2026 Australian Open – 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]

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Key

	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

	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

	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	0r					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

	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

	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

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

• ‡ 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

• Draw
• Doubles Draw