2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2013 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champion	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza
Runner-up	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik
Final score	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]

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].

Seeds

1. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (withdrew because of a viral illness for Vesnina)
2. Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik (Final)
3. Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (First round)
4. Nuria Llagostera Vives / Zheng Jie (Semifinals)
5. Hsieh Su-wei / Liezel Huber (First round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Draw

First 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   A Rodionova	6	6					C Black   A 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	7^11	7											2	N Petrova   K Srebotnik	6	6
	J Husárová   S Zhang	6^9	5				WC	J Görges   A Kerber	7^9	6^4	[5]
	A-L Grönefeld   K Peschke	0^r					2	N Petrova   K Srebotnik	6^7	7^7	[10]
2	N Petrova   K Srebotnik	3

References

• Main Draw