2018 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2018 Australian Open
Champions	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
Runners-up	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Final score	6–4, 6–3
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Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won the women's doubles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6–4, 6–3. It was the first Grand Slam title for Babos, who became the first Hungarian player to win a Grand Slam event since Andrea Temesvári in the 1986 French Open^[1] and the second Grand Slam title for Mladenovic.

Makarova and Vesnina were attempting to achieve the career Grand Slam, the career Golden Slam and the career Super Slam.^[2]

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but Mattek-Sands could not participate this year due to injury. Šafářová played alongside Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the quarterfinals to Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai.

Seeds[]

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw[]

Key[]

Finals[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	4	6	66
	5	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6	0	78
								5	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6	6
								8	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	4	2
	4	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová	1	4
	8	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	6	6
															5	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6	6
															2	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	4	3
	10	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	4	6	6
	PR	Jennifer Brady Vania King	6	2	0
								10	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	4	3
								2	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6	6
	6	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	6	1	62
	2	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	0	6	77

Top half[]

Section 1[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	L Chan A Sestini Hlaváčková	6	6
		X Han C Liang	3	0				1	L Chan A Sestini Hlaváčková	6	7
	PR	Q Wang Y Wang	4	2					O Kalashnikova V Lepchenko	0	5
		O Kalashnikova V Lepchenko	6	6											1	L Chan A Sestini Hlaváčková	6	6
		T Maria P Parmentier	4	6	3										14	H-c Chan K Srebotnik	3	2
	PR	M Krajicek A Kudryavtseva	6	1	6			PR	M Krajicek A Kudryavtseva	6	3	62
		L Robson C Vandeweghe	63	4				14	H-c Chan K Srebotnik	4	6	77
	14	H-c Chan K Srebotnik	77	6																		1	L Chan A Sestini Hlaváčková	4	6	66
	9	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	3	3																		5	T Babos K Mladenovic	6	0	78
		V Golubic N Stojanović	6	6					V Golubic N Stojanović	77	6
		Ar Rodionova N Vikhlyantseva	2	2					K Bondarenko A Krunić	60	2
		K Bondarenko A Krunić	6	6												V Golubic N Stojanović	5	2
		J Ostapenko A Pavlyuchenkova	0	6	0										5	T Babos K Mladenovic	7	6
	PR	L Arruabarrena A Parra Santonja	6	4	6			PR	L Arruabarrena A Parra Santonja	6	3	4
		N Dzalamidze X Knoll	5	3				5	T Babos K Mladenovic	3	6	6
	5	T Babos K Mladenovic	7	6

Section 2[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	L Šafářová B Strýcová	6	6
		N Broady A Smith	2	1				4	L Šafářová B Strýcová	6	6
		K Kozlova Y Putintseva	3	3					R Olaru O Savchuk	2	2
		R Olaru O Savchuk	6	6											4	L Šafářová B Strýcová	2	6	6
		V Kudermetova A Sabalenka	2	2												S Cîrstea B Haddad Maia	6	0	4
		S Cîrstea B Haddad Maia	6	6					S Cîrstea B Haddad Maia	4	6	6
		A Cornet H Watson	2	7	4			15	A Rosolska A Spears	6	3	3
	15	A Rosolska A Spears	6	5	6																	4	L Šafářová B Strýcová	1	4
	12	R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	77	6																		8	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	6
	WC	A Sharma B Woolcock	62	3				12	R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	6	6
		M Adamczak S Sanders	3	5					E Hozumi M Kato	1	1
		E Hozumi M Kato	6	7											12	R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	4	2
		L Kichenok M Ninomiya	64	2											8	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	6
	Alt	L Kerkhove L Marozava	77	6				Alt	L Kerkhove L Marozava	4	1
		M Buzărnescu M Irigoyen	3	5				8	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	6
	8	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	7

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	7	K Bertens J Larsson	6	63	1
		N Kichenok An Rodionova	4	77	6				N Kichenok An Rodionova	1	6	77
	PR	A-L Friedsam A Van Uytvanck	0r						Kr Plíšková D Vekić	6	3	62
		Kr Plíšková D Vekić	5													N Kichenok An Rodionova	1r
		N Hibino D Jurak	4	4											10	I-C Begu M Niculescu	4
	WC	J Moore E Perez	6	6				WC	J Moore E Perez	6	3	5
		M Lučić-Baroni A Petkovic	78	3	2			10	I-C Begu M Niculescu	3	6	7
	10	I-C Begu M Niculescu	66	6	6																	10	I-C Begu M Niculescu	4	6	6
	13	N Melichar K Peschke	6	65	6																	PR	J Brady V King	6	2	0
	WC	K Birrell J Fourlis	4	77	1			13	N Melichar K Peschke	6	6
		M Brengle M Puig	6	1	6				M Brengle M Puig	2	2
	WC	A Bai Z Hives	4	6	4										13	N Melichar K Peschke	4	65
		D Gavrilova D Kasatkina	4	1											PR	J Brady V King	6	77
	PR	J Brady V King	6	6				PR	J Brady V King	6	6
		E Mertens D Schuurs	3	5				3	A Barty C Dellacqua	4	2
	3	A Barty C Dellacqua	6	7

Section 4[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	6	G Dabrowski Y Xu	6	6
		K Flipkens F Schiavone	3	2				6	G Dabrowski Y Xu	6	6
		C Bellis M Vondroušová	3	2					E Alexandrova A Sevastova	4	4
		E Alexandrova A Sevastova	6	6											6	G Dabrowski Y Xu	78	6
	WC	X Jiang Q Tang	65	5											11	S Aoyama Z Yang	66	1
		M Barthel C Witthöft	77	7					M Barthel C Witthöft	1	5
		T Townsend R Voráčová	4	4				11	S Aoyama Z Yang	6	7
	11	S Aoyama Z Yang	6	6																		6	G Dabrowski Y Xu	6	1	62
	16	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	7	6																		2	E Makarova E Vesnina	0	6	77
	WC	P Hon A Tomljanović	5	3				16	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	6
		Z Diyas M Linette	6	6					Z Diyas M Linette	4	2
	WC	N Bains I Wallace	3	2											16	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	62	77	2
	Alt	D Jakupović I Khromacheva	6	6											2	E Makarova E Vesnina	77	64	6
		L Davis A Riske	4	2				Alt	D Jakupović I Khromacheva	2	3
		E Bouchard S Stephens	4	4				2	E Makarova E Vesnina	6	6
	2	E Makarova E Vesnina	6	6

References[]

External links[]

• Draw
• 2018 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation