the Italian Open. They lost to Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis. After a string of losses in the first round, Vesnina reached the third round of the French Open. She lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the third round. Vesnina and Makarova lost in the quarterfinals during the doubles competition. Beginning the grass-court season at Eastbourne, she received a bye in the first round and beat Verónica Cepede Royg in the second. However, she lost to the eventual finalist Caroline Wozniacki in the third round. Entering Wimbledon, Vesnina was seeded 15th. She won a first-round match against the Russian Anna Blinkova. She was then defeated by Victoria Azarenka in the second round. Vesnina's good fortune in her doubles partnership with Makarova carried on to the summer, where the team beat Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu in the Wimbledon doubles final. This was the first "double bagel" in the women's doubles tournament final since 1953. Vesnina traveled to Toronto for the Rogers Cup where she was defeated by Ashleigh Barty in the second round. However, Vesnina and Makarova won second Premier Mandatory doubles title of the year. They beat Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Květa Peschke in the final. Vesnina beat Caroline Garcia in the first round of the Cincinnati Open before falling to Caroline Wozniacki in the second round. Before the US Open, Vesnina competed at the Connecticut Open, but lost in the first round to Ana Bogdan. Vesnina Opened her US Open with a win in the first round over Anna Blinkova. She followed this with a second round win over Kirsten Flipkens. Vesnina took it to Madison Keys in the third round, winning the first set, but lost the next two sets. Seeded first in the doubles competition, Vesnina and Makarova were the favorites to win. However, they lost in the third round to the 14th seeds Andreja Klepač and María José Martínez Sánchez. Vesnina returned at the Wuhan Open where she lost in the third round to qualifier Maria Sakkari. She made another third-round appearance at the China Open where she lost to Elina Svitolina. Vesnina and Makarova lost in the semifinals to Tímea Babos and Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková. Vesnina had early-round exits at both the Hong Kong Open and Kremlin Cup. Due to her success in doubles with Makarova, Elena qualified for the doubles tournament at the WTA Finals. They easily defeated Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan. However,