title: 2020 Italian Open – Women's doubles
text: # 2020 Italian Open – Women's doubles
  
  Victoria Azarenka and Ashleigh Barty are the defending champions but neither player chose to participate.
  
  Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová won the title, defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam and Raluca Olaru in the final, 6–2, 6–2.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
  
  * Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová (champions)
  * Tímea Babos / Zhang Shuai (second round)
  * Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
  * Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs (second round)
  * Kirsten Flipkens / Elise Mertens (withdrew)
  * Veronika Kudermetova / Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
  * Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (semifinals)
  * Sofia Kenin / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (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
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani | 5 | 4 | | 1 | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | Anna-Lena Friedsam Raluca Olaru | 2 | 2 |
  | | Anna-Lena Friedsam Raluca Olaru | 3 | 6 | [10] | | Anna-Lena Friedsam Raluca Olaru | 2 | 2 |
  | 7 | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara | 6 | 2 | [4] | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First 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 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Hibino M Ninomiya | 1 | 7 | [10] | | N Hibino M Ninomiya | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | E Cocciaretto M Trevisan | 6 | 5 | [5] | | | | | 1 | S-w Hsieh B Strýcová | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | WC | G Gatto-Monticone J Paolini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | V Kudermetova K Siniaková | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | | |
  | | O Kalashnikova L Siegemund | 3 | 4 | | WC | G Gatto-Monticone J Paolini | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Christian G Olmos | 2 | 3 | | 6 | V Kudermetova K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | V Kudermetova K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S-w Hsieh B Strýcová | 7 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H Carter L Stefani | 5 | 4 |
  | | | | | | 3 | G Dabrowski J Ostapenko | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Perez S Sanders | 3 | $6^2$ | | | L Hradecká A Klepač | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Hradecká A Klepač | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | L Hradecká A Klepač | $7^7$ | 4 | [8] | | | | |
  | | H Carter L Stefani | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | H Carter L Stefani | $6^5$ | 6 | [10] | | | | |
  | | A Blinkova E Rybakina | 4 | $6^5$ | | | H Carter L Stefani | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Kichenok N Kichenok | 4 | 5 | | Alt | C Gauff C McHale | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | C Gauff C McHale | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | S Kenin B Mattek-Sands | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A-L Friedsam R Olaru | 6 | 6 | | | A-L Friedsam R Olaru | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Kato S Santamaria | 6 | 3 | [10] | | M Kato S Santamaria | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Doi R Voráčová | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | A-L Friedsam R Olaru | 5 | $7^7$ | [10] | | | | | |
  | Alt | M Linette B Pera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Alt | M Linette B Pera | 7 | $6^4$ | [8] | | | | | |
  | | A Guarachi D Krawczyk | 2 | 4 | | Alt | M Linette B Pera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | N Melichar D Schuurs | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A-L Friedsam R Olaru | 3 | 6 | [10] |
  | 7 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 6 | 2 | [4] |
  | | K Bertens A Rus | 3 | 4 | | 7 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Halep M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | S Halep M Niculescu | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Svitolina D Yastremska | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | S Aoyama E Shibahara | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | A Muhammad Ar Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Muhammad Ar Rodionova | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
  | PR | S Fichman V Zvonareva | 4 | 4 | | | A Muhammad Ar Rodionova | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | T Babos S Zhang | 4 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | |
  