2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne – Doubles

Doubles
	2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne
Champions	Lucie Hradecká ; Michaëlla Krajicek
Runners-up	Christina McHale ; Monica Niculescu
Final score	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Events
Singles	Doubles

Last updated March 04, 2019

Catalina Castaño and Mervana Jugić-Salkić were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but both players decided not to participate in 2013.

Catalina Castaño Álvarez is a retired professional female tennis player from Colombia. Her highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking was number 35. She was coached by Peruvian-born British citizen Pablo Giacopelli since 2004.

Mervana Jugić-Salkić is a retired tennis player from Bosnia. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked world no. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached world no. 59 in doubles, after winning ASB Classic in 2004 with Jelena Kostanić and Internazionali di Modena in 2005 with Yuliya Beygelzimer. She also won 15 singles and 43 doubles events organized by International Tennis Federation. During her career, she defeated players such as Yan Zi, Victoria Azarenka, Bethanie Mattek, Sania Mirza, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sybille Bammer.

Lucie Hradecká is a tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won 19 WTA doubles titles, and two Grand Slam titles, the 2011 French Open and the 2013 US Open, partnered both times by fellow Czech Andrea Hlaváčková. The pair are also the 2012 Olympic silver medallists in doubles. Hradecká has also won a mixed doubles title at the 2013 French Open with František Čermák, and an Olympic bronze medal alongside Radek Štěpánek at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her biggest singles career highlight to date was defeating former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the first round of the 2015 Australian Open.

Michaëlla Krajicek is a Dutch tennis player.

Christina McHale is an American tennis player. Her highest-ever WTA rankings are No. 24 in singles and No. 35 in doubles.

Seeds

Mirjana Lučić-Baroni / Tamira Paszek (withdrew)
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon / Eva Hrdinová (quarterfinals)
Karolína Plíšková / Kristýna Plíšková (quarterfinals)
Lucie Hradecká / Michaëlla Krajicek (champions)

Draw

Key

First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

Alt	PC Gonçalves MJ Koehler	4	5
WC	R Hogenkamp J Larsson	6	7		WC	R Hogenkamp J Larsson	3	6	[13]
WC	C Feuerstein V Golubic	2	7⁸	[6]		A Riske V Savinykh	6	2	[11]
	A Riske V Savinykh	6	6⁶	[10]						WC	R Hogenkamp J Larsson	2	1
4	L Hradecká M Krajicek	6	6							4	L Hradecká M Krajicek	6	6
	L Arruabarrena A Cadanțu	2	3		4	L Hradecká M Krajicek	6	7
	V Dolonc H Watson	6	6			V Dolonc H Watson	2	5
	N Melichar T Mirčić	0	2											4	L Hradecká M Krajicek	7⁷	6
	C McHale M Niculescu	6	6												C McHale M Niculescu	6⁵	2
	N Kichenok K Kozlova	2	4			C McHale M Niculescu	6	6
	N Slater M South	1	6	[4]	3	Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková	4	1
3	Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková	6	3	[10]							C McHale M Niculescu	6	7⁷
	A Sasnovich D Seguel	6	6								A Sasnovich D Seguel	2	6²
WC	A Fomina C Shakovets	0	2			A Sasnovich D Seguel	7	7
	L Dekmeijere N Fraňková	7	2	[8]	2	S Foretz Gacon E Hrdinová	5	5
2	S Foretz Gacon E Hrdinová	5	6	[10]

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2013 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne – Doubles

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