2019 WTA Finals – Doubles

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Doubles
2019 WTA Finals
ChampionsHungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
Runners-upChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Final score6–1, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
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Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–1, 6–3. This was Babos’ third straight WTA Finals title in doubles.

Strýcová secured the year-end WTA no. 1 doubles ranking by reaching the final. Aryna Sabalenka and Mladenovic were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament. The team of Babos and Mladenovic ended the year as the no. 1 doubles team.

The doubles competition returned to a round robin format for the first time since 2015.

Seeds[]

  1. Belgium Elise Mertens / Belarus Aryna Sabalenka (round robin)
  2. Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová (final)
  3. Hungary Tímea Babos / France Kristina Mladenovic (champions)
  4. Canada Gabriela Dabrowski / China Xu Yifan (round robin)
  5. Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan (round robin)
  6. Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková / Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková (round robin)
  7. Australia Samantha Stosur / China Zhang Shuai (semifinals)
  8. Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Netherlands Demi Schuurs (semifinals)

Alternates[]

  1. United States Nicole Melichar / Czech Republic Květa Peschke (Did not play)

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[]

Semifinals Final
          
3 Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
1 6 [10]
7 Australia Samantha Stosur
China Zhang Shuai
6 4 [8]
3 Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
6 6
2 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
1 3
8 Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
1 2
2 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6 6

Red group[]

Belgium Mertens
Belarus Sabalenka
Hungary Babos
France Mladenovic
Chinese Taipei Chan
Chinese Taipei Chan
Germany Grönefeld
Netherlands Schuurs
RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
1 Belgium Elise Mertens
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka
6–4, 2–6, [5–10] 7–6(7–5), 6–4 5–7, 6–1, [7–10] 1–2 4–4 (50%) 32–30 (52%) 3
3 Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
4–6, 6–2, [10–5] 6–2, 5–7, [10–6] 7–5, 6–2 3–0 6–2 (75%) 36–24 (60%) 1
5 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
6–7(5–7), 4–6 2–6, 7–5, [6–10] 2–6, 4–6 0–3 1–6 (14%) 25–37 (40%) 4
8 Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
7–5, 1–6, [10–7] 5–7, 2–6 6–2, 6–4 2–1 4–3 (57%) 28–30 (48%) 2

Purple group[]

Chinese Taipei Hsieh
Czech Republic Strýcová
Canada Dabrowski
China Xu
Czech Republic Krejčíková
Czech Republic Siniaková
Australia Stosur
China Zhang
RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
2 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–2, 4–6, [9–11] 6–2, 1–6, [10–5] 6–4, 4–6, [10–5] 2–1 5–4 (56%) 29–27 (52%) 1
4 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
China Xu Yifan
2–6, 6–4, [11–9] 4–6, 2–6 6–4, 4–6, [5–10] 1–2 3–5 (38%) 25–33 (43%) 4
6 Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
2–6, 6–1, [5–10] 6–4, 6–2 3–6, 6–7(7–9) 1–2 3–4 (42%) 29–27 (52%) 3
7 Australia Samantha Stosur
China Zhang Shuai
4–6, 6–4, [5–10] 4–6, 6–4, [10–5] 6–3, 7–6(9–7) 2–1 5–3 (63%) 34–30 (53%) 2

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-player ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings.

References[]

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