2019 WTA Finals – Doubles

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.

Doubles
2019 WTA Finals
Champions Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic
Runners-up Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová
Final score6–1, 6–3
Main article: 2019 WTA Finals

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

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

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