2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2018 Mutua Madrid Open
Champions	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Runners-up	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
Score	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Main article: 2018 Mutua Madrid Open

Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017. Chan played alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Barbora Strýcová.

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 2–6, 6–4, [10–8].

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (champions)
2. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová (semifinals)
3. Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (final)
4. Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (second round)
5. Latisha Chan / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (quarterfinals)
6. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (second round)
7. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (semifinals)
8. Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	77	77
	7	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	64	64
								1	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	2	6	[10]
								3	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6	4	[8]
	3	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6	3	[10]
	2	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	2	6	[8]

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	E Makarova E Vesnina	6	6
		K Bertens J Larsson	3	4					D Gavrilova S-w Hsieh	4	4
		D Gavrilova S-w Hsieh	6	6											1	E Makarova E Vesnina	65	77	[10]
		L Arruabarrena K Srebotnik	5	5												A Rosolska A Spears	77	63	[4]
		A Rosolska A Spears	7	7					A Rosolska A Spears	77	6
		A Kudryavtseva R Voráčová	6	4	[4]			8	H-c Chan Z Yang	63	3
	8	H-c Chan Z Yang	1	6	[10]																	1	E Makarova E Vesnina	77	77
																						7	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	64	64
								4	G Dabrowski Y Xu	3	6	[11]
	WC	A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	6	3	[3]				J Konta S Zhang	6	1	[13]
		J Konta S Zhang	2	6	[10]											J Konta S Zhang	4	2
		E Mertens D Schuurs													7	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6
	Alt	A Pavlyuchenkova O Savchuk	w/o					Alt	A Pavlyuchenkova O Savchuk	1	6	[7]
		M Buzărnescu A Cornet	2	4				7	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	3	[10]
	7	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	6
		M Adamczak L Kichenok	2	2				6	B Krejčíková K Siniaková	0	1
		A Barty C Vandeweghe	6	77					A Barty C Vandeweghe	6	6
		S Aoyama M Kato	1	63												A Barty C Vandeweghe	5	6	[9]
		N Melichar K Peschke	2	6	[11]										3	T Babos K Mladenovic	7	3	[11]
		I-C Begu S Halep	6	3	[9]				N Melichar K Peschke	4	1
								3	T Babos K Mladenovic	6	6
																						3	T Babos K Mladenovic	6	3	[10]
	5	L Chan B Mattek-Sands	6	6																		2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	2	6	[8]
	Alt	C McHale S Peng	4	1				5	L Chan B Mattek-Sands	6	77
	WC	S Cîrstea S Sorribes Tormo	3	5					J Görges Ka Plíšková	3	63
		J Görges Ka Plíšková	6	7											5	L Chan B Mattek-Sands	4	6	[6]
		R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	2	4											2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	6	1	[10]
		N Kichenok An Rodionova	6	6					N Kichenok An Rodionova	62	1
								2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	77	6

External links

• Main Draw