2019 WTA Finals – Doubles

Doubles
2019 WTA Finals
Final
ChampionsHungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
Runners-upChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Score6–1, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
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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

Alternates

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
3 Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
1 6 [10]
7 Australia Samantha Stosur
China Zhang Shuai
6 4 [8]
3 Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
6 6
2 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
1 3
8 Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
1 2
2 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6 6

Red group

Belgium Mertens
Belarus Sabalenka
Hungary Babos
France Mladenovic
Chinese Taipei Chan
Chinese Taipei Chan
Germany Grönefeld
Netherlands Schuurs
RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
1 Belgium Elise Mertens
Belarus 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 Hungary Tímea Babos
France 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 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei 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 Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Netherlands 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

Chinese Taipei Hsieh
Czech Republic Strýcová
Canada Dabrowski
China Xu
Czech Republic Krejčíková
Czech Republic Siniaková
Australia Stosur
China Zhang
RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
2 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic 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 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
China 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 Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic 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 Australia Samantha Stosur
China 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.

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