubles triumph". Women's Tennis Association. 11 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[5] "Strycova welcomes 'a little bun in the oven' in pregnancy announcement". Women's Tennis Association. 26 March 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[6] "Road to the WTA Finals: Hsieh and Mertens gel after tough start". Women's Tennis Association. 4 November 2021. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

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