Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai defeated Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunić in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2026 Australian Open. It was their first major title as a team, and the third major title overall for Zhang and sixth for Mertens. Mertens and Zhang saved three match points en route to the title, in the second round against Iva Jovic and Victoria Mboko. Mertens regained the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking by reaching the final; Kateřina Siniaková, Jeļena Ostapenko, Erin Routliffe and the pair of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini were also in contention at the beginning of the tournament.
Siniaková and Taylor Townsend were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Danilina and Krunić.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Seeded teams The following are the seeded teams, based on WTA rankings as of 12 January 2026.
Country Player Country Player Rank SeedKateřina SiniakováTaylor Townsend31Sara ErraniJasmine Paolini62Hsieh Su-weiJeļena Ostapenko133Elise MertensZhang Shuai224Gabriela DabrowskiLuisa Stefani235Asia MuhammadErin Routliffe286Anna DanilinaAleksandra Krunić317Ellen PerezDemi Schuurs418Cristina BucșaNicole Melichar-Martinez429Liudmila SamsonovaDiana Shnaider5310Irina KhromachevaAlexandra Panova5311Tereza MihalíkováOlivia Nicholls5512Sofia KeninLaura Siegemund6313Chan Hao-chingJiang Xinyu6514Miyu KatoFanny Stollár7015Guo HanyuKristina Mladenovic7216
Other entry information Wildcards
Protected ranking
Alternates
Withdrawals ‡ Loïs Boisson / Tatjana Maria → replaced by Tatjana Maria / Simona Waltert ‡ Francesca Jones / Maia Lumsden → replaced by Maia Lumsden / Tang Qianhui § Marta Kostyuk / Elena-Gabriela Ruse → replaced by Sára Bejlek / Laura Pigossi ‡ Barbora Krejčíková / Caty McNally → replaced by Camila Osorio / Yulia Putintseva ‡ Camila Osorio / Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Caty McNally / Camila Osorio ‡ Tang Qianhui / Wang Yafan → replaced by Francesca Jones / Maia Lumsden § Tereza Valentová / Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Antonia Ružić / Renata Zarazúa
‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw
References
External links Draw Doubles Draw