# 2018 US Open – Women's doubles

Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe defeated Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2018 US Open. They saved three championship points en route to the title.
Babos, Ekaterina Makarova, and Kateřina Siniaková were in contention for the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking. Babos retained the ranking at the end of the tournament after Makarova failed to reach the final and Siniaková failed to claim the title.
Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017. Chan played alongside Victoria Azarenka, but they retired in the second round against Raquel Atawo and Anna-Lena Grönefeld.

## Seeds

    01. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (semifinals)
    02. Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (final)
    03. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová (third round)
    04. Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (second round)
    05. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (first round)
    06. Lucie Hradecká / Ekaterina Makarova (quarterfinals)
    07. Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs (quarterfinals)
    08. Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke (first round)
    09. Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson (second round)
    10. Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan (second round)
    11. Vania King / Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
    12. Alicja Rosolska / Abigail Spears (first round)
    13. Ashleigh Barty / CoCo Vandeweghe (champions)
    14. Raquel Atawo / Anna-Lena Grönefeld (third round)
    15. Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu (second round)
    16. Miyu Kato / Makoto Ninomiya (first 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
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková | 2 | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs | 6 | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs | 6 | 6$^7$ | 3 | 1 | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | 13 | Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | |
| 13 | Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 | | 13 | Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | |
| | Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 13 | Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe | 3 | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6$^6$ |
| | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasija Sevastova | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6$^6$ |
| | Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai | 6 | 6 | | | Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 6 | Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova | 6$^5$ | 2 | | 2 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 2 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko A Krunić | 6$^4$ | 1 | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | Z Diyas S Zheng | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea S Sorribes Tormo | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | PR | L Kichenok L Siegemund | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| PR | L Kichenok L Siegemund | 7$^7$ | 6 | | PR | L Kichenok L Siegemund | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dzalamidze J Ostapenko | 3 | 6$^5$ | | 15 | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 2 | 7$^9$ | 6 |
| 11 | V King K Srebotnik | 7$^{10}$ | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 6$^7$ | 3 |
| | N Stojanović F Stollár | 6$^8$ | 6 | 6 | | N Stojanović F Stollár | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Jurak X Knoll | 1 | 3 | | | S-w Hsieh A Sabalenka | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh A Sabalenka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S-w Hsieh A Sabalenka | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| PR | V Diatchenko M Gasparyan | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S Kenin S Vickery | 6 | 2 | 3 | PR | V Diatchenko M Gasparyan | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gavrilova P Martić | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Kiick J Loeb | 1 | 5 | | 3 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | X Han R Olaru | 6 | 6 | | | X Han R Olaru | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| | T Maria H Watson | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | C McNally W Osuigwe | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | 13 | A Barty C Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Adamczak D Krawczyk | 6 | 3 | 6 | | M Adamczak D Krawczyk | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | Q Wang Y Wang | 3 | 0 | | 13 | A Barty C Vandeweghe | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | A Barty C Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 13 | A Barty C Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | K Bertens J Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | D Jakupović I Khromacheva | 2 | 3 |
| | K Kanepi A Petkovic | 2 | 4 | | 9 | K Bertens J Larsson | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Hibino O Kalashnikova | 6 | 4 | 7$^8$ | | N Hibino O Kalashnikova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bencic K Kozlova | 4 | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | N Hibino O Kalashnikova | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | D Jakupović I Khromacheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | D Jakupović I Khromacheva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| PR | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 4 | 0 | | | D Jakupović I Khromacheva | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Brady A Muhammad | 6$^5$ | 6 | 7 | WC | J Brady A Muhammad | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Melichar K Peschke | 7$^7$ | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | 6 | 7 | | | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | |
| | O Savchuk E Svitolina | 2 | 5 | | | V Kužmová M Rybáriková | 6 | 6$^1$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | |
| | V Kužmová M Rybáriková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | 6 | 6 | | | |
| WC | C Dolehide C McHale | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | C Dolehide C McHale | 4 | 3 | | | |
| WC | V Lepchenko B Pera | 2 | 1 | | WC | C Dolehide C McHale | 5 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | |
| | A Riske T Townsend | 6$^5$ | 2 | | 10 | H-c Chan Z Yang | 7 | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | |
| 10 | H-c Chan Z Yang | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | M Kato M Ninomiya | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | S Stosur S Zhang | 6 | 6 |
| | N Broady D Collins | 6 | 6 | | | N Broady D Collins | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| PR | T Bacsinszky V Zvonareva | 1 | 6 | 6 | PR | T Bacsinszky V Zvonareva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Bara A Cornet | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | PR | T Bacsinszky V Zvonareva | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | E Hozumi V Kudermetova | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | S Stosur S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | S Stosur S Zhang | 6 | 4 | 6 | | S Stosur S Zhang | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena R Voráčová | 2 | 7$^7$ | 1 | 4 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 2 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Christian R Peterson | 2 | 3 | | 6 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama Y Duan | 6 | 6 | | | S Aoyama Y Duan | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sasnovich G Voskoboeva | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | M Linette A Tomljanović | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Linette A Tomljanović | 6 | 6 | | | M Linette A Tomljanović | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kerkhove L Marozava | 6 | 6 | | | L Kerkhove L Marozava | 7$^7$ | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | A Rosolska A Spears | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 6$^5$ | 2 |
| 14 | R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| PR | M Krajicek P Parmentier | 6$^3$ | 4 | | 14 | R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Azarenka L Chan | 6 | 4 | 6 | | V Azarenka L Chan | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bogdan Y Putintseva | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 14 | R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Guarachi V Lapko | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | N Gibbs S Santamaria | 6 | 1 | 6 | WC | N Gibbs S Santamaria | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Flipkens A Van Uytvanck | 4 | 5 | | 2 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |