2020 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
2020 Australian Open
Champions	Tímea Babos; Kristina Mladenovic
Runners-up	Hsieh Su-wei; Barbora Strýcová
Score	6–2, 6–1

Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic defeated Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2020 Australian Open.^[1] It was their second Australian Open title together. Despite the loss, Hsieh regained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking for the first time since 2014, replacing her partner Strýcová.^[2] Mladenovic, Aryna Sabalenka and Xu Yifan were also in contention for the top ranking.

Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions,^[3] but chose not to participate together. Stosur played alongside Ellen Perez, but they lost in the first round to Lara Arruabarrena and Ons Jabeur. Zhang teamed up with Peng Shuai, but they lost to Veronika Kudermetova and Alison Riske, also in the first round.

Seeds

1. Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová (final)

2. Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (champions)

3. Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka (quarterfinals)

4. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (semifinals)

5. Nicole Melichar / Xu Yifan (first round)

6. Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko (quarterfinals)

7. Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan (semifinals)

8. Květa Peschke / Demi Schuurs (second round)

9. Duan Yingying / Zheng Saisai (first round)

10. Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (third round)

11. Lucie Hradecká / Andreja Klepač (first round)

12. Ellen Perez / Samantha Stosur (first round)

13. Veronika Kudermetova / Alison Riske (third round)

14. Lyudmyla Kichenok / Yang Zhaoxuan (first round)

15. Viktória Kužmová / Aliaksandra Sasnovich (third round)

16. Sofia Kenin / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	6	6

	Jennifer Brady Caroline Dolehide	2	2
					1	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	6	6

					4	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	2	3
4	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	3	6	6

6	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko	6	2	3
									1	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2	1

									2	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6	6
7	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	7⁹	6

3	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka	6⁷	2
					7	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	5	2

					2	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	7	6
	Coco Gauff Caty McNally	2	4

2	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

1	S-w Hsieh B Strýcová	6	7
	M Bouzková T Zidanšek	3	5		1	S-w Hsieh B Strýcová	6	7
	L Davis V Golubic	7⁷	1	6		L Davis V Golubic	1	5
WC	D Aiava L Cabrera	6⁵	6	1						1	S-w Hsieh B Strýcová	6	6
	D Jurak N Stojanović	6	6								D Jurak N Stojanović	4	4
PR	K Bondarenko A Krunić	1	4			D Jurak N Stojanović	3	6	6
WC	M Inglis K McPhee	6	6		WC	M Inglis K McPhee	6	3	1
14	L Kichenok Z Yang	4	1											1	S-w Hsieh B Strýcová	6	6
12	E Perez S Stosur	4	6	5											J Brady C Dolehide	2	2
	L Arruabarrena O Jabeur	6	1	7		L Arruabarrena O Jabeur	6	6
	V King C McHale	6	3	6¹		B Pera R Voráčová	2	4
	B Pera R Voráčová	1	6	7¹⁰							L Arruabarrena O Jabeur	2	1
	G García Pérez S Sorribes Tormo	6	6								J Brady C Dolehide	6	6
	M Adamczak K Srebotnik	2	4			G García Pérez S Sorribes Tormo	1	6	3
	J Brady C Dolehide	6	6			J Brady C Dolehide	6	3	6
5	N Melichar Y Xu	3	4

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

4	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	4	6
	A-L Friedsam L Siegemund	4	6	1	4	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	3	6	6
	K Flipkens T Townsend	6	6			K Flipkens T Townsend	6	1	3
	T Maria A Sevastova	4	4							4	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	7	3	7
	D Krawczyk J Pegula	6	6							16	S Kenin B Mattek-Sands	5	6	5
	I-C Begu Kr Plíšková	3	2			D Krawczyk J Pegula	0	6⁷
WC	Y-h Lee F-h Wu	4	3		16	S Kenin B Mattek-Sands	6	7⁹
16	S Kenin B Mattek-Sands	6	6												4	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	3	6	6
9	Y Duan S Zheng	3	2												6	G Dabrowski J Ostapenko	6	2	3
	H Carter L Stefani	6	6			H Carter L Stefani	6	7
	X Han L Zhu	6	1			X Han L Zhu	2	5
PR	N Kichenok S Mirza	2	0^r								H Carter L Stefani	4	6	4
	A Muhammad S Santamaria	6	3	6						6	G Dabrowski J Ostapenko	6	1	6
WC	P Hon S Sanders	3	6	3		A Muhammad S Santamaria	2	4
	M Sakkari A Tomljanović	5	3		6	G Dabrowski J Ostapenko	6	6
6	G Dabrowski J Ostapenko	7	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

