2021 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2021 Australian Open
2020 Champions	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic

Main article: 2021 Australian Open

Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but did not defend their title after Mladenovic withdrew due to injuries.

Seeds

01.   Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová

02.   Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka

03.   Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková

04.   Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs

05.   Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan

06.   Gabriela Dabrowski / Bethanie Mattek-Sands

07.   Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara

08.   Duan Yingying / Zheng Saisai

09.   Alexa Guarachi / Desirae Krawczyk

10.   Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai

11.   Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan

12.   Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani

13.   Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko

14.   Kirsten Flipkens / Andreja Klepač

15.   Anna Blinkova / Veronika Kudermetova

16.   Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva

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

S-w Hsieh B Strýcová

WC

D Aiava A Sharma

D Jurak N Stojanović

I-C Begu N Podoroska

A Bolsova J Paolini

D Kasatkina A Kontaveit

G García Pérez O Kalashnikova

14

K Flipkens A Klepač

11

Y Xu Z Yang

A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova

A Kalinskaya V Kužmová

Z Diyas Y Putintseva

M Kostyuk A Sasnovich

PR

M Barthel L Zhu

PR

A Krunić M Trevisan

8

Y Duan S Zheng

Section 2

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

3

B Krejčíková K Siniaková

A Bogdan R Peterson

WC

D Gavrilova E Perez

O Jabeur C McHale

A Rus T Zidanšek

A Riske A Tomljanović

B Pera R van der Hoek

15

A Blinkova V Kudermetova

10

S Stosur S Zhang

LA Fernandez H Watson

WC

O Gadecki B Woolcock

M Buzărnescu A Raina

E Alexandrova Y Sizikova

L Hradecká Kr Plíšková

S Fichman G Olmos

5

H-c Chan L Chan

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

6

G Dabrowski B Mattek-Sands

L Arruabarrena K Christian

C Dolehide S Rogers

C Gauff C McNally

WC

S Halep C Kempenaers-Pocz

Ar Rodionova S Sanders

B Bencic S Kenin

9

A Guarachi D Krawczyk

13

L Kichenok J Ostapenko

M Ninomiya S Santamaria

A Mitu R Olaru

M Niculescu PM Țig

PR

V Lapko M Vondroušová

M Brengle L Davis

F Ferro J Teichmann

4

N Melichar D Schuurs

Section 4

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

7

S Aoyama E Shibahara

A Muhammad J Pegula

WC

L Cabrera M Inglis

R Voráčová Y Wang

P Badosa D Kovinić

M Doi N Hibino

PR

E Rybakina Y Shvedova

12

H Carter L Stefani

16

L Siegemund V Zvonareva

WC

K Birrell J Fourlis

PR

K Bondarenko N Kichenok

M Bouzková S Sorribes Tormo

A Barty J Brady

WC

A Myers I Popovic

C Lister A Van Uytvanck

2

E Mertens A Sabalenka

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Destanee Aiava / Astra Sharma
• Kimberly Birrell / Jaimee Fourlis
• Lizette Cabrera / Maddison Inglis
• Olivia Gadecki / Belinda Woolcock
• Daria Gavrilova / Ellen Perez
• Simona Halep / Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz
• Abbie Myers / Ivana Popovic

Protected ranking

• Mona Barthel / Zhu Lin
• Kateryna Bondarenko / Nadiia Kichenok
• Aleksandra Krunić / Martina Trevisan
• Vera Lapko / Markéta Vondroušová
• Elena Rybakina / Yaroslava Shvedova

Withdrawals

• Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic

External links

• Draw
• 2021 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation