List of Australian Open women's doubles champions

Summary

This is a list of all the champions of the women's doubles event for the Australian Open.

Champions edit

Australasian Championships edit

 
Thelma Coyne Long won 12 doubles titles at the Australian Championships.
 
Margaret Court competed in 13 women's doubles finals and won eight titles
 
Martina Navratilova won the title eight times, seven of those together with Pam Shriver
Year Champions Runners-up Score[1]
1922   Esna Boyd Robertson
  Marjorie Mountain
  Floris St. George
  Gwen Utz
1–6, 6–4, 7–5
1923   Esna Boyd Robertson
  Sylvia Lance Harper
  Mall Molesworth
  Beryl Turner
6–1, 6–4
1924   Daphne Akhurst Cozens
  Sylvia Lance Harper
  Kathleen Le Messurier
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
7–5, 6–2
1925   Daphne Akhurst Cozens
  Sylvia Lance Harper
  Esna Boyd Robertson
  Kathleen Le Messurier
6–4, 6–3
1926   Esna Boyd Robertson
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
  Daphne Akhurst Cozens
  Marjorie Cox Crawford
6–3, 6–8, 8–6

Australian Championships edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score[1]
1927   Louie Bickerton
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
  Esna Boyd Robertson
  Sylvia Lance Harper
6–3, 6–3
1928   Daphne Akhurst Cozens
  Esna Boyd Robertson
  Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston
6–3, 6–1
1929   Daphne Akhurst Cozens
  Louie Bickerton
  Sylvia Lance Harper
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1930   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
  Marjorie Cox Crawford
  Sylvia Lance Harper
6–3, 0–6, 7–5
1931   Louie Bickerton
  Daphne Akhurst Cozens
  Nell Lloyd
  Gwen Utz
6–0, 6–4
1932   Coral McInnes Buttsworth
  Marjorie Cox Crawford
  Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston
6–2, 6–2
1933   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
  Joan Hartigan Bathurst
  Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn
6–3, 6–3
1934   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
  Joan Hartigan Bathurst
  Ula Valkenburg
6–8, 6–4, 6–4
1935   Evelyn Dearman
  Nancy Lyle
  Louie Bickerton
  Nell Hall Hopman
6–3, 6–4
1936   Thelma Coyne Long
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  May Blick
  Katherine Woodward
6–2, 6–4
1937   Thelma Coyne Long
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  Nell Hall Hopman
  Emily Hood Westacott
6–2, 6–2
1938   Thelma Coyne Long
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  Dorothy Bundy Cheney
  Dorothy Workman
9–7, 6–4
1939   Thelma Coyne Long
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  May Hardcastle
  Emily Hood Westacott
7–5, 6–4
1940   Thelma Coyne Long
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  Joan Hartigan Bathurst
  Edith Niemeyer
7–5, 6–2
1941 No competition (due to World War II)[a]
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946   Joyce Fitch
  Mary Bevis Hawton
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  Thelma Coyne Long
9–7, 6–4
1947   Thelma Coyne Long
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  Mary Bevis Hawton
  Joyce Fitch
6–3, 6–3
1948   Thelma Coyne Long
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  Mary Bevis Hawton
  Pat Jones
6–3, 6–3
1949   Thelma Coyne Long
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  Doris Hart
  Marie Toomey
6–0, 6–1
1950   Louise Brough Clapp
  Doris Hart
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  Thelma Coyne Long
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1951   Thelma Coyne Long
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  Joyce Fitch
  Mary Bevis Hawton
6–2, 6–1
1952   Thelma Coyne Long
  Nancye Wynne Bolton
  Alison Burton Baker
  Mary Bevis Hawton
6–1, 6–1
1953   Maureen Connolly
  Julia Sampson
  Mary Bevis Hawton
  Beryl Penrose
6–4, 6–2
1954   Mary Bevis Hawton
  Beryl Penrose
  Hazel Redick-Smith
  Julia Wipplinger
6–3, 8–6
1955   Mary Bevis Hawton
  Beryl Penrose
  Nell Hall Hopman
  Gwen Thiele
7–5, 6–1
1956   Mary Bevis Hawton
  Thelma Coyne Long
  Mary Carter Reitano
  Beryl Penrose
6–2, 5–7, 9–7
1957   Althea Gibson
  Shirley Fry Irvin
  Mary Bevis Hawton
  Fay Muller
