2015 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová defeated Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2015 Australian Open. Mattek-Sands and Šafářová were playing for the first time as a team in a tournament and each won their first Grand Slam women's doubles title. The victory made them the first new pairing to win the women's doubles tournament at the Australian Open since 2005,[1] as well as the first to win a Grand Slam women's doubles title since the 2007 US Open. After defeating five seeded pairings en route to the win, they became the first unseeded women's doubles duo to clinch the title at the Australian Open since 2012.[2]

Women's doubles
2015 Australian Open
Champion Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová
Runner-up Chan Yung-jan
Zheng Jie
Final score6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Main article: 2015 Australian Open

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the two-time defending champions, but they lost to Julia Görges and Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the third round.[3]

Seeds
01.   Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (third round)
02.   Hsieh Su-wei / Sania Mirza (second round)
03.   Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (quarterfinals)
04.   Martina Hingis / Flavia Pennetta (third round)
05.   Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (quarterfinals)
06.   Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro (second round)
07.   Caroline Garcia / Katarina Srebotnik (third round)
08.   Chan Hao-ching / Květa Peschke (first round)
09.   Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (third round)
10.   Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (second round)
11.   Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova (second round)
12.   Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round)
13.   Michaëlla Krajicek / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (semifinals)
14.   Chan Yung-jan / Zheng Jie (final)
15.   Kimiko Date-Krumm / Casey Dellacqua (second round)
16.   Julia Görges / Anna-Lena Grönefeld (semifinals, retired)

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
16 Julia Görges
Anna-Lena Grönefeld 		6 7
Alt Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson 		2 5
16 Julia Görges
Anna-Lena Grönefeld 		0 0r
PR Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová 		6 0
3 Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina 		65 6 2
PR Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová 		77 4 6
PR Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová 		6 77
14 Chan Yung-jan
Zheng Jie 		4 65
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
Andreja Klepač 		1 2
14 Chan Yung-jan
Zheng Jie 		6 6
14 Chan Yung-jan
Zheng Jie 		6 6
13 Michaëlla Krajicek
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 		3 2
5 Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears 		6 3 63
13 Michaëlla Krajicek
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 		3 6 77

Section 1
First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 S Errani
R Vinci 		6 6
Ka Plíšková
A Schmiedlová 		2 0 1 S Errani
R Vinci 		6 6
O Kalashnikova
K Nara 		3 5 M Barthel
M Minella 		0 2
M Barthel
M Minella 		6 7 1 S Errani
R Vinci 		3 6 5
D Jurak
M Moulton-Levy 		6 4 65 16 J Görges
A-L Grönefeld 		6 4 7
Z Diyas
C Scheepers 		4 6 77 Z Diyas
C Scheepers 		64 2
WC M Inglis
A Nancarrow 		4 1 16 J Görges
A-L Grönefeld 		77 6
16 J Görges
A-L Grönefeld 		6 6 16 J Görges
A-L Grönefeld 		6 7
11 A Medina Garrigues
Y Shvedova 		6 6 Alt K Bertens
J Larsson 		2 5
Alt I Falconi
P Martić 		3 3 11 A Medina Garrigues
Y Shvedova 		6 2 4
Alt K Bertens
J Larsson 		79 6 Alt K Bertens
J Larsson 		3 6 6
M Lučić-Baroni
L Raymond 		67 3 Alt K Bertens
J Larsson 		77 6
An Rodionova
Ar Rodionova 		6 6 S Kuznetsova
S Stosur 		65 3
WC N Bains
S Tomic 		2 2 An Rodionova
Ar Rodionova 		2 4
S Kuznetsova
S Stosur 		6 6 S Kuznetsova
S Stosur 		6 6
8 H-c Chan
K Peschke 		3 2

