Women's doubles
2021 Italian Open
Final
Champions	Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos
Runners-up	Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová
Score	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
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Hsieh Su-wei andBarbora Strýcová were the defending champions,^[1] but Strýcová retired from professional tennis in May 2021.^[2] Hsieh played alongsideElise Mertens, but lost in the second round toSharon Fichman andGiuliana Olmos.

The alternates Fichman and Olmos went on to win the title, defeatingKristina Mladenovic andMarkéta Vondroušová in the final, 4–6, 7–5, [10–5], saving 2 championship points, in the process. By reaching the final, Mladenovic usurped newly crowned Mertens for thedoubles number 1 ranking.^[3]

	Semifinals							Final
	Alt	Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos	6	6
	4	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	3	2
								Alt	Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos	4	7	[10]
									Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	6	5	[5]
	WC	Irina-Camelia Begu Sara Errani	2	3
		Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	S-w Hsieh E Mertens	6	4	[4]
		B Mattek-Sands J Pegula	6	2	[3]			Alt	S Fichman G Olmos	1	6	[10]
	Alt	S Fichman G Olmos	3	6	[10]										Alt	S Fichman G Olmos	1	78	[10]
	WC	N Brancaccio L Bronzetti	0	0												C Gauff V Kudermetova	6	66	[6]
		C Gauff V Kudermetova	6	6					C Gauff V Kudermetova	77	6
	PR	A Kudryavtseva M Niculescu	2	1				8	G Dabrowski A Muhammad	62	2
	8	G Dabrowski A Muhammad	6	6																		Alt	S Fichman G Olmos	6	6
																						4	S Aoyama E Shibahara	3	2
								4	S Aoyama E Shibahara	6	6
		L Kichenok J Ostapenko	3	2				WC	G Gatto-Monticone B Turati	1	0
	WC	G Gatto-Monticone B Turati	6	6											4	S Aoyama E Shibahara	4	7	[10]
		D Jurak A Klepač	2	7	[10]										6	H-c Chan L Chan	6	5	[6]
		N Kichenok R Olaru	6	5	[5]				D Jurak A Klepač	3	4
		D Kasatkina P Martić	2	3				6	H-c Chan L Chan	6	6
	6	H-c Chan L Chan	6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	Y Xu S Zhang	3	1
		E Perez S Zheng	6	6					E Perez S Zheng	3	6	[7]
	WC	I-C Begu S Errani	1	7	[10]			WC	I-C Begu S Errani	6	3	[10]
	Alt	Q Wang Y Wang	6	5	[4]										WC	I-C Begu S Errani	6	4	[10]
	PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	4	6	[10]										PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	2	6	[8]
		E Alexandrova Z Yang	6	4	[3]			PR	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	7	1	[11]
								3	N Melichar D Schuurs	5	6	[9]
																						WC	I-C Begu S Errani	2	3
	5	A Guarachi D Krawczyk	4	4																			K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	6	6
		K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	6	6					K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	1	6	[10]
	PR	M Ninomiya Y Shvedova	4	7	[7]				L Hradecká L Siegemund	6	4	[8]
		L Hradecká L Siegemund	6	5	[10]											K Mladenovic M Vondroušová	2	6	[10]
		C Garcia N Podoroska	1	2											2	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	4	[3]
		H Carter L Stefani	6	6					H Carter L Stefani	2	3
								2	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	6

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	BEL	Elise Mertens	4	1
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	15	2
USA	Nicole Melichar	NED	Demi Schuurs	21	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
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	USA	Asia Muhammad	48	8

• Rankings are as of April 26, 2021.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Irina-Camelia Begu /Sara Errani
• Nuria Brancaccio /Lucia Bronzetti
• Giulia Gatto-Monticone /Bianca Turati

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:

• Alla Kudryavtseva /Monica Niculescu
• Makoto Ninomiya /Yaroslava Shvedova
• Elena Vesnina /Vera Zvonareva

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:

• Sharon Fichman /Giuliana Olmos
• Wang Qiang /Wang Yafan

Before the tournament

• Tímea Babos /Veronika Kudermetova → replaced byCoco Gauff /Veronika Kudermetova
• Ashleigh Barty /Jennifer Brady → replaced bySharon Fichman /Giuliana Olmos
• Sofia Kenin /Alison Riske → replaced byWang Qiang /Wang Yafan

• Main draw

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• 2021 Italian Open (tennis)
• 2021 in Italian women's sport

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