2026 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Further information: 2026 Australian Open
Women's doubles
2026 Australian Open
Champions Elise Mertens
Zhang Shuai
Runners-up Anna Danilina
Aleksandra Krunić
Score7–6(7–4), 6–4
Draw64
Seeds16

Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai defeated Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunić in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2026 Australian Open. It was their first major title as a team, and the third major title overall for Zhang and sixth for Mertens. Mertens and Zhang saved three match points en route to the title, in the second round against Iva Jovic and Victoria Mboko. Mertens regained the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking by reaching the final; Kateřina Siniaková, Jeļena Ostapenko, Erin Routliffe and the pair of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini were also in contention at the beginning of the tournament.

Siniaková and Taylor Townsend were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Danilina and Krunić.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.