2021 WTA Finals – Doubles

Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2021 WTA Finals.

Doubles
2021 WTA Finals
Final
Champions	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
Runners-up	Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens
Score	6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	8 (round robin)
Events
Singles Doubles
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Main article: 2021 WTA Finals

Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the two-time reigning champions, but failed to qualify this year.^[1]

Krejčíková and Siniaková clinched the year-end no. 1 as a team with their win against Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos in their first round-robin match, and Siniaková secured the individual year-end no. 1 ranking by winning the title. Hsieh was also in contention for the top ranking.^[2]

Seeds

1.   Barbora Krejčíková /   Kateřina Siniaková (champions)
2.   Shuko Aoyama /   Ena Shibahara (semifinals)
3.   Hsieh Su-wei /   Elise Mertens (final)
4.   Nicole Melichar-Martinez /   Demi Schuurs (semifinals)
5.   Samantha Stosur /   Zhang Shuai (round robin)
6.   Alexa Guarachi /   Desirae Krawczyk (round robin)
7.   Darija Jurak /   Andreja Klepač (round robin)
8.   Sharon Fichman /   Giuliana Olmos (round robin)

Alternates

1.   Nadiia Kichenok /   Raluca Olaru (Did not play)
2.   Marie Bouzková /   Lucie Hradecká (Did not play)

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	Barbora Krejčíková   Kateřina Siniaková	3	6	[10]
	4	Nicole Melichar-Martinez   Demi Schuurs	6	3	[6]
								1	Barbora Krejčíková   Kateřina Siniaková	6	6
								3	Hsieh Su-wei   Elise Mertens	3	4
	2	Shuko Aoyama   Ena Shibahara	2	2
	3	Hsieh Su-wei   Elise Mertens	6	6

Group El Tajín

		Krejčíková   Siniaková	Hsieh   Mertens	Guarachi   Krawczyk	Fichman   Olmos	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Barbora Krejčíková   Kateřina Siniaková		6–3, 6–1	5–7, 7–6^(7–3), [10–7]	6–4, 6–1	3–0	6–1 (86%)	37–22 (63%)	1
3	Hsieh Su-wei   Elise Mertens	3–6, 1–6		7–6^(7–3), 6–2	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)	2–1	4–2 (67%)	30–30 (50%)	2
6	Alexa Guarachi   Desirae Krawczyk	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), [7–10]	6–7^(3–7), 2–6		0–6, 6–3, [11–9]	1–2	3–5 (38%)	28–35 (44%)	3
8	Sharon Fichman   Giuliana Olmos	4–6, 1–6	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)	6–0, 3–6, [9–11]		0–3	1–6 (14%)	24–32 (43%)	4

Group Tenochtitlán

		Aoyama   Shibahara	Melichar-Martinez   Schuurs	Stosur   Zhang	Jurak   Klepač	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Shuko Aoyama   Ena Shibahara		6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]	6–0, 6–4	2–1	5–2 (71%)	34–25 (58%)	1
4	Nicole Melichar-Martinez   Demi Schuurs	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)		6–2, 6–2	6–4, 3–6, [10–2]	2–1	4–3 (57%)	32–27 (54%)	2
5	Samantha Stosur   Zhang Shuai	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]	2–6, 2–6		7–6^(12–10), 6–7^(4–7), [5–10]	1–2	3–5 (38%)	28–35 (44%)	4
7	Darija Jurak   Andreja Klepač	0–6, 4–6	4–6, 6–3, [2–10]	6–7^(10–12), 7–6^(7–4), [10–5]		1–2	3–5 (38%)	28–35 (44%)	3

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-player ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings.

References

1. "'There was no one out there who could beat us' - Babos, Mladenovic defend WTA Finals title with defeat of Hsieh, Strycova". Women's Tennis Association. 3 November 2019. from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
2. "Krejcikova, Siniakova sweep past Hsieh, Mertens to win WTA Finals doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. 18 November 2021. from the original on 2021-11-18. Retrieved 2021-11-18.

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