Section 2
First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 E Makarova
E Vesnina 		7 6
M Keys
A Riske 		5 1 3 E Makarova
E Vesnina 		6 5 6
C Vandeweghe
Y Wickmayer 		3 4 D Cibulková
K Flipkens 		4 7 2
D Cibulková
K Flipkens 		6 6 3 E Makarova
E Vesnina 		6 6
S Soler Espinosa
MT Torró Flor 		4 6 6 S Soler Espinosa
MT Torró Flor 		1 2
T Bacsinszky
Y Beygelzimer 		6 2 1 S Soler Espinosa
MT Torró Flor 		7 6
S Peng
Y Xu 		6 5 65 15 K Date-Krumm
C Dellacqua 		5 2
15 K Date-Krumm
C Dellacqua 		4 7 77 3 E Makarova
E Vesnina 		65 6 2
10 T Babos
K Mladenovic 		6 6 PR B Mattek-Sands
L Šafářová 		77 4 6
B Jovanovski
K Piter 		1 3 10 T Babos
K Mladenovic 		6 62 4
PR B Mattek-Sands
L Šafářová 		6 6 PR B Mattek-Sands
L Šafářová 		4 77 6
PR T Maria
R Olaru 		3 2 PR B Mattek-Sands
L Šafářová 		3 6 6
Alt S Rogers
D Vekić 		4 6 6 7 C Garcia
K Srebotnik 		6 2 2
A Cornet
P Parmentier 		6 2 4 Alt S Rogers
D Vekić 		3 6 3
A Petkovic
M Rybáriková 		4 7 2 7 C Garcia
K Srebotnik 		6 3 6
7 C Garcia
K Srebotnik 		6 5 6

Section 3
First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6 G Muguruza
C Suárez Navarro 		6 6
V Lepchenko
A Tatishvili 		3 2 6 G Muguruza
C Suárez Navarro 		66 4
K Jans-Ignacik
A Klepač 		77 5 77 K Jans-Ignacik
A Klepač 		78 6
J Janković
A Parra Santonja 		65 7 62 K Jans-Ignacik
A Klepač 		77 66 6
WC D Gavrilova
S Sanders 		6 3 4 9 A Hlaváčková
L Hradecká 		65 78 2
WC M Adamczak
O Rogowska 		2 6 6 WC M Adamczak
O Rogowska 		3 2
L Kichenok
O Savchuk 		0 64 9 A Hlaváčková
L Hradecká 		6 6
9 A Hlaváčková
L Hradecká 		6 77 K Jans-Ignacik
A Klepač 		1 2
14 Y-j Chan
J Zheng 		6 6 14 Y-j Chan
J Zheng 		6 6
K Koukalová
S Vögele 		3 0 14 Y-j Chan
J Zheng 		6 6
L Arruabarrena
I-C Begu 		5 6 6 L Arruabarrena
I-C Begu 		4 3
WC Z Yang
Q Ye 		7 4 4 14 Y-j Chan
J Zheng 		6 6
C-j Chuang
S Zhang 		3 3 4 M Hingis
F Pennetta 		3 3
D Hantuchová
K Knapp 		6 6 D Hantuchová
K Knapp 		3 77 2
B Bencic
K Siniaková 		63 2 4 M Hingis
F Pennetta 		6 65 6
4 M Hingis
F Pennetta 		77 6

Section 4
First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5 R Kops-Jones
A Spears 		6 7
WC K Birrell
P Hon 		3 5 5 R Kops-Jones
A Spears 		6 3 77
V Diatchenko
M Niculescu 		6 4 6 V Diatchenko
M Niculescu 		1 6 65
L Davis
C McHale 		2 6 3 5 R Kops-Jones
A Spears 		6 6
A Beck
S Pe'er 		6 5 1r 12 A Kudryavtseva
A Pavlyuchenkova 		4 4
A Panova
H Watson 		2 7 3 A Panova
H Watson 		0 2
S Aoyama
R Voráčová 		2 65 12 A Kudryavtseva
A Pavlyuchenkova 		6 6
12 A Kudryavtseva
A Pavlyuchenkova 		6 77 5 R Kops-Jones
A Spears 		6 3 63
13 M Krajicek
B Záhlavová-Strýcová 		69 78 6 13 M Krajicek
B Záhlavová-Strýcová 		3 6 77
M Erakovic
M Puig 		711 66 3 13 M Krajicek
B Záhlavová-Strýcová 		7 6
J Gajdošová
A Tomljanović 		6 6 J Gajdošová
A Tomljanović 		5 3
WC J Moore
A Myers 		0 0 13 M Krajicek
B Záhlavová-Strýcová 		6 3 6
G Dabrowski
A Rosolska 		6 6 G Dabrowski
A Rosolska 		2 6 4
C Black
S Zheng 		1 4 G Dabrowski
A Rosolska 		77 6
PR M Irigoyen
R Oprandi 		2 0 2 S-w Hsieh
S Mirza 		65 4
2 S-w Hsieh
S Mirza 		6 6

References
  1. "Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova win Australian Open doubles title". The Guardian. Reuters. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. "Australian Open 2015: Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova seal doubles success". Sky Sports. 31 January 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. "Defending champs Errani, Vinci exit Oz". United Press International. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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