The women's doubles tennis event at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games (), and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 201 ...

took place at the Tennis Court of

Jakabaring Sport City Jakabaring Sport City ''(sic)'', also known as Jakabaring Sports Complex () is an integrated sports facility complex in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. The complex is located 5 kilometers southeast of Palembang city center, across the Musi Ri ...

Palembang Palembang (, Palembang: ''Pelémbang'', Mandarin: 巨港 (Jùgǎng), Hokkien: 舊港 (Kū-káng), Jawi: ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River in the ea ...

, Indonesia from 20 to 25 August 2018.

Luksika Kumkhum Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum (; ; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she peaked at No. 86 in the WTA doubles ran ...

and

Tamarine Tanasugarn Tamarine Tanasugarn (, , ; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai former tennis player. Born in Los Angeles, she turned professional in 1994, and has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles. Tanasugarn's career-high WTA ranking is No. 19, achiev ...

were the defending champions, however Tanasugarn has retired from professional tennis in 2016, while Kumkhum chose not to compete in this event.

Xu Yifan Xu Yifan (; ; born 8 August 1988), nicknamed Julie, is a Chinese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in doubles, on 13 January 2020. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 148 in the s ...

and

Yang Zhaoxuan Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. She reached her best WTA doubles ranking of world No. 9 on 30 January 2023. Yang has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA Challenger doubles title. In Sept ...

won the gold medal, defeating

Chan Hao-ching Chan Hao-ching (; ; born September 19, 1993), also known as Angel Chan, is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She is primarily a doubles specialist, having won twenty-one WTA Tour, two WTA Challenger and six ITF titles in that discipline. ...

and

Latisha Chan Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title ...

in the final. Gozal Ainitdinova and

Anna Danilina Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (; born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 9 in doubles by the WTA. She is a Grand Slam mixed-doubles champion, having won the 2023 US Open with Harri Heliö ...

, and Miyu Kato and

Makoto Ninomiya is a Japanese professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 20 on 22 October 2018, and peaked at No. 280 in singles on 22 February 2016. Partnered with Eri Hozumi, she reached the final of the 2018 French ...

won the bronze medals.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time ( UTC+07:00)

Results

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Final

Top half

Bottom half

References

Draw

External links

Official website
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