title: 2013 Australian Open – Women's doubles
text: # 2013 Australian Open – Women's doubles
  
  Russian pair Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions, but Zvonareva decided not to participate due to injury. Kuznetsova partnered up with Yanina Wickmayer but they lost in the second round to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Zheng Jie.
  
  Top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title, defeating wild cards Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (champions)
  * Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (second round)
  * Maria Kirilenko / Lisa Raymond (second round)
  * Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (semifinals)
  * Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik (third round)
  * Liezel Huber / María José Martínez Sánchez (third round)
  * Nuria Llagostera Vives / Zheng Jie (quarterfinals)
  * Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (second round)
  * Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (second round, withdrew)
  * Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza (first round)
  * Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (first round)
  * Serena Williams / Venus Williams (quarterfinals)
  * Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu (third round)
  * Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová (third round)
  * Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (third round)
  * Daniela Hantuchová / Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)
  
  ## 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
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 3 | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 12 | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6 | $6^1$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 12 | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6 | $6^1$ | 5 | 1 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
  | 4 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | Sílvia Soler Espinosa Carla Suárez Navarro | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Sílvia Soler Espinosa Carla Suárez Navarro | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | 1 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 6 | 3 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | WC | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | 2 | 6 | 2 |
  | | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | 2 | 6 | 2 |
  | WC | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | WC | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Varvara Lepchenko Zheng Saisai | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
  | 7 | Nuria Llagostera Vives Zheng Jie | 3 | 7 | 5 | | Varvara Lepchenko Zheng Saisai | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | Varvara Lepchenko Zheng Saisai | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  **Section 1**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | S Errani R Vinci | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Arvidsson J Larsson | $6^3$ | 2 | | 1 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Fujiwara M Jugić-Salkić | 1 | 4 | | | J Craybas C Scheepers | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Craybas C Scheepers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 0 | 7 | | | | | |
  | | M Johansson P Parmentier | $7^9$ | 4 | 7 | | | | | 15 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
  | | K Bertens T Malek | $6^7$ | 6 | 5 | | M Johansson P Parmentier | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Gajdošová K Zakopalová | 1 | 4 | | 15 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 15 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Errani R Vinci | 3 | $7^7$ | 7 |
  | 12 | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | S Williams V Williams | 6 | $6^1$ | 5 |
  | | C Giorgi S Vögele | 3 | 1 | | 12 | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Dushevina O Govortsova | 0 | 6 | 6 | | V Dushevina O Govortsova | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Bratchikova J Husárová | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | 12 | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | A Kudryavtseva S Pe'er | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | N Petrova K Srebotnik | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
  | | D Jurak K Marosi | 6 | 6 | | | D Jurak K Marosi | 1 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | B Bobusic J Moore | 4 | 2 | | 5 | N Petrova K Srebotnik | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | N Petrova K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 2**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
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  | 4 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | A Amanmuradova S Foretz Gacon | 2 | 5 | | 4 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Martić K Mladenovic | 6 | 4 | $6^8$ | | M Minella M Moulton-Levy | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Minella M Moulton-Levy | 2 | 6 | $7^{10}$ | | | | | | 4 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | A Panova G Voskoboeva | $7^7$ | 4 | 7 | | | | | | 13 | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | M Barthel A Cornet | $6^3$ | 6 | 5 | | A Panova G Voskoboeva | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Birnerová R Oprandi | 2 | 4 | | 13 | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 13 | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 1 | 7 | 6 |
  | 10 | B Mattek-Sands S Mirza | $6^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Soler Espinosa C Suárez Navarro | 6 | 5 | 4 |
  | | S Soler Espinosa C Suárez Navarro | $7^7$ | 6 | | | S Soler Espinosa C Suárez Navarro | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K-c Chang Z Yan | 0 | 3 | | | D Cibulková K Pervak | $2^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Cibulková K Pervak | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Soler Espinosa C Suárez Navarro | $7^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | A Klepač A Tatishvili | 6 | $6^5$ | 5 | | | | | | 6 | L Huber MJ Martínez Sánchez | $6^5$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
  | WC | X Han Y Zhou | 1 | $7^7$ | 7 | WC | X Han Y Zhou | 6 | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Doi A Morita | 2 | $6^4$ | | 6 | L Huber MJ Martínez Sánchez | 1 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | L Huber MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  **Section 3**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Flipkens M Rybáriková | 1 | 2 | | 8 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 6 | 6 | | | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Babos L Robson | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 2 | | | | | |
  | | J Janković M Lučić-Baroni | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | J Janković M Lučić-Baroni | $1^r$ | | | | | |
  | WC | Ar Rodionova O Rogowska | 4 | 6 | 3 | | J Janković M Lučić-Baroni | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Erakovic H Watson | 4 | 0 | | 9 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 9 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 2 | 3 |
  | 14 | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC | A Barty C Dellacqua | 6 | 6 |
  | WC | V Rajicic S Sanders | 4 | 4 | | 14 | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Czink B Jovanovski | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | M Czink B Jovanovski | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Halep A Rus | 6 | 2 | $6^2$ | | | | | 14 | N Grandin V Uhlířová | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | |
  | | P Hercog F Schiavone | 2 | 4 | | | | | | WC | A Barty C Dellacqua | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | A Barty C Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | WC | A Barty C Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Rosolska T Tanasugarn | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | M Kirilenko L Raymond | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | M Kirilenko L Raymond | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 4**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | N Llagostera Vives J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 3 | 3 | | 7 | N Llagostera Vives J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Kuznetsova Y Wickmayer | 6 | 2 | 6 | | S Kuznetsova Y Wickmayer | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Beck L Dekmeijere | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 7 | N Llagostera Vives J Zheng | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Adamczak S Bengson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | WC | C Black An Rodionova | 5 | 2 | | | | | | |
  | WC | C Black An Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | WC | C Black An Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Aoyama I Falconi | 6 | 5 | $7^7$ | | S Aoyama I Falconi | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 11 | V King Y Shvedova | 3 | 7 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | N Llagostera Vives J Zheng | 3 | 7 | 5 |
  | 16 | D Hantuchová A Medina Garrigues | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | V Lepchenko S Zheng | 6 | 5 | 7 |
  | | J Görges S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | J Görges S Stosur | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Lepchenko S Zheng | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | V Lepchenko S Zheng | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Cîrstea T Paszek | 6 | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | V Lepchenko S Zheng | 3 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
  | | K Date-Krumm A Parra Santonja | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | K Date-Krumm A Parra Santonja | 6 | 3 | $6^5$ | | | | | |
  | | L Arruabarrena Vecino L Domínguez Lino | 6 | 3 | 2 | | K Date-Krumm A Parra Santonja | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Daniilidou C McHale | 4 | 3 | | 2 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  