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Taiwanese great Hsieh Su-Wei has clinched her second Australian Open doubles title this year, combining with Belgian Elise Mertens.

Hsieh Su-Wei will leave Melbourne Park with two trophies after the ageless Taiwanese star added the Australian Open women's doubles title to her haul.

Already the winner of the mixed doubles crown with Polish partner Jan Zielinski, Hsieh combined with Belgian Elise Mertens on Sunday at Rod Laver Arena to win the women's mantle.

The duo were a class above 11th seeds Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the world No.10 in the singles, and Lyudmyla Kichenok of the Ukraine, winning 6-1 7-5.

"We started off really strong but it was actually a tough match in the second set," second-seeded Mertens said.

"In the first set we really dominated and in the second set the other girls played better, they came into the match a little bit more, which made it a bit more difficult but we kept on fighting.

"I'm very happy to be back on Su-Wei's side. It's amazing to play with her, so much experience and still so much motivation too.

"I feel like we really are a team."

It's Hsieh's eighth grand slam title. Already the owner of seven women's doubles crowns, including Wimbledon on four occasions, it's her first major in Melbourne.

Mertens, who took over the world No.1 doubles ranking from her former partner Storm Hunter when she beat the Australian and Katerina Siniakova in the semi-finals, claimed her fourth grand slam and her second at the Australian Open.

Mertens and Hunter, who reached last year's Wimbledon final together, parted ways after falling in the semi-finals of the 2023 season-ending champions event in Cancun.

The first set could hardly have gone better for Hsieh and Mertens, wrapping it up in only 25 minutes.

Coached by doubles greats Australia's Paul McNamee and Zimbabwe's Cara Black, 38-year-old Hsieh's unconventional style unsettled their rivals, particularly Ostapenko who favours brawling from the baseline.

Mertens and Hsieh gave their rivals the jump in the second set when the Belgian dropped the opening serve, with Ostapenko then serving to set up a 2-0 lead.

But the serve of Kichenok proved a weakness with the favourites roaring back to go up 5-3.

It was Merten's time to feel the pressure with the Belgian unable to clinch the title on their first attempt, dropping her serve, with Ostapenko levelling at 5-5.

Hsieh served to again put her team ahead 6-5 and then the duo pounced on a faltering Kichenok to wrap up the match and a share of a $730,000 winner's cheque.

Hsieh also split $165,000 for her mixed doubles run.

The Open was her last grand slam singles event, announcing her retirement earlier this month.

She took a break from all forms of the game in 2022, returning to win, including mixed, four different slams in the last eight months with four different partners.

Hsieh said she was keen to continue with Mertens in the majors this year.

"Grand slam 100 per cent. Others, I will think about it.

"I save my energy for the grand slam, big tournament."