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

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's seventh career WTA Tour doubles title together, as well as Krejčíková's eighth individual doubles title and Siniaková's 10th. Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová were the reigning champions from when the tournament was last held in

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, but Strýcová did not return to compete due to her pregnancy. Hsieh partnered Elise Mertens; they lost in the second round to

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and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Despite the loss, Mertens usurped Hsieh for the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

*Rankings are as of April 26, 2021.

Other entrants

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: * Oksana Kalashnikova /

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/ Yaroslava Shvedova *

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/ Vera Zvonareva The following pair received entry into the doubles draw as an alternate: *

Paula Kania-Choduń Paula Maria Kania-Choduń (; born 6 November 1992) is a professional Polish tennis player. Kania-Choduń has won one title in doubles on the WTA Tour, as well as five titles in singles and fourteen in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 J ...

/ Katarzyna Piter *

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/ Shelby Rogers

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Tímea Babos /

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→ replaced by

/ Anastasia Potapova * Ashleigh Barty /

Jennifer Brady Jennifer Elizabeth Brady (born April 12, 1995) is an inactive American professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA ranking of world No. 13 on 22 February 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of 44 on 19 August 2019. Brad ...

→ replaced by

Nao Hibino is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Hibino has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Along with that, she ...

Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 56 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 Oc ...

* Aliona Bolsova / Danka Kovinić → replaced by

/ Katarzyna Piter * Anna Kalinskaya / Viktória Kužmová → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Yang Zhaoxuan * Asia Muhammad /

Jessica Pegula Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles of world No. 3, both achieved on October 24, 2022. She has won two singles titles and five doubles title ...

→ replaced by Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria * Elena Rybakina / Maria Sakkari → replaced by

/ Shelby Rogers ;During the tournament * Victoria Azarenka / Ons Jabeur

References

External Links

Main Draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mutua Madrid Open - Women's Doubles 2021 WTA Tour Women's Doubles