2021 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles
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Wheelchair women's doubles | |
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2021 Australian Open | |
Champions | Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot |
Runners-up | Kgothatso Montjane Lucy Shuker |
Final score | 6–4, 6–1 |
Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot won the 2021 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles title, defeating Kgothatso Montjane and Lucy Shuker in the final, 6–4, 6–1.
Yui Kamiji and Jordanne Whiley were the defending champions, but Whiley chose not to participate. Kamiji partnered alongside Momoko Ohtani but lost in the semifinals to de Groot and van Koot.
The Wheelchair Women's Doubles competition, consisting of a semifinal round and a championship match, began on 15 February.[1] The competition features the same field of eight players contesting the Wheelchair Women's Singles competition. Two of the tournament's four pairs were seeded, with Dutch duo Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot receiving the top seed and the pair of Kgothatso Montjane and Lucy Shuker receiving the No. 2 seed. In the semifinals, both seeded pairs won in two sets, with de Groot and van Koot defeating Japanese pair Yui Kamiji and Momoko Ohtani and Montjane and Shuker defeating Angélica Bernal and Macarena Cabrillana.[2] In the final which was played on the 16 February, the dutch duo took out the match in straight sets, 6–4, 6–1.[3]
Seeds[]
- Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot (Champions)
- Kgothatso Montjane / Lucy Shuker (Final)
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
Bracket[]
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot | 711 | 6 | ||||||||||
Yui Kamiji Momoko Ohtani | 69 | 4 | |||||||||||
1 | Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
2 | Kgothatso Montjane Lucy Shuker | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
Angélica Bernal Macarena Cabrillana | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Kgothatso Montjane Lucy Shuker | 6 | 6 |
References[]
- ^ "Women's Wheelchair Doubles | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Beattie, Michael. "Hewett beats Kunieda to set up Paris rematch with Gerard". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Wheelchair wrap: Davidson, Alcott among doubles champs". ausopen.com. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
External links[]
- 2021 Australian Open
- Australian Open by year - Wheelchair events