Shuko Aoyama and Chang Kai-chen were the defending champions, having won the 2012 Ningbo Challenger – Women's doubles, but both players chose not to participate.
Gabriela Dabrowski and Alicja Rosolska were the defending champions, but Dabrowski chose not to participate this year. Rosolska played alongside Anastasia Rodionova, but lost in the first round to Petra Martić and Maria Sanchez.
Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja won the title, defeating Martić and Sanchez in the final, 4–6, 7–5, [10–7].
Belinda Bencic and Kateřina Siniaková were the defending champions, but Bencic chose not to participate this year. Siniaková played alongside Barbora Krejčíková, but lost in the first round to Margarita Gasparyan and Andrea Hlaváčková.
Gasparyan and Hlaváčková went on to win the title, defeating María Irigoyen and Paula Kania in the final, 6–4, 6–2.
Oksana Kalashnikova and Demi Schuurs were the defending champions, but Schuurs chose to compete in Gstaad instead. Kalashnikova played alongside Yaroslava Shvedova, but lost in the quarterfinals to Lenka Kunčíková and Karolína Stuchlá.
Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andreea Mitu and Alicja Rosolska.
Andreea Mitu and Monica Niculescu were the defending champions, but Niculescu chose not to participate. Mitu played alongside Patricia Maria Țig, but lost in the first round to Nao Hibino and Alicja Rosolska.
Jessica Moore and Varatchaya Wongteanchai were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Moore played alongside Prarthana Thombare, but lost in the quarterfinals to Irina-Camelia Begu and Raluca Olaru. Wongteanchai teamed up with Alona Fomina, but lost in the first round to Jaqueline Cristian and Cristina Dinu.
Laura Siegemund was the defending champion, but could not defend her title due to a right knee injury.
Nao Hibino and Alicja Rosolska were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.
Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won the women's doubles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6–4, 6–3. It was the first Grand Slam title for Babos, who became the first Hungarian player to win a Grand Slam event since Andrea Temesvári in the 1986 French Open and the second Grand Slam title for Mladenovic.
Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe defeated Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6) to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2018 US Open.
Tímea Babos and Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková were the defending champions, but Babos chose not to participate and Sestini Hlaváčková chose to compete in Prague instead.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together this year. Mattek-Sands played alongside Latisha Chan, but lost in the second round to Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzărnescu. Šafářová teamed up with Svetlana Kuznetsova, but lost in the second round to Sorana Cîrstea and Sara Sorribes Tormo.
Tímea Babos and Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate. Since Babos was losing her defending championship points, Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková jointly attained the WTA number 1 doubles ranking at the conclusion of the tournament.
Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai won the women's doubles tennis title at the 2019 Australian Open, defeating defending champions Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final 6–3, 6–4.
Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Aleksandra Krunić and Kateřina Siniaková.
Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Nadiia Kichenok and Abigail Spears.
This was the first edition of the tournament.
Arantxa Rus and Tamara Zidanšek were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.
Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Australian Open. This was the pair's fourth major doubles title.
Quirine Lemoine 
María Irigoyen 
Barbora Krejčíková 
