2026 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
2026 Australian Open
Champions	Elise Mertens ; Zhang Shuai
Runners-up	Anna Danilina ; Aleksandra Krunić
Score	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Draw	64
Seeds	16

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.^[1] 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,^[2]^[3]^[4] but lost in the quarterfinals to Danilina and Krunić.^[5]

Seeds

1. Kateřina Siniaková / Taylor Townsend (quarterfinals)

2. Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (second round)

3. Hsieh Su-wei / Jeļena Ostapenko (quarterfinals)

4. Elise Mertens / Zhang Shuai (champions)

5. Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani (semifinals)

6. Asia Muhammad / Erin Routliffe (third round)

7. Anna Danilina / Aleksandra Krunić (final)

8. Ellen Perez / Demi Schuurs (third round)

9. Cristina Bucșa / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (third round)

10. Liudmila Samsonova / Diana Shnaider (first round)

11. Irina Khromacheva / Alexandra Panova (first round)

12. Tereza Mihalíková / Olivia Nicholls (second round)

13. Sofia Kenin / Laura Siegemund (third round)

14. Chan Hao-ching / Jiang Xinyu (first round)

15. Miyu Kato / Fanny Stollár (third round, withdrew)

16. Guo Hanyu / Kristina Mladenovic (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	Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend	2	6	0

7	Anna Danilina Aleksandra Krunić	6	3	6
					7	Anna Danilina Aleksandra Krunić	7⁷	3	6

					5	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	6²	6	4
3	Hsieh Su-wei Jeļena Ostapenko	1	6⁵

5	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	6	7⁷
										7	Anna Danilina Aleksandra Krunić	6⁴	4

										4	Elise Mertens Zhang Shuai	7⁷	6
	Eri Hozumi Wu Fang-hsien	6	4	3

4	Elise Mertens Zhang Shuai	4	6	6
					4	Elise Mertens Zhang Shuai	6	6

					PR	Ena Shibahara Vera Zvonareva	3	2
PR	Ena Shibahara Vera Zvonareva	6	6³	7

WC	Kimberly Birrell Talia Gibson	4	7⁷	5

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

1	K Siniaková T Townsend	6	6
	M Kempen A Sisková	3	4		1	K Siniaková T Townsend	7⁹	6
	Y Xu Z Yang	6	6			Y Xu Z Yang	6⁷	1
Alt	A Ružić R Zarazúa	4	2							1	K Siniaková T Townsend	w/o
	J Malečková M Škoch	6	6							15	M Kato F Stollár
Alt	S Bejlek L Pigossi	2	1			J Malečková M Škoch	6	5	6⁸
	V Golubic A Li	4	3		15	M Kato F Stollár	2	7	7¹⁰
15	M Kato F Stollár	6	6											1	K Siniaková T Townsend	2	6	0
12	T Mihalíková O Nicholls	6	6											7	A Danilina A Krunić	6	3	6
	A Bondár J Cristian	3	2		12	T Mihalíková O Nicholls	2	6	3
	P Hon A Krueger	6	1	3		S Hunter M Joint	6	3	6
	S Hunter M Joint	1	6	6							S Hunter M Joint	5	6⁶
	K Piter J Tjen	6	4	4						7	A Danilina A Krunić	7	7⁸
WC	D Kasatkina Ar Rodionova	1	6	6	WC	D Kasatkina Ar Rodionova	3	4
	Q Gleason E Pridankina	5	6	0	7	A Danilina A Krunić	6	6
7	A Danilina A Krunić	7	4	6

Section 2

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

3	S-w Hsieh J Ostapenko	7	6
	O Gadecki D Krawczyk	5	2		3	S-w Hsieh J Ostapenko	w/o
	I Shymanovich S Sierra	3	6	0		O Danilović A Potapova
	O Danilović A Potapova	6	3	6					3	S-w Hsieh J Ostapenko	6	6
PR	M Bouzková A Klepač	5							13	S Kenin L Siegemund	3	2
	S Lamens E Lys	0^r			PR	M Bouzková A Klepač	4	4
	C McNally C Osorio	5	3		13	S Kenin L Siegemund	6	6
13	S Kenin L Siegemund	7	6										3	S-w Hsieh J Ostapenko	1	6⁵
9	C Bucșa N Melichar-Martinez	6	4	6									5	G Dabrowski L Stefani	6	7⁷
	T Babos L Fernandez	4	6	3	9	C Bucșa N Melichar-Martinez	6	7⁸
	G Olmos A Sutjiadi	7	6			G Olmos A Sutjiadi	1	6⁶
WC	D Aiava M Inglis	5	3						9	C Bucșa N Melichar-Martinez	4	3
WC	E Alexandrova V Williams	6³	4						5	G Dabrowski L Stefani	6	6
	E Arango E Jacquemot	7⁷	6			E Arango E Jacquemot	2	4
	M Kessler J Pegula	4	6³		5	G Dabrowski L Stefani	6	6
5	G Dabrowski L Stefani	6	7⁷

