2026 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
2026 Australian Open
Final
Champions	Elise Mertens ; Zhang Shuai
Runners-up	Anna Danilina ; Aleksandra Krunić
Score	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Date	31 January 2026
Details
Draw	64
Seeds	16
Events
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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.

Champions

Runners-up

Score7–6^(7–4), 6–4

Date31 January 2026

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Siniaková and Taylor Townsend were the defending champions,^[2]^[3]^[4] but lost in the quarterfinals to Danilina and Krunić.^[5]

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

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

Seeds

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