<Tr> <Td> ← 2017 </Td> <Td> French Open </Td> <Td> 2019 → </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková won their first Grand Slam doubles title, defeating Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya in the final, 6--3, 6--3 . </P> <P> Despite losing in the first round with different partners, Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina jointly attained the WTA no . 1 doubles ranking at the end of the tournament . Chan and Tímea Babos were also in contention for the top ranking at the beginning of the tournament but were eliminated from contention when they lost . </P>

Who won the women's doubles in the french open