2020 Australian Open – Women's doubles

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. 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.[1] Mladenovic, Aryna Sabalenka and Xu Yifan were also in contention for the top ranking.

Women's doubles
2020 Australian Open
Final
ChampionsHungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
Runners-upChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Score6–2, 6–1
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
← 2019 · Australian Open · 2021 →

Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions,[2] 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

edit
01.     Hsieh Su-wei /   Barbora Strýcová (final)
02.     Tímea Babos /   Kristina Mladenovic (champions)
03.     Elise Mertens /   Aryna Sabalenka (quarterfinals)
04.     Barbora Krejčíková /   Kateřina Siniaková (semifinals)
05.     Nicole Melichar /   Xu Yifan (first round)
06.     Gabriela Dabrowski /   Jeļena Ostapenko (quarterfinals)
07.     Chan Hao-ching /   Latisha Chan (semifinals)
08.     Květa Peschke /   Demi Schuurs (second round)
09.     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

edit

Finals

edit
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

edit

Section 1

edit
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

edit
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 0r   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

edit

Section 3

edit
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

edit
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

edit

Wild cards

edit

Protected ranking

edit

Alternate pairs

edit

Withdrawals

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Hsieh Su-Wei set to reclaim World No.1 doubles ranking". WTA Tour. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Dreams come true for Stosur, Zhang with win over Babos, Mladenovic for Melbourne doubles crown". WTA Tour. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Smith v Purcell in AO Play-Off Final". Tennis Australia. 13 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Top seeds Han, Jung into Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off finals". Tennis Australia. 8 December 2019.
edit