6–2, 6–1
1958   Mary Bevis Hawton
  Thelma Coyne Long
  Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
  Angela Mortimer
7–5, 6–8, 6–2
1959   Renée Schuurman
  Sandra Reynolds Price
  Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
  Mary Carter Reitano
7–5,6–4
1960   Maria Bueno
  Christine Truman
  Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
  Margaret Court
6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1961   Mary Carter Reitano
  Margaret Court
  Mary Bevis Hawton
  Jan Lehane O'Neill
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1962   Margaret Court
  Robyn Ebbern
  Darlene Hard
  Mary Carter Reitano
6–4, 6–4
1963   Margaret Court
  Robyn Ebbern
  Jan Lehane O'Neill
  Lesley Turner Bowrey
6–1, 6–3
1964   Judy Tegart-Dalton
  Lesley Turner Bowrey
  Robyn Ebbern
  Margaret Court
6–4, 6–4
1965   Margaret Court
  Lesley Turner Bowrey
  Robyn Ebbern
  Billie Jean King
1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1966   Carole Caldwell Graebner
  Nancy Richey
  Margaret Court
  Lesley Turner Bowrey
6–4, 7–5
1967   Lesley Turner Bowrey
  Judy Tegart-Dalton
  Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
  Évelyne Terras
6–0, 6–2
1968   Karen Krantzcke
  Kerry Melville Reid
  Judy Tegart-Dalton
  Lesley Turner Bowrey
6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Australian Open edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score[1]
1969   Margaret Court
  Judy Tegart-Dalton
  Rosemary Casals
  Billie Jean King
6–4, 6–4
1970   Margaret Court
  Judy Tegart-Dalton
  Karen Krantzcke
  Kerry Melville Reid
6–3, 6–1
1971   Evonne Goolagong
  Margaret Court
  Jill Emmerson
  Lesley Hunt
6–0, 6–0
1972   Kerry Harris
  Helen Gourlay Cawley
  Patricia Coleman
  Karen Krantzcke
6–0, 6–4
1973   Margaret Court
  Virginia Wade
  Kerry Harris
  Kerry Melville
6–4, 6–4
1974   Evonne Goolagong
  Peggy Michel
  Kerry Harris
  Kerry Melville
7–5, 6–3
1975   Evonne Goolagong Cawley
  Peggy Michel
  Margaret Court
  Olga Morozova
7–6, 7–6
1976   Evonne Goolagong Cawley
  Helen Gourlay Cawley
  Lesley Turner Bowrey
  Renáta Tomanová
8–1
1977 (Jan)[b]   Dianne Fromholtz
  Helen Gourlay Cawley
  Kerry Melville Reid
  Betsy Nagelsen
5–7, 6–1, 7–5
1977 (Dec)[b]   Evonne Goolagong Cawley
  Helen Gourlay Cawley
  Mona Schallau Guerrant
  Kerry Melville Reid
Shared due to rain–out
1978   Betsy Nagelsen
  Renáta Tomanová
  Naoko Sato
  Pam Whytcross
7–5, 6–2
1979   Judy Connor Chaloner
  Diane Evers Brown
  Leanne Harrison
  Marcella Mesker
6–1, 3–6, 6–0
1980   Martina Navratilova
  Betsy Nagelsen
  Ann Kiyomura
  Candy Reynolds
6–4, 6–4
1981   Kathy Jordan
  Anne Smith
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
6–2, 7–5
1982   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Eva Pfaff
6–4, 6–2
1983   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Anne Hobbs
  Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 6–7, 6–2
1984   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
6–3, 6–4
1985   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
6–3, 6–4
1986 No competition (due to date change)[c]
1987   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Zina Garrison
  Lori McNeil
6–1, 6–0
1988   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Chris Evert
  Wendy Turnbull
6–0, 7–5
1989   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Patty Fendick
  Jill Hetherington
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1990   Jana Novotná
  Helena Suková
  Patty Fendick
  Mary Joe Fernández
7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
1991   Patty Fendick
  Mary Joe Fernández
  Gigi Fernández
  Jana Novotná
7–6(7–4), 6–1
1992   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Helena Suková
  Mary Joe Fernández
  Zina Garrison
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
1993   Gigi Fernández
  Natalia Zvereva
  Pam Shriver
  Elizabeth Sayers Smylie
6–4, 6–3
1994   Gigi Fernández
  Natalia Zvereva
  Patty Fendick
  Meredith McGrath
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1995   Jana Novotná
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Gigi Fernández
  Natalia Zvereva
6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
