2010 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2010 Australian Open
Champion	Serena Williams Venus Williams
Runner-up	Cara Black Liezel Huber
Score	6–4, 6–3

Main article: 2010 Australian Open

Defending champions Serena and Venus Williams defeated Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2010 Australian Open. It was the Williams sisters' fourth Australian Open doubles title together, and eleventh major title together overall. It was also the third component of an eventual non-calendar-year Grand Slam.

Seeds

1. Cara Black / Liezel Huber (final)
2. Serena Williams / Venus Williams (champions)
3. Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (third round)
4. Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (third round)
5. Nadia Petrova / Samantha Stosur (first round)
6. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
7. Alisa Kleybanova / Francesca Schiavone (quarterfinals)
8. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Yan Zi (quarterfinals)
9. Elena Vesnina / Zheng Jie (third round)
10. Sania Mirza / Virginia Ruano Pascual (third round)
11. Alla Kudryavtseva / Ekaterina Makarova (second round)
12. Chuang Chia-jung / Květa Peschke (second round)
13. Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta (quarterfinals)
14. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Vania King (second round)
15. Maria Kirilenko / Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals)
16. Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (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

Serena Williams, part of the winning doubles team.

Venus Williams, part of the winning doubles team.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6	6
	7	Alisa Kleybanova Francesca Schiavone	3	4
								1	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6	1	6
								15	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	1	6	3
	15	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	6	6
	WC	Sally Peers Laura Robson	4	1
															1	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4	3
															2	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6	6
	6	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	4	6	6
	13	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	6	2	2
								6	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	3	66
								2	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6	7
	8	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yan Zi	4	6	4
	2	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6	4	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	C Black L Huber	6	6
		T Malek A Petkovic	4	4				1	C Black L Huber	6	6
		A Dulgheru E Gallovits	3	6	3				C Gullickson V Uhlířová	2	2
		C Gullickson V Uhlířová	6	3	6										1	C Black L Huber	6	6
		K Kanepi J Wöhr	65	4												V Azarenka S Kuznetsova	3	3
		V Azarenka S Kuznetsova	7	6					V Azarenka S Kuznetsova	6	4	6
	WC	S Golds M Mirkovic	0	1				14	A-L Grönefeld V King	3	6	3
	14	A-L Grönefeld V King	6	6																		1	C Black L Huber	6	6
	10	S Mirza V Ruano Pascual	6	6																		7	A Kleybanova F Schiavone	3	4
	WC	Y Basuki K Date-Krumm	4	2				10	S Mirza V Ruano Pascual	7	6
		T Bacsinszky T Garbin	6	6					T Bacsinszky T Garbin	63	3
		A Medina Garrigues C Wozniacki	4	4											10	S Mirza V Ruano Pascual	4	3
		S Lisicki A Rezaï	3	2											7	A Kleybanova F Schiavone	6	6
		M Czink N Grandin	6	6					M Czink N Grandin	5	4
		A Brianti U Radwańska	6	5	63			7	A Kleybanova F Schiavone	7	6
	7	A Kleybanova F Schiavone	4	7	7

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	7	6
		J Dokić P Kvitová	5	0				3	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	7	6
		S Pe'er G Voskoboeva	6	7					S Pe'er G Voskoboeva	65	4
		M Rybáriková R Voráčová	2	5											3	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	1	2
		E Baltacha L Dekmeijere	7	6											15	M Kirilenko A Radwańska	6	6
		L Šafářová A Wozniak	5	2					E Baltacha L Dekmeijere	0	2
		S Cîrstea A Pavlyuchenkova	0	7	2			15	M Kirilenko A Radwańska	6	6
	15	M Kirilenko A Radwańska	6	64	6																	15	M Kirilenko A Radwańska	6	6
	12	C-j Chuang K Peschke	6	7																		WC	S Peers L Robson	4	1
		İ Şenoğlu Y Shvedova	0	5				12	C-j Chuang K Peschke	3	4
	WC	S Peers L Robson	6	7				WC	S Peers L Robson	6	6
		J Craybas A Spears	3	5											WC	S Peers L Robson	6	6
		Á Szávay R Vinci	7	6												V Dushevina A Rodionova	3	3
		O Govortsova T Poutchek	5	4					Á Szávay R Vinci	4	6	2
		V Dushevina A Rodionova	3	6	6				V Dushevina A Rodionova	6	3	6
	5	N Petrova S Stosur	6	4	1

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	6	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
		M Koryttseva D Kustova	4	1				6	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	7
	WC	J Groth O Rogowska	3	5					J Coin M-È Pelletier	2	5
		J Coin M-È Pelletier	6	7											6	L Raymond R Stubbs	7	6
		Y-j Chan M Niculescu	6	6												Y-j Chan M Niculescu	5	3
	WC	M Adamczak N Kriz	3	1					Y-j Chan M Niculescu	6	6
		C Dellacqua M Erakovic	6	2	1			11	A Kudryavtseva E Makarova	4	4
	11	A Kudryavtseva E Makarova	2	6	6																	6	L Raymond R Stubbs	4	6	6
	13	G Dulko F Pennetta	6	2	6																	13	G Dulko F Pennetta	6	2	2
		A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	4	6	3			13	G Dulko F Pennetta	7	6
		P Hercog P Martić	4	63					S Borwell R Kops-Jones	5	2
		S Borwell R Kops-Jones	6	7											13	G Dulko F Pennetta	6	6
	WC	A Molik M Shaughnessy	6	5	4										4	S-w Hsieh S Peng	2	2
		K Jans A Rosolska	2	7	6				K Jans A Rosolska	3	2
		J Görges A Parra Santonja	3	4				4	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	6
	4	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	8	B Mattek-Sands Z Yan	6	6
		K Flipkens M Oudin	3	2				8	B Mattek-Sands Z Yan	6	4	6
		J Janković S Perry	6	6					J Janković S Perry	2	6	1
		D Cibulková M Krajicek	1	4											8	B Mattek-Sands Z Yan	6	6
		M Kondratieva A Sevastova	5	6	2										9	E Vesnina J Zheng	4	4
		V Razzano Y Wickmayer	7	3	6				V Razzano Y Wickmayer	w/o
		A Cornet S Fichman	5	3				9	E Vesnina J Zheng
	9	E Vesnina J Zheng	7	6																		8	B Mattek-Sands Z Yan	4	6	4
	16	I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6																		2	S Williams V Williams	6	4	6
		S Errani C Suárez Navarro	2	1				16	I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová	62	2
		A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	6	6					A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	7	6
		A Chakvetadze T Paszek	4	3												A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	3	2
		A Amanmuradova T Tanasugarn	6	1	2										2	S Williams V Williams	6	6
		IR Olaru O Savchuk	4	6	6				IR Olaru O Savchuk	1	2
	WC	S Ferguson J Moore	1	1				2	S Williams V Williams	6	6
	2	S Williams V Williams	6	6

External links

• 2010 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation