2018 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions,[1] but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017. Chan played alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the first round to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Karolína Plíšková.

Women's Doubles
2018 Italian Open
Champions	Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs
Runners-up	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová
Final score	6–3, 6–4

Main article: 2018 Italian Open (tennis)

Ashleigh Barty and Demi Schuurs won the title, defeating Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Barbora Strýcová in the final 6–3, 6–4.

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were in contention for the No. 1 ranking but withdrew before their opening match.

Seeds

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

1. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (Withdrew)
2. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová (Final)
3. Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (Quarterfinals)
4. Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (Quarterfinals)
5. Latisha Chan / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (First round)
6. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (First round)
7. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (First round)
8. Ashleigh Barty / Demi Schuurs (Champions)

Draw

Key

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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	8	Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs	6	6
		Sorana Cîrstea Jeļena Ostapenko	2	3
								8	Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs	6	6
								2	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	3	4
		Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld	2	4
	2	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6	6

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Alt	J Konta S Zhang
		D Gavrilova S-w Hsieh	6	6					D Gavrilova S-w Hsieh	w/o
		A Rosolska A Spears	4	4												D Gavrilova S-w Hsieh	6	3	[5]
		A Kudryavtseva R Voráčová	3	6	[10]										8	A Barty D Schuurs	3	6	[10]
		L Arruabarrena I-C Begu	6	3	[5]				A Kudryavtseva R Voráčová	6	4	[2]
		N Melichar K Peschke	3	2				8	A Barty D Schuurs	4	6	[10]
	8	A Barty D Schuurs	6	6																		8	A Barty D Schuurs	6	6
																							S Cîrstea J Ostapenko	2	3
								3	T Babos K Mladenovic	6	6
	WC	S Errani M Trevisan	7	7^7				WC	S Errani M Trevisan	0	3
		S Peng Y Wang	5	6^1											3	T Babos K Mladenovic	2	5
		S Cîrstea J Ostapenko	7^7	6												S Cîrstea J Ostapenko	6	7
		M Rybáriková A Sevastova	6^4	3					S Cîrstea J Ostapenko	6	6
		S Kuznetsova Ka Plíšková	7	7^7					S Kuznetsova Ka Plíšková	3	3
	5	L Chan B Mattek-Sands	5	6^3

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	1	[8]
		M Keys V Williams	2	6	[10]				M Keys V Williams
		R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	6	6					R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	w/o
	WC	O Savchuk E Svitolina	1	1												R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	7^7	6
		N Kichenok An Rodionova	3	7	[13]										4	G Dabrowski Y Xu	6^5	1
		M Adamczak L Kichenok	6	5	[11]				N Kichenok An Rodionova	4	3
								4	G Dabrowski Y Xu	6	6
																							R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	2	4
	7	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	6^4	4																		2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	6	6
	PR	A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	7^7	6				PR	A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	4	7^7	[9]
	PR	V King K Srebotnik	7	6				PR	V King K Srebotnik	6	6^4	[11]
	WC	D Chiesa A Matteucci	5	0											PR	V King K Srebotnik	4	2
		H-c Chan Z Yang	6	6											2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	6	6
		S Aoyama M Kato	4	4					H-c Chan Z Yang	2	4
								2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	6	6

References

• Main Draw

1. "Internazionali BNL d'Italia Results Archive". 10 May 2018.