2018 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

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.

Women's Doubles
2018 Australian Open
Champions Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic
Runners-up Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina
Final score6–4, 6–3
Main article: 2018 Australian Open

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
01.   Latisha Chan / Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (Quarterfinals)
02.   Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (Final)
03.   Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua (Second round)
04.   Lucie Šafářová / Barbora Strýcová (Quarterfinals)
05.   Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (Champions)
06.   Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (Quarterfinals)
07.   Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson (First round)
08.   Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (Semifinals)
09.   Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (First round)
10.   Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu (Semifinals)
11.   Shuko Aoyama / Yang Zhaoxuan (Third round)
12.   Raquel Atawo / Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Third round)
13.   Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke (Third round)
14.   Chan Hao-ching / Katarina Srebotnik (Third round)
15.   Alicja Rosolska / Abigail Spears (Second round)
16.   Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (Third round)

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
  1. "BREAKING: Hungary's Timea Babos Wins Women's Doubles Final at the Australian Open". Hungary Today. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. Makarova and Vesnina begin career Slam quest in Melbourne
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