PRTS Ranking: 1
This year marks the debut appearance of this duo at the WTA Finals. The first doubles team to qualify in 2018, their spectacular partnership has resulted in title wins at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
PRTS Ranking: 2
Kickstarting the season with a doubles Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australia Open, this is Mladenovic and Babos’ second doubles appearance at the WTA Finals — having been eliminated during the 2015 round-robin stage.
PRTS Ranking: 3
One of the most established partnerships, Vesnina and Makarova have won three Grand Slam titles together and the 2016 WTA Finals doubles title. The dream team first joined forces in 2012 and have been a lethal combination ever since.
PRTS Ranking: 4
This duo ousted the Williams sisters to reach the French Open quarterfinals this year, so we have high hopes for this leftie-rightie pairing. Sanchez has won an impressive 18 WTA titles, ten with previous partner Nuria Llagostera Vives.
PRTS Ranking: 5
The Chinese-Canadian team defeated number one seeds Latisha Chan and Andrea Sestini-Hlavackova in the Sydney International but they’ve struggled in both Wimbledon and the U.S Open. Fingers crossed that they regain their mojo soon.
PRTS Ranking: 6
A 17-year age gap didn’t stop this duo from emerging runner-up at Wimbledon 2018, with Melichar winning the mixed doubles title. Peschke is also a former doubles World No. 1 with 30 WTA titles under her belt.
PRTS Ranking: 7
Coco Vandeweghe and Ashleigh Barty won their first major title at the 2018 US Open last month. The Australian-American duo caused an upset by beating out No.3 seeds Andrea Sestini-Hlavackova and Barbora Strycova.
PRTS Ranking: 8
Sestini-Hlavackova took last year’s WTA Finals doubles title with Timea Babos, after just 6 months of playing together. This year, she teams up with fellow Czech player Barbora Strycova, who peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings.
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