Two-time defending champion

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and her partner

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defeated

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and

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in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open. It was the pair's second major mixed doubles title as a team, after their first at the 2019 Australian Open. They saved a match point en route to the title, in the second round against

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and Ben McLachlan. Krejčíková and

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were the defending champions, but chose to play separately this year. Mektić partnered Barbora Strýcová, but was defeated in the first round by

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and Sander Gillé. After not being held at the 2020 US Open and postponed 2020 French Open due to the

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, this year's tournament marked the return of mixed doubles to a Grand Slam tournament.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

Other entry information

Wild cards

Alternate pairs

Withdrawals

References

External links

2021 Australian Open – Doubles draws and results
at the

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Main Draw
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