1996   Chanda Rubin
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Lindsay Davenport
  Mary Joe Fernández
7–5, 2–6, 6–4
1997   Martina Hingis
  Natalia Zvereva
  Lindsay Davenport
  Lisa Raymond
6–2, 6–2
1998   Martina Hingis
  Mirjana Lučić
  Lindsay Davenport
  Natalia Zvereva
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
1999   Martina Hingis
  Anna Kournikova
  Lindsay Davenport
  Natalia Zvereva
7–5, 6–3
2000   Lisa Raymond
  Rennae Stubbs
  Martina Hingis
  Mary Pierce
6–4, 5–7, 6–4
2001   Serena Williams
  Venus Williams
  Lindsay Davenport
  Corina Morariu
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2002   Martina Hingis
  Anna Kournikova
  Daniela Hantuchová
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–1
2003   Serena Williams
  Venus Williams
  Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2004   Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
  Svetlana Kuznetsova
  Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 6–3
2005   Svetlana Kuznetsova
  Alicia Molik
  Lindsay Davenport
  Corina Morariu
6–3, 6–4
2006   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie
  Lisa Raymond
  Samantha Stosur
2–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–3
2007   Cara Black
  Liezel Huber
  Chan Yung-jan
  Chuang Chia-jung
6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
2008   Alona Bondarenko
  Kateryna Bondarenko
  Victoria Azarenka
  Shahar Pe'er
2–6, 6–1, 6–4
2009   Serena Williams
  Venus Williams
  Daniela Hantuchová
  Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 6–3
2010   Serena Williams
  Venus Williams
  Cara Black
  Liezel Huber
6–4, 6–3
2011   Gisela Dulko
  Flavia Pennetta
  Victoria Azarenka
  Maria Kirilenko
2–6, 7–5, 6–1
2012   Svetlana Kuznetsova
  Vera Zvonareva
  Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
2013   Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci
  Ashleigh Barty
  Casey Dellacqua
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
2014   Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci
  Ekaterina Makarova
  Elena Vesnina
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
2015   Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  Lucie Šafářová
  Chan Yung-jan
  Zheng Jie
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2016   Martina Hingis
  Sania Mirza
  Andrea Hlaváčková
  Lucie Hradecká
7–6(7–1), 6–3
2017   Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  Lucie Šafářová
  Andrea Hlaváčková
  Peng Shuai
6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3
2018   Tímea Babos
  Kristina Mladenovic
  Ekaterina Makarova
  Elena Vesnina
6–4, 6–3
2019   Samantha Stosur
  Zhang Shuai
  Tímea Babos
  Kristina Mladenovic
6–3, 6–4
2020   Tímea Babos
  Kristina Mladenovic
  Hsieh Su-wei
  Barbora Strýcová
6–2, 6–1
2021   Elise Mertens
  Aryna Sabalenka
  Barbora Krejčíková
  Kateřina Siniaková
6–2, 6–3
2022   Barbora Krejčíková
  Kateřina Siniaková
  Anna Danilina
  Beatriz Haddad Maia
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
2023   Barbora Krejčíková
  Kateřina Siniaková
  Shuko Aoyama
  Ena Shibahara
6–4, 6–3
2024   Hsieh Su-wei
  Elise Mertens
  Lyudmyla Kichenok
  Jeļena Ostapenko
6–1, 7–5

Notes edit

  1. ^ The tournament was not held from 1941 to 1945 because of World War II.[2]
  2. ^ a b Two Australian Opens were in held in 1977 because of a date change, the first in January and the second in December.[3]
  3. ^ The tournament was not held in 1986 because of a date change. See 1986 Australian Open tournament.[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Women's Doubles | AO". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Grand Slam Tournaments – Australian Open" (PDF). usta.com. United States Tennis Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  3. ^ "1977 Grand Slam calendar". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  4. ^ "1986 Grand Slam calendar". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Australian Open – History – Year-by-year". australianopen.com. IBM, Tennis Australia. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.

See also edit

Australian Open other competitions

Grand Slam women's doubles