2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but chose not to participate together. Huber played with Hsieh Su-wei, but lost in the first round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza. Raymond played alongside Samantha Stosur but lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova. Mattek-Sands and Mirza won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik in the final, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7].

Seeds
• # 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (withdrew because of a viral illness for Vesnina)

• # 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik (final)

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

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

• # Hsieh Su-wei / 🇺🇸 Liezel Huber (first round)