2019 WTA Finals – Doubles

Doubles
2019 WTA Finals
Champions	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
Runners-up	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová
Final score	6–1, 6–3

Main article: 2019 WTA Finals

Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–1, 6–3. This was Babos’ third straight WTA Finals title in doubles.

Strýcová secured the year-end WTA no. 1 doubles ranking by reaching the final. Aryna Sabalenka and Mladenovic were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament. The team of Babos and Mladenovic ended the year as the no. 1 doubles team.

The doubles competition returned to a round robin format for the first time since 2015.

Seeds

1. Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka (round robin)
2. Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová (final)
3. Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (champions)
4. Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (round robin)
5. Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan (round robin)
6. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (round robin)
7. Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai (semifinals)
8. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Demi Schuurs (semifinals)

Alternates

1. Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke (Did not play)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	3	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	1	6	[10]
	7	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai	6	4	[8]
								3	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6	6
								2	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	1	3
	8	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	1	2
	2	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	6	6

Red group

		Mertens Sabalenka	Babos Mladenovic	Chan Chan	Grönefeld Schuurs	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka		6–4, 2–6, [5–10]	7–6(7–5), 6–4	5–7, 6–1, [7–10]	1–2	4–4 (50%)	32–30 (52%)	3
3	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	4–6, 6–2, [10–5]		6–2, 5–7, [10–6]	7–5, 6–2	3–0	6–2 (75%)	36–24 (60%)	1
5	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	6–7(5–7), 4–6	2–6, 7–5, [6–10]		2–6, 4–6	0–3	1–6 (14%)	25–37 (40%)	4
8	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	7–5, 1–6, [10–7]	5–7, 2–6	6–2, 6–4		2–1	4–3 (57%)	28–30 (48%)	2

Purple group

		Hsieh Strýcová	Dabrowski Xu	Krejčíková Siniaková	Stosur Zhang	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová		6–2, 4–6, [9–11]	6–2, 1–6, [10–5]	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]	2–1	5–4 (56%)	29–27 (52%)	1
4	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	2–6, 6–4, [11–9]		4–6, 2–6	6–4, 4–6, [5–10]	1–2	3–5 (38%)	25–33 (43%)	4
6	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	2–6, 6–1, [5–10]	6–4, 6–2		3–6, 6–7(7–9)	1–2	3–4 (42%)	29–27 (52%)	3
7	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]	6–3, 7–6(9–7)		2–1	5–3 (63%)	34–30 (53%)	2

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-player ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings.

References

• Main Draw