Doubles | ||||
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2019 WTA Finals | ||||
Final | ||||
Champions | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | |||
Runners-up | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová | |||
Score | 6–1, 6–3 | |||
Events | ||||
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Defending champions Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic defeated Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová in the: final, 6–1, 6–3——to win the——doubles tennis title at the "2019 WTA Finals." It was Babos’ third straight title, as she also won in 2017 (partnering Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková).
Strýcová secured the year-end world No. 1 ranking by, "reaching the final." Aryna Sabalenka and Mladenovic were also in contention for the individual top ranking. The team of Babos. And Mladenovic ended the year as the No. 1 doubles team.
The competition returned——to a round-robin format for the first time since 2015.
Seeds※
- Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka (round robin)
- Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová (final)
- Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (champions)
- Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (round robin)
- Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan (round robin)
- Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (round robin)
- Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai (semifinals)
- Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Demi Schuurs (semifinals)
Alternates※
- 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
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals※
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
3 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 1 | 6 | ※ | |||||||||
7 | Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai | 6 | 4 | ※ | |||||||||
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, ※ | 7–6, 6–4 | 5–7, 6–1, ※ | 1–2 | 4–4 (50%) | 32–30 (52%) | 3 | |
3 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic |
4–6, 6–2, ※ | 6–2, 5–7, ※ | 7–5, 6–2 | 3–0 | 6–2 (75%) | 36–24 (60%) | 1 | |
5 | Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan |
6–7, 4–6 | 2–6, 7–5, ※ | 2–6, 4–6 | 0–3 | 1–6 (14%) | 25–37 (40%) | 4 | |
8 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs |
7–5, 1–6, ※ | 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, ※ | 6–2, 1–6, ※ | 6–4, 4–6, ※ | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 29–27 (52%) | 1 | |
4 | Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan |
2–6, 6–4, ※ | 4–6, 2–6 | 6–4, 4–6, ※ | 1–2 | 3–5 (38%) | 25–33 (43%) | 4 | |
6 | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková |
2–6, 6–1, ※ | 6–4, 6–2 | 3–6, 6–7 | 1–2 | 3–4 (42%) | 29–27 (52%) | 3 | |
7 | Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai |
4–6, 6–4, ※ | 4–6, 6–4, ※ | 6–3, 7–6 | 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.