7	H-c Chan L Chan	7⁷	6
	O Kalashnikova M Kato	6³	3		7	H-c Chan L Chan	6	6
	E Alexandrova I Bara	1	2			K Christian A Guarachi	4	2
	K Christian A Guarachi	6	6						7	H-c Chan L Chan	7⁷	6
	M Doi M Niculescu	6⁵	6	6						M Doi M Niculescu	6⁵	4
	A Kalinskaya Y Putintseva	7⁷	4	2		M Doi M Niculescu	6	7
	N Hibino M Ninomiya	6	6			N Hibino M Ninomiya	2	5
11	L Hradecká A Klepač	4	0											7	H-c Chan L Chan	7⁹	6
13	V Kudermetova A Riske	6	6											3	E Mertens A Sabalenka	6⁷	2
	S Peng S Zhang	3	3		13	V Kudermetova A Riske	6	6
	A Blinkova Y Wang	5	0			A Kontaveit M Minella	4	4
	A Kontaveit M Minella	7	6						13	V Kudermetova A Riske	7	3	2
WC	J Fourlis Ar Rodionova	7⁷	6						3	E Mertens A Sabalenka	5	6	6
Alt	S Fichman C Lister	6⁴	2		WC	J Fourlis Ar Rodionova	2	5
PR	C Bellis M Vondroušová	6	3	3	3	E Mertens A Sabalenka	6	7
3	E Mertens A Sabalenka	3	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

8	K Peschke D Schuurs	6	6
	F Stollár D Yastremska	4	2		8	K Peschke D Schuurs	3	4
	K Muchová J Teichmann	3	2			C Gauff C McNally	6	6
	C Gauff C McNally	6	6							C Gauff C McNally	4	7	6
	D Collins A Rosolska	5	7	6					10	S Aoyama E Shibahara	6	5	3
	K Kozlova M Linette	7	5	0		D Collins A Rosolska
	G Minnen A Van Uytvanck	5	6²		10	S Aoyama E Shibahara	w/o
10	S Aoyama E Shibahara	7	7⁷												C Gauff C McNally	2	4
15	V Kužmová A Sasnovich	6	4	6										2	T Babos K Mladenovic	6	6
WC	A Bozovic A Marshall	2	6	3	15	V Kužmová A Sasnovich	6	7
	A Cornet F Ferro	4	7⁷	6⁵		Z Diyas E Rybakina	4	5
	Z Diyas E Rybakina	6	6¹	7¹⁰					15	V Kužmová A Sasnovich	6⁴	3
WC	J Moore A Sharma	2	3						2	T Babos K Mladenovic	7⁷	6
	A Barty J Görges	6	6			A Barty J Görges	5	4
	D Jakupović R Olaru	5	3		2	T Babos K Mladenovic	7	6
2	T Babos K Mladenovic	7	6

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Alternate pairs

Sharon Fichman / Cornelia Lister

Withdrawals

Johanna Larsson / Rebecca Peterson

References

^ "Australian Open: Babos and Mladenovic defend double titles". tennisnet.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
^ "Hsieh Su-Wei set to reclaim World No.1 doubles ranking". WTA Tour. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^ "Dreams come true for Stosur, Zhang with win over Babos, Mladenovic for Melbourne doubles crown". WTA Tour. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ "Smith v Purcell in AO Play-Off Final". Tennis Australia. 13 December 2019.
^ "Top seeds Han, Jung into Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off finals". Tennis Australia. 8 December 2019.

External links

[1] "Australian Open: Babos and Mladenovic defend double titles". tennisnet.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

[2] "Hsieh Su-Wei set to reclaim World No.1 doubles ranking". WTA Tour. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[3] "Dreams come true for Stosur, Zhang with win over Babos, Mladenovic for Melbourne doubles crown". WTA Tour. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

[4] "Smith v Purcell in AO Play-Off Final". Tennis Australia. 13 December 2019.

[Asian_Doubles_WC-5] "Top seeds Han, Jung into Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off finals". Tennis Australia. 8 December 2019.

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