2018 Australian Open – Women's doubles
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Women's doubles | |
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2018 Australian Open | |
2017 Champions | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but Mattek-Sands could not participate due to injury. Šafářová will play alongside Barbora Strýcová.
The team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina can achieve the career Super Slam by winning the title.
Latisha Chan will become the sole holder of the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking if she reaches the semifinals with Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková. Chan currently holds the top ranking jointly with Martina Hingis, who retired at the end of 2017.
Seeds
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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 | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
Top Half
Section 1
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | L Chan A Sestini Hlaváčková | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Section 2
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom Half
Section 3
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Section 4
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||