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

8	E Perez D Schuurs	6	6
	I Haverlag S Kartal	2	1		8	E Perez D Schuurs	7	6
	N Kichenok M Ninomiya	6	6			N Kichenok M Ninomiya	5	1
WC	E Jones A Sharma	4	2							8	E Perez D Schuurs	2	2
	T Maria S Waltert	6⁰	1								E Hozumi F-h Wu	6	6
	M Kozyreva S Santamaria	7⁷	6			M Kozyreva S Santamaria	2	3
	E Hozumi F-h Wu	6	4	6		E Hozumi F-h Wu	6	6
11	I Khromacheva A Panova	1	6	4											E Hozumi F-h Wu	6	4	3
14	H-c Chan X Jiang	6	5	6¹										4	E Mertens S Zhang	4	6	6
	A Blinkova K Rakhimova	3	7	7¹⁰		A Blinkova K Rakhimova	3	4
	H Baptiste P Stearns	6	7			H Baptiste P Stearns	6	6
	J Bouzas Maneiro E Cocciaretto	3	5								H Baptiste P Stearns	4	3
PR	U Eikeri I Neel	5	3							4	E Mertens S Zhang	6	6
	I Jovic V Mboko	7	6			I Jovic V Mboko	5	6	6¹⁰
	S Cîrstea A Kalinskaya	4	2		4	E Mertens S Zhang	7	4	7¹²
4	E Mertens S Zhang	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

6	A Muhammad E Routliffe	6	6
	L Nosková R Šramková	4	4		6	A Muhammad E Routliffe	7⁷	4	6
	A Eala I Martins	6³	6	3		S Aoyama M Linette	6³	6	3
	S Aoyama M Linette	7⁷	2	6						6	A Muhammad E Routliffe	5	6	1
WC	L Cabrera T Preston	6	6							PR	E Shibahara V Zvonareva	7	3	6
	Xin Wang S Zheng	3	4		WC	L Cabrera T Preston	4	3
PR	E Shibahara V Zvonareva	7⁷	6		PR	E Shibahara V Zvonareva	6	6
10	L Samsonova D Shnaider	6⁴	1												PR	E Shibahara V Zvonareva	6	6³	7
16	H Guo K Mladenovic	6	6												WC	K Birrell T Gibson	4	7⁷	5
	A Parks D Yastremska	4	3		16	H Guo K Mladenovic	6	4	6
	A Pavlyuchenkova C Tauson	6⁶	6	6		A Pavlyuchenkova C Tauson	1	6	2
	L Kichenok K Volynets	7⁸	4	4						16	H Guo K Mladenovic	6	4	2
WC	K Birrell T Gibson	6	7⁷							WC	K Birrell T Gibson	3	6	6
WC	M Kobori A Shimizu	3	6³		WC	K Birrell T Gibson	3	6	7¹⁰
	M Lumsden Q Tang	3	2		2	S Errani J Paolini	6	3	6⁸
2	S Errani J Paolini	6	6

Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams, based on WTA rankings as of 12 January 2026.

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	USA	Taylor Townsend	3	1
ITA	Sara Errani	ITA	Jasmine Paolini	6	2
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	13	3
BEL	Elise Mertens	CHN	Zhang Shuai	22	4
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	BRA	Luisa Stefani	23	5
USA	Asia Muhammad	NZL	Erin Routliffe	28	6
KAZ	Anna Danilina	SRB	Aleksandra Krunić	31	7
AUS	Ellen Perez	NED	Demi Schuurs	41	8
ESP	Cristina Bucșa	USA	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	42	9
	Liudmila Samsonova		Diana Shnaider	53	10
	Irina Khromacheva		Alexandra Panova	53	11
SVK	Tereza Mihalíková	GBR	Olivia Nicholls	55	12
USA	Sofia Kenin	GER	Laura Siegemund	63	13
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	CHN	Jiang Xinyu	65	14
JPN	Miyu Kato	HUN	Fanny Stollár	70	15
CHN	Guo Hanyu	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	72	16

Other entry information

Wildcards

Protected ranking

Alternates

Withdrawals

‡ Loïs Boisson / Tatjana Maria → replaced by Tatjana Maria / Simona Waltert
‡ Francesca Jones / Maia Lumsden → replaced by Maia Lumsden / Tang Qianhui
§ Marta Kostyuk / Elena-Gabriela Ruse → replaced by Sára Bejlek / Laura Pigossi
‡ Barbora Krejčíková / Caty McNally → replaced by Camila Osorio / Yulia Putintseva
‡ Camila Osorio / Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Caty McNally / Camila Osorio
‡ Tang Qianhui / Wang Yafan → replaced by Francesca Jones / Maia Lumsden
§ Tereza Valentová / Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Antonia Ružić / Renata Zarazúa

‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw

References

^ "Reunited and it feels so good! Mertens and Zhang win Australian Open doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
^ "Top-seeded Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova win the women's doubles at the Australian Open". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
^ "Siniakova Wins 10th Grand Slam Doubles Title At Australian Open". barrons.com. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
^ "No.1 seeds Siniakova, Townsend battle to Australian Open doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
^ "Australian Open doubles semis are set, and there will be a new champ". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

External links

[1] "Reunited and it feels so good! Mertens and Zhang win Australian Open doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 31 January 2026.

[2] "Top-seeded Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova win the women's doubles at the Australian Open". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 January 2025.

[3] "Siniakova Wins 10th Grand Slam Doubles Title At Australian Open". barrons.com. Retrieved 26 January 2025.

[4] "No.1 seeds Siniakova, Townsend battle to Australian Open doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 January 2025.

[5] "Australian Open doubles semis are set, and there will be a new champ". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

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