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
Final
ChampionsHungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
Runners-upRussia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina
Score6–4, 6–3
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women mixed
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Makarova and Vesnina were attempting to achieve the career Super Slam in doubles (would be third and fourth overall after Gigi Fernández and Pam Shriver).[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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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

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Finals

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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

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Section 1

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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

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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

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Section 3

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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

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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

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  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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