2021 Australian Open – Day 3 doubles final results

MELBOURNE, Australia – Day 3 brings the beginning of the doubles draw, as Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands make their Grand Slam debut.

The pair lost to the wild-card team of Daria Gavrilova and Simona Halep in a match tiebreak in their WTA Tour debut last week at Melbourne Park.

2021 Australian Open
Doubles, first round
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021
Final results

Women’s doubles, first round

Canadian content

[6] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) def. Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) / Kaitlyn Christian (USA) 62 63

Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Heather Watson (GBR) def [10] Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 63 36 62

Upsets

Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) / Martina Trevisan (ITA) def. [8] Duan Yingying / Zheng Saisai (CHN) 61 63

Seeds advancing

[2] Elise Mertens (BEL) / Aryna Sabalenka (RUS) def. Cornelia Lister (SWE) / Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 36 75 64
[3] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. Ana Bogdan (ROU) / Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 63 61
[7] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def Asia Muhammad / Jessica Pegula (USA) 46 75 63
[9] Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) def. Belinca Bencic (SUI) / Sofia Kenin (USA) 63 26 76 [10-5]
[11] Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 63 26 63
[13] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 76 (2) 64

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Aliona Bolsova (ESP) / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def Daria Kasatkina (RUS) / Anett Kontaveit (EST) 76 (2) 62
Mona Barthel (GER) / Zhu Lin (CHN) def Marta Kostyuk (UKR) / Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 61 36 61
Coco Gauff / Caty McNally (USA) def. Carolien Dolehide / Shelby Rogers (USA) 63 64
Kateryna Bondarenko / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def. Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Sara Sorribes Tormo (EST) 57 64 60
Paula Badosa (ESP) / Danka Kovinic (MNE) def. Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino (JPN) 62 46 76 [10-7]
Lucie Hradecka / Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) def. Ekaterina Alexandrova / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 63 63
Andreea Mitu / Raluca Olatu (ROU) def Monica Niculescu / Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) 36 63 63
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) / Jennifer Brady (USA) def. [WC] Abbie Myers / Ivana Popovic (AUS) 62 64
Vera Lapko (BLR) / Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def Madison Brengle / Lauren Davis (USA) 64 60

Men’s doubles, first round

Upsets

Ricardas Berankis (LTU) / Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) def [11] Henri Kontinen (FIN) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 75 64

Seeds advancing

[2] Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (CRO) def. Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) / Sam Querrey (USA) 76 (4) 63
[6] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bruno Soares (BRA) def. Marcos Giron (USA) / Cameron Norrie (GBR) 76 (6) 63
[8] Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) def Gianluca Mager (ITA) / Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 62 63
[10] John Peers (AUS) / Michael Venus (NZL) def Alex de Minaur / Matt Reid (AUS) 63 62
[15] Max Purcell / Luke Saville (AUS) def Guillermo Duran (ARG) / Albert Ramos-Viñolas (ESP) 63 63

Other results (in alphabetical order)

[WC] Nam Ji Sung / Song Min-Kyu (KOR) def Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Ben McLachlan (JPN) 64 76 (0)
Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) def Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 67 (1) 76 (6) 63
[WC] Matthew Ebden / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) def Pablo Cuevas (URU) / Guido Pella (ARG) 67 (1) 64 64
Laslo Djere (SRB) / Stefano Travaglia (ITA) def. [WC] Andrew Harris / Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 63 64
Mackenzie McDonald / Tommy Paul (USA) def Petros Tsitsipas / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 64 36 64
Radu Albot (MDA) / Daniel Evans (GBR) def Andres Molteni (ARG) / Hugo Nys (MON) 62 63
Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def. Romain Arneodo (MON) / Benoit Paire (FRA) 67 (7) 62 64