Women's doubles Champions Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic Runners-up Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Final score 6–4, 6–3
2018 tennis event results
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 [ ]
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Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals [ ]
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
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 [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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