2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
2018 Mutua Madrid Open
Final
Champions	Ekaterina Makarova; Elena Vesnina
Runners-up	Tímea Babos; Kristina Mladenovic
Score	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Events

Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions,^[1] but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017. Chan played alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Barbora Strýcová.

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 2–6, 6–4, [10–8].

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

Semifinals					Final

1	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	7⁷	7⁷

7	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	6⁴	6⁴
					1	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	2	6	[10]

					3	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6	4	[8]
3	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6	3	[10]

2	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	2	6	[8]

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	E Makarova E Vesnina	6	6
	K Bertens J Larsson	3	4			D Gavrilova S-w Hsieh	4	4
	D Gavrilova S-w Hsieh	6	6							1	E Makarova E Vesnina	6⁵	7⁷	[10]
	L Arruabarrena K Srebotnik	5	5								A Rosolska A Spears	7⁷	6³	[4]
	A Rosolska A Spears	7	7			A Rosolska A Spears	7⁷	6
	A Kudryavtseva R Voráčová	6	4	[4]	8	H-c Chan Z Yang	6³	3
8	H-c Chan Z Yang	1	6	[10]											1	E Makarova E Vesnina	7⁷	7⁷
															7	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	6⁴	6⁴
					4	G Dabrowski Y Xu	3	6	[11]
WC	A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	6	3	[3]		J Konta S Zhang	6	1	[13]
	J Konta S Zhang	2	6	[10]							J Konta S Zhang	4	2
	E Mertens D Schuurs									7	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6
Alt	A Pavlyuchenkova O Savchuk	w/o			Alt	A Pavlyuchenkova O Savchuk	1	6	[7]
	M Buzărnescu A Cornet	2	4		7	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	3	[10]
7	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

6	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	6
	M Adamczak L Kichenok	2	2		6	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	0	1
	A Barty C Vandeweghe	6	7⁷			A Barty C Vandeweghe	6	6
	S Aoyama M Kato	1	6³							A Barty C Vandeweghe	5	6	[9]
	N Melichar K Peschke	2	6	[11]					3	T Babos K Mladenovic	7	3	[11]
	I-C Begu S Halep	6	3	[9]		N Melichar K Peschke	4	1
					3	T Babos K Mladenovic	6	6
														3	T Babos K Mladenovic	6	3	[10]
5	L Chan B Mattek-Sands	6	6											2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	2	6	[8]
Alt	C McHale S Peng	4	1		5	L Chan B Mattek-Sands	6	7⁷
WC	S Cîrstea S Sorribes Tormo	3	5			J Görges Ka Plíšková	3	6³
	J Görges Ka Plíšková	6	7						5	L Chan B Mattek-Sands	4	6	[6]
	R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	2	4						2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	6	1	[10]
	N Kichenok An Rodionova	6	6			N Kichenok An Rodionova	6²	1
					2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	7⁷	6