Sabalenka and Mertens reached the semifinals at the French Open, losing to second seeds Babos and Mladenovic.[62] They then reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, losing to third seeds Hsieh and Strýcová.[63] These were Sabalenka's first two appearances in at least the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam event. Sabalenka and Mertens had their best result of the year at the US Open. As the fourth seeds at the event, they made it to the final without having to play another top ten seeded team.