2019 WTA Finals – Doubles

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).

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

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
  1. Belgium Elise Mertens / Belarus Aryna Sabalenka (round robin)
  2. Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová (final)
  3. Hungary Tímea Babos / France Kristina Mladenovic (champions)
  4. Canada Gabriela Dabrowski / China Xu Yifan (round robin)
  5. Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan (round robin)
  6. Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková / Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková (round robin)
  7. Australia Samantha Stosur / China Zhang Shuai (semifinals)
  8. Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Netherlands Demi Schuurs (semifinals)

Alternates
  1. United States Nicole Melichar / Czech Republic Květa Peschke (Did not play)

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.

References
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