2026 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2026 BNP Paribas Open | |
| Champions | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend |
| Runners-up | Anna Danilina Aleksandra Krunić |
| Score | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Draw | 32 (3 WC) |
| Seeds | 8 |
Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend defeated Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunić in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2026 Indian Wells Open.[1][2] It was the seventh WTA 1000 title for Siniaková and third for Townsend.
Asia Muhammad and Demi Schuurs were the defending champions,[3] but chose to compete with different partners this year. Muhammad partnered Erin Routliffe, but lost in the first round to Alexandra Panova and Laura Siegemund. Schuurs partnered Ellen Perez, but lost in the quarterfinals to Siniaková and Townsend.[4]
Seeds
- Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (semifinals)
- Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani (quarterfinals)
- Kateřina Siniaková / Taylor Townsend (champions)
- Elise Mertens / Zhang Shuai (first round)
- Anna Danilina / Aleksandra Krunić (final)
- Asia Muhammad / Erin Routliffe (first round)
- Cristina Bucșa / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (semifinals)
- Ellen Perez / Demi Schuurs (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Anna Danilina Aleksandra Krunić | 64 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Anna Danilina Aleksandra Krunić | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Cristina Bucșa Nicole Melichar-Martinez | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
Top half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | S Errani J Paolini | 6 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Cristian C Tauson | 2 | 66 | 1 | S Errani J Paolini | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B Bencic S Cîrstea | 3 | 0 | Y Xu Z Yang | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Xu Z Yang | 6 | 6 | 1 | S Errani J Paolini | 4 | 7 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H Guo K Mladenovic | 6 | 4 | [10] | H Guo K Mladenovic | 6 | 5 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Nosková D Shnaider | 4 | 6 | [2] | H Guo K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Panova L Siegemund | 6 | 6 | A Panova L Siegemund | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | A Muhammad E Routliffe | 2 | 3 | 1 | S Errani J Paolini | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | K Siniaková T Townsend | 6 | 7 | 3 | K Siniaková T Townsend | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | E Raducanu E-G Ruse | 2 | 5 | 3 | K Siniaková T Townsend | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C McNally L Samsonova | 3 | 2 | E Alexandrova S Kenin | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Alexandrova S Kenin | 6 | 6 | 3 | K Siniaková T Townsend | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Kessler J Pegula | 5 | 6 | [7] | 8 | E Perez D Schuurs | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E Hozumi F-h Wu | 7 | 1 | [10] | E Hozumi F-h Wu | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | V Gracheva M Linette | 4 | 5 | 8 | E Perez D Schuurs | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | E Perez D Schuurs | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | A Danilina A Krunić | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Stephens D Vekić | 3 | 3 | 5 | A Danilina A Krunić | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Kichenok D Krawczyk | 7 | 65 | [12] | L Kichenok D Krawczyk | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Mihalíková O Nicholls | 5 | 77 | [10] | 5 | A Danilina A Krunić | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Eala I Jovic | 2 | 2 | M Andreeva V Mboko | 65 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | H Baptiste J Ostapenko | 6 | 6 | WC | H Baptiste J Ostapenko | 67 | 6 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Andreeva V Mboko | 6 | 4 | [10] | M Andreeva V Mboko | 79 | 3 | [11] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | E Mertens S Zhang | 4 | 6 | [8] | 5 | A Danilina A Krunić | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | C Bucșa N Melichar-Martinez | 6 | 6 | 7 | C Bucșa N Melichar-Martinez | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PR | D Jurak Schreiber G Olmos | 2 | 3 | 7 | C Bucșa N Melichar-Martinez | 610 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| H-c Chan J Tjen | 6 | 6 | H-c Chan J Tjen | 712 | 4 | [5] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PR | A Klepač K Piter | 4 | 2 | 7 | C Bucșa N Melichar-Martinez | 77 | 3 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| PR | I Neel P Stearns | 6 | 3 | 2 | G Dabrowski L Stefani | 63 | 6 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Kato F Stollár | 1 | 0r | PR | I Neel P Stearns | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| U Eikeri X Jiang | 7 | 3 | [5] | 2 | G Dabrowski L Stefani | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | G Dabrowski L Stefani | 5 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeded teams
The following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 23, 2026.
| ‡ | Champion |
| † | Runner-up |
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Jasmine Paolini | 8 | 1 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | BRA | Luisa Stefani | 12 | 2 |
| CZE | Kateřina Siniaková ‡ | USA | Taylor Townsend ‡ | 12 | 3 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 13 | 4 |
| KAZ | Anna Danilina † | SRB | Aleksandra Krunić † | 14 | 5 |
| USA | Asia Muhammad | NZL | Erin Routliffe | 30 | 6 |
| ESP | Cristina Bucșa | USA | Nicole Melichar-Martinez | 37 | 7 |
| AUS | Ellen Perez | NED | Demi Schuurs | 42 | 8 |
Other entry information
Wildcards
Protected ranking
Alternates
Withdrawals
- Storm Hunter / Maya Joint → replaced by Varvara Gracheva / Magda Linette
- Barbora Krejčíková / Caty McNally → replaced by Caty McNally / Liudmila Samsonova
References
- ^ "Townsend, Siniakova capture BNP Paribas Open doubles title". Desert Sun. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "Siniakova and Townsend return to winner's circle with Indian Wells doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "Muhammad and Schuurs capture WTA 1000 Indian Wells doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ Novotný, Pavel (2026-03-11). "Žádná únava. Siniaková válí i ve čtyřhře, s Townsendovou si zahrají o finále" [No fatigue. Siniaková is also doing well in doubles, playing with Townsend for a place in the final.] (in Czech). TenisPortal.cz. Retrieved 2026-03-11.