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Siniakova & Townsend Achieve Historic Career Doubles Slam
11 Sep
Summary
- Siniakova and Townsend secured the US Open doubles title.
- They completed a career doubles Grand Slam as a pairing.
- Siniakova achieved this historic feat with two different partners.
Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend have etched their names in tennis history by clinching the US Open women's doubles championship. This monumental victory completes a career doubles Grand Slam for the top-seeded pairing, a feat few achieve.
They displayed resilience in the final, overcoming a first-set deficit to defeat American wildcards Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery with a final score of 5-7, 6-0, 6-2. This triumph at Flushing Meadows adds the US Open to their collection, following wins at Wimbledon in 2024, the Australian Open in 2025, and the French Open earlier this year.
For Czech player Siniakova, this marks her 12th Grand Slam doubles title. Remarkably, she is now the first player ever to achieve the career Grand Slam with two distinct partners, having previously accomplished it with fellow Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
American partner Townsend celebrated her first US Open doubles title, having been a finalist last year. The top seeds had a dominant run to the final, not dropping a set until the championship match. They demonstrated their class by rapidly turning the match around after losing the first set.
Siniakova continues to break records, ranking among the elite eight women in the Open era for Grand Slam doubles titles. If she finishes the season as world number one in doubles, it will be her sixth time achieving this, surpassing Martina Navratilova's record for year-end top rankings.
