# 2019 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai defeated the defending champions Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2019 Australian Open.
Ekaterina Makarova was attempting to complete the Career Super Slam in doubles, partnered with Lucie Hradecká, but lost to Irina Bara and Monica Niculescu in the second round.
Kateřina Siniaková retained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking after reaching the third round with Barbora Krejčíková. Barbora Strýcová was also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.

## Seeds

    01. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (quarterfinals)
    02. Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (final)
    03. Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (first round)
    04. Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke (third round)
    05. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (quarterfinals)
    06. Lucie Hradecká / Ekaterina Makarova (second round)
    07. Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan (quarterfinals)
    08. Hsieh Su-wei / Abigail Spears (second round)
    09. Raquel Atawo / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)
    10. Irina-Camelia Begu / Mihaela Buzărnescu (second round)
    11. Eri Hozumi / Alicja Rosolska (second round)
    12. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Vania King (first round)
    13. Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson (third round)
    14. Miyu Kato / Makoto Ninomiya (first round)
    15. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Demi Schuurs (first round)
    16. Peng Shuai / Yang Zhaoxuan (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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková | 6$^2$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | Barbora Strýcová Markéta Vondroušová | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | Barbora Strýcová Markéta Vondroušová | 6 | 6 | | Barbora Strýcová Markéta Vondroušová | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| 5 | Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 3 | 4 |
| | Jennifer Brady Alison Riske | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jennifer Brady Alison Riske | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Jennifer Brady Alison Riske | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 9 | Raquel Atawo Katarina Srebotnik | 4 | 5 | 2 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bogdan An Rodionova | 2 | 2 | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Krunić S Zheng | 1 | 4 | | | M Adamczak J Moore | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Adamczak J Moore | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Kudermetova S Santamaria | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Mertens A Sabalenka | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | B Bencic D Vekić | 3 | 1 | | | V Kudermetova S Santamaria | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Mertens A Sabalenka | 6 | 3 | 6 | | E Mertens A Sabalenka | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | B Mattek-Sands D Schuurs | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Krejčiková K Siniaková | 6$^2$ | 6$^4$ |
| 10 | I-C Begu M Buzărnescu | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Stosur S Zhang | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| WC | L Cabrera J Fourlis | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | I-C Begu M Buzărnescu | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cornet P Martić | 2 | 6 | 6 | | A Cornet P Martić | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Linette A Tomljanović | 6 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | A Cornet P Martić | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | V Kužmová M Rybáriková | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | S Stosur S Zhang | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Stosur S Zhang | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | S Stosur S Zhang | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Pera R Peterson | 3 | 4 | | 8 | S-w Hsieh A Spears | 6$^6$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S-w Hsieh A Spears | 6 | 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 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Strýcová M Vondroušová | 6 | 3 | 6 | | B Strýcová M Vondroušová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Jakupović I Khromacheva | 3 | 4 | | | Z Diyas Y Putintseva | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Diyas Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Strýcová M Vondroušová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Alt | L Kumkhum E Rodina | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | N Hibino D Krawczyk | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | A Bai Z Hives | 2 | 6 | 6 | WC | A Bai Z Hives | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Hibino D Krawczyk | 3 | 6 | 6 | | N Hibino D Krawczyk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | M Kato M Ninomiya | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | B Strýcová M Vondroušová | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | A-L Grönefeld V King | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 4 | 4 |
| | S Aoyama L Marozava | 6 | 6 | | | S Aoyama L Marozava | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K-c Chang C-w Hsu | 1 | 2 | | | K Christian A Muhammad | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Christian A Muhammad | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | K Christian A Muhammad | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea J Ostapenko | 6 | 6$^3$ | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | 5 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Y Duan V Lapko | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6$^7$ | | S Cîrstea J Ostapenko | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Aiava N Bains | 2 | 6$^6$ | | 5 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| 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 |
| 7 | H-c Chan L Chan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Perez Ar Rodionova | 3 | 5 | | 7 | H-c Chan L Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Parmentier M Sakkari | 3 | 4 | | | X Jiang Q Wang | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | X Jiang Q Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | H-c Chan L Chan | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Guarachi A Van Uytvanck | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | A Sasnovich T Townsend | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Sasnovich T Townsend | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | A Sasnovich T Townsend | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| | A Petkovic M Puig | 5 | 4 | | 11 | E Hozumi A Rosolska | 2 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | E Hozumi A Rosolska | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | H-c Chan L Chan | 3 | 6$^3$ |
| 16 | S Peng Z Yang | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | J Brady A Riske | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | V Azarenka A Barty | 7 | 4 | 7 | | V Azarenka A Barty | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Sharma I Wallace | 6 | 3 | 2 | | J Brady A Riske | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Brady A Riske | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | J Brady A Riske | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Kichenok Y Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | N Melichar K Peschke | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | O Kalashnikova D Yastremska | 4 | 2 | | | N Kichenok Y Wang | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Maria H Watson | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | N Melichar K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | N Melichar K Peschke | 6 | 4 | 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 | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barthel S Kenin | 3 | 3 | | 6 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 4 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Bara M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | I Bara M Niculescu | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena A Parra Santonja | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | I Bara M Niculescu | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| PR | A Panova L Siegemund | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 9 | R Atawo K Srebotnik | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Gasparyan D Gavrilova | 6 | 6 | | | M Gasparyan D Gavrilova | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Anisimova D Collins | 1 | 3 | | 9 | R Atawo K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | R Atawo K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | R Atawo K Srebotnik | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | K Flipkens J Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6 | 7 |
| | T Bacsinszky V Zvonareva | 4 | 3 | | 13 | K Flipkens J Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Birrell P Hon | 4 | 6 | 4 | | H Dart A Kontaveit | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Dart A Kontaveit | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 13 | K Flipkens J Larsson | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | X Han D Jurak | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | X Han D Jurak | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Olaru G Voskoboeva | 0 | 3 | | 2 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Other entry information
### Wild cards

* Destanee Aiava / Naiktha Bains
* Alison Bai / Zoe Hives
* Lizette Cabrera / Jaimee Fourlis
* Kimberly Birrell / Priscilla Hon
* Astra Sharma / Isabelle Wallace
* Ellen Perez / Arina Rodionova
* Chang Kai-chen / Hsu Ching-wen

### Protected ranking

* Alexandra Panova / Laura Siegemund