Australian Open 2026: Mertens and Zhang, Harrison and Skupski win doubles titles

Mertens and Zhang win the 2026 Australian Open doubles title, while Harrison and Skupski claim victory in men's doubles.

Elise Mertens marked her return to the No. 1 ranking in women's doubles by combining with China's Zhang Shuai to win the Australian Open title on Saturday (January 31, 2026), joined later by American Christian Harrison and Britain's Neal Skupski who won the men's doubles trophy.

Back together after four years apart as a team, Mertens and Zhang trailed 3-0 and 4-1 in the first set but rallied to beat Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan and Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic 7-6 (4), 6-4. Mertens and Zhang led the final set 5-0 before withstanding a comeback attempt when Danilina and Krunic won four straight games.

Harrison served an ace on match point to give he and Skupski a win in the men's final by the same score as the women — 7-6 (4), 6-4 — over the Australian pair of Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans. Kubler went into the match with a 14-3 doubles record at his home major.

Harrison and Skupski, who both competed at last year's ATP Finals with different partners, joined as a team for the first time in Adelaide earlier this month, where they reached the semifinals.

Currently ranked No. 6 in doubles, Mertens, who won the Wimbledon doubles title last year with Veronika Kudermetova, will return to the No. 1 ranking after the Australian Open.

That will mark the Belgian player's 40th cumulative week as No. 1 in doubles and was guaranteed regardless of the outcome of the Melbourne Park final Saturday.