title: 2019 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles
text: # 2019 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles
  
  Lucie Hradecká and Ekaterina Makarova were the defending champions, but Makarova could not participate this year due to injury. Hradecká played alongside Andreja Klepač and successfully defended her title, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Demi Schuurs in the final, 6–4, 6–1.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
  
  * Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová (quarterfinals, withdrew)
  * Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka (second round)
  * Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
  * Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (second round)
  * Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Demi Schuurs (final)
  * Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan (first round)
  * Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke (second round)
  * Lucie Hradecká / Andreja Klepač (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
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač | $7^9$ | 7 | | | | |
  | WC | Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková | $6^7$ | 5 | | | | |
  | WC | Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková | $6^7$ | 5 | 8 | Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | 5 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs | 4 | 1 |
  | 5 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | 5 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs | 4 | 1 |
  | | Bethanie Mattek-Sands CoCo Vandeweghe | $6^5$ | $6^4$ | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | S-w Hsieh B Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Olaru Z Yang | 6 | 2 | [8] | | A Kontaveit M Sakkari | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Kontaveit M Sakkari | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 1 | S-w Hsieh B Strýcová | | | | | | | |
  | | R Atawo X Han | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | L Hradecká A Klepač | w/o | | | | | | |
  | | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 6 | 6 | | | L Kichenok J Ostapenko | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Görges A Kerber | 5 | 3 | | 8 | L Hradecká A Klepač | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | L Hradecká A Klepač | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | L Hradecká A Klepač | $7^9$ | 7 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková | $6^7$ | 5 |
  | | | | | | 3 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Brady J Pegula | 2 | $7^9$ | [10] | WC | J Brady J Pegula | 3 | 7 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Jurak MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | $6^7$ | [4] | | | | | | 3 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 5 | 6 | [6] | | | | |
  | | N Kichenok A Spears | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | WC | Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková | 7 | 2 | [10] | | | | |
  | WC | Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková | 7 | 6 | | WC | Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Martić S Zhang | 3 | 4 | | 7 | N Melichar K Peschke | 3 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | N Melichar K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | A-L Grönefeld D Schuurs | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Krawczyk A Rosolska | 2 | 6 | [8] | 5 | A-L Grönefeld D Schuurs | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Bertens D Vekić | 4 | 6 | [10] | | K Bertens D Vekić | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Duan S Zheng | 6 | 3 | [7] | | | | | | 5 | A-L Grönefeld D Schuurs | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | |
  | WC | C McNally A Riske | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | WC | C McNally A Riske | 5 | 6 | [7] | | | | |
  | | S Aoyama A Krunić | $6^0$ | 4 | | WC | C McNally A Riske | $6^5$ | 6 | [17] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | $7^7$ | 4 | [15] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A-L Grönefeld D Schuurs | $7^7$ | $7^7$ |
  | 6 | H-c Chan L Chan | 3 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | | | B Mattek-Sands C Vandeweghe | $6^5$ | $6^4$ |
  | | B Mattek-Sands C Vandeweghe | 6 | 3 | [10] | | B Mattek-Sands C Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Adamczak K Christian | 6 | 7 | | | M Adamczak K Christian | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Marozava K Srebotnik | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | B Mattek-Sands C Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | V Kudermetova G Voskoboeva | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | A Cornet K Mladenovic | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | A Cornet K Mladenovic | 6 | 7 | | | A Cornet K Mladenovic | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | E Mertens A Sabalenka | 6 | 2 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
  