Gallery of Champions
Double up: All of the WTA's 2020 doubles champions
From Sania Mirza's victorious comeback with Nadiia Kichenok to Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova's winning streak, wtatennis.com looks back at all of 2020's WTA doubles champions.
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Top seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova kicked off the season with their sixth title together in Brisbane, saving a championship point in the final to defeat Ashleigh Barty and Kiki Bertens 3-6, 7-6(7), [10-8].
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That same week, Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova lifted their fifth trophy as a team in Shenzhen with a 6-2, 3-6, [10-4] defeat of home players Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai in the final.
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In Auckland, Taylor Townsend won her maiden WTA title and Asia Muhammad collected her fifth without dropping a set, defeating the one-off high-wattage pairing of Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-4 in the final.
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Nicole Melichar and Xu Yi-Fan were a new regular team in 2020 and won their third event together in Adelaide, saving two championship points in the final to beat Xu's former partner Gabriela Dabrowski and Darija Jurak 2-6, 7-5, [10-5].
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Former World No.1 Sania Mirza won her first event back from maternity leave, and first in three years, teaming up with Nadiia Kichenok to take Hobart with a 6-4, 6-4 final win over Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai.
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Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic stormed to their second Australian Open and third Grand Slam title together without dropping a set, triumphing 6-2, 6-1 over Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova in the final.
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07
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Top seeds Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara lifted their third WTA trophy together - and second in Russia - in St. Petersburg after defeating Kaitlyn Christian and Alexa Guarachi 4-6, 6-0, [10-3].
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08
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Arina Rodionova and Storm Sanders did not drop a set in Hua Hin, winning the final 6-3, 6-3 over Barbara Haas and Ellen Perez; for Rodionova, it was a first WTA title after six previous final defeats, while for Sanders it was a second.
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09
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Barbora Strycova and Hsieh Su-Wei picked up their second trophy of the year in Dubai with a 7-5, 3-6, [10-5] defeat of Barbora Krejcikova and Zheng Saisai in the final.
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Hsieh and Strycova extended their winning streak to eight, and their overall season record to 17-1, with a third title of the year in Doha, where they beat Gabriela Dabrowski and Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 5-7, [10-2] in the final.
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11
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Giuliana Olmos became the first Mexican WTA champion on home soil in Acapulco, partnering Desirae Krawczyk to a 6-3, 7-6(5) win over Kateryna Bondarenko and Sharon Fichman in the final for their second trophy together.
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Kateryna Bondarenko and Sharon Fichman rebounded the following week to win Monterrey, beating Miyu Kato and Wang Yafan 4-6, 6-3, [10-7] in the final - Bondarenko's first title since returning from her second maternity leave.
Photo by Abierto GNP Seguros
13
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Neither Laura Ioana Paar nor Julia Wachaczyk had won a WTA doubles match prior to Lyon - but the Romanian-German pair enjoyed a Cinderella run to their first title, defeating Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove and Bibiane Schoofs 7-5, 6-4 in the final.
Photo by Alexandre Hergott/Open 6ème Sens
14
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Arantxa Rus and Tamara Zidansek beat Italian duo Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Martina Trevisan in the final of the Palermo Open.
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15
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It was a straight-sets victory for Kristyna Pliskova and Lucia Hradecka in the final of the Prague Open.
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16
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Hayley Carter and Luisa Stefani lifted the trophy at Lexington, beating Marie Bouzkova and Jil Teichmann in straight sets.
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The established partnership of Demi Schuurs and Kveta Peschke came out on top at the Western and Southern Open after a deciding tie-break against Nicole Melichar and Xu Yifan.
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It was a maiden tournament and a maiden Grand Slam doubles title for the pairing of Vera Zvonareva and Laura Siegemund at the US Open.
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Alexa Guarachi and Desirae Krawczyk defeated the Australian duo Ellen Perez and Storm Sanders in the final of the Istanbul Open.
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20
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Barbora Strycova and Hsieh Su-wei continued an excellent year with their fourth title of the year in Rome.
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21
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In the final clay court tournament of 2020, Demi Schuurs and Nicole Melichar beat Carter and Stefani in the Strasbourg final.
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22
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Babos and Mladenovic rebounded from a disappointing US Open to defend their Roland Garros crown, steeling past surprise finalists Guarachi and Krawczyk in the championship match.
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23
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Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka paired up to win their first title of the season at the J&T Banka Ostrava Open, where Sabalenka also swept the singles.
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