2022 National Bank Open – Women's doubles explained

Champ: Coco Gauff
Jessica Pegula
Runner: Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Ellen Perez
Score:6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]

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Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula defeated Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5] to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Canadian Open. With the win, Gauff gained the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking for the first time and became the second-youngest player in history to attain the No. 1 ranking, after Martina Hingis in 1997.[1] Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai were also in contention for the top ranking.

Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani were the reigning champions,[2] but Stefani did not return due to injury. Dabrowski partnered with Giuliana Olmos, but lost in the semifinals to Melichar-Martinez and Perez.[3]

Seeds

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

Draw

Bottom half

Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams, based on WTA rankings as of August 1, 2022.

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Veronika Kudermetova BelgiumElise Mertens61
CanadaGabriela Dabrowski MexicoGiuliana Olmos172
United StatesCoco Gauff United StatesJessica Pegula183
AustraliaStorm Sanders ChinaZhang Shuai224
United StatesDesirae KrawczykDemi Schuurs285
UkraineLyudmyla KichenokJeļena Ostapenko306
BrazilBeatriz Haddad Maia Czech RepublicBarbora Krejčiková327
Alexa GuarachiAndreja Klepač438

Other entry information

Withdrawals

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ramsay . George . 15 August 2022 . Coco Gauff reaches the top of the women’s doubles rankings with Canadian Open victory . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230118173334/https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/15/tennis/coco-gauff-doubles-canadian-open-tennis-spt-intl/index.html . 18 January 2023 . 17 July 2023 . CNN.
  2. Web site: 15 August 2021 . Canada's Dabrowski wins National Bank Open women's doubles title with Stefani . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807191712/https://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/article/canadas-dabrowski-wins-national-bank-open-womens-doubles-title-stefani/ . 7 August 2022 . 17 July 2023 . Sportsnet.
  3. News: 13 August 2022 . Two-time champion Halep advances to National Bank Open final . . . live . 17 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220927211517/https://www.tsn.ca/simona-halep-advances-to-national-bank-open-final-jessica-pegula-1.1836318 . 27 September 2022.