2013 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Russian pair Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions, but Zvonareva decided not to participate due to injury. Kuznetsova partnered up with Yanina Wickmayer but they lost in the second round to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Zheng Jie.

Top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title, defeating wild cards Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2.

Seeds
• # 🇮🇹 Sara Errani / 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci (champions)

• # 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Maria Kirilenko / 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (semifinals)

• # 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Liezel Huber / 🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez (third round)

• # 🇪🇸 Nuria Llagostera Vives / 🇨🇳 Zheng Jie (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Raquel Kops-Jones / 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears (second round)

• # 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld / 🇨🇿 Květa Peschke (second round, withdrew)

• # 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Vania King / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Serena Williams / 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu / 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu (third round)

• # Natalie Grandin / 🇨🇿 Vladimíra Uhlířová (third round)

• # Hsieh Su-wei / 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (third round)

• # 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová / 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)