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2020 Brisbane International – Doubles
Nicole Melichar and Květa Peschke were the defending champions but chose to compete with different partners. Melichar partnered Xu Yifan, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ashleigh Barty and Kiki Bertens. Peschke partnered Demi Schuurs, but lost in the first round to Darija Jurak and Alicja Rosolska. Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She won two Gra ... won the title, defeating Barty and Bertens in the final, 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 0–8 Seeds Draw Draw References External linksMain Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2020 Brisbane International - Doubles Brisbane International - Doubles Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsieh Su-wei
Hsieh Su-wei (; ; born 4 January 1986) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in Doubles tennis, doubles with nine Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles, she is regarded as one of the most successful and versatile doubles players in history. She also reached world No. 23 in singles, and is the highest-ranked Taiwanese player in history in both singles and doubles. She is known for playing with two hands on both sides, flat and quick groundstrokes, crafty and wily gameplay, aggressive volleys, and unorthodox variety of shots. Hsieh reached her career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of No. 23 on 25 February 2013. On 12 May 2014, she reached No. 1 in the doubles rankings. She spent a total of 59 weeks with the top doubles ranking, the longest tenure by a tennis player from East Asia, and second-longest of any Asian people, Asian player after Sania Mirza's 91 weeks). She has finished with a year-end to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2017 US Open – Women's singles, 2017 US Open. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 63 and has won one WTA title. Born to athletic parents, Stephens was introduced to tennis in Fresno, California. She moved to Florida to train at a tennis academy, ultimately working with Nick Saviano. Stephens became a promising junior player, reaching a junior ranking of world No. 5 and winning three out of four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major girls' doubles titles in 2010 with her partner Tímea Babos. While 19 years old, Stephens rose to prominence at the 2013 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2013 Australian Open with a semifinal run beating world No. 3, Serena Williams. Although she reached No. 11 towards the end of 2013, she r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuko Aoyama
is a Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. Aoyama turned professional after graduating from Waseda University. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a doubles ranking of world No. 4, on 28 February 2022. She plays predominantly in doubles and has won 20 titles on the WTA Tour, having had her most successful Grand Slam appearances at the 2023 Australian Open final and at Wimbledon, reaching the semifinals at the 2013 and 2021 tournaments. She has also won four singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Personal life and background Aoyama started playing tennis at age 9. Her favorite surface is grass. She studied at Waseda University in Japan. Professional career 2007–12: First steps, first WTA Tour title in doubles Aoyama made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in the doubles event at Gifu in 2007. In March 2009, she won her first ITF title at the $10k Kōfu doubles event. In June 2010, she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has won twelve singles titles on the WTA Tour, and contested a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major final at the 2021 French Open – Women's singles, 2021 French Open. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won three junior major titles and became the junior world No. 1 aged just 14. She was continuously ranked inside the world's top 50 from November 2008 to June 2022. Her biggest singles titles to date came at two WTA Premier tournaments, Premier-level tournaments, the 2014 Open GDF Suez – Singles, 2014 Open GDF Suez and the 2014 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles, 2014 Kremlin Cup. In addition to her 2021 French Open final appearance, Pavlyuchenkova has contested eight other major quarterfinals. Pavlyuchenkova has also had success in doubles, having won six doubles titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anett Kontaveit
Anett Kontaveit (; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 6 June 2022 to become the highest-ranked Estonian tennis player in history. She also attained a career-high ranking of No. 95 in doubles on 2 March 2020. Kontaveit won six singles titles on the WTA Tour as well as eleven singles and five doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation, ITF Circuit. She produced her best performance at a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2020 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2020 Australian Open, and she also contested two WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 1000 finals at the 2018 Wuhan Open – Singles, 2018 Wuhan Open and 2022 Qatar Total Open, 2022 Qatar Open. In 2021, after winning four titles in the span of seven tournaments between August and October, Kontaveit became the first Estonian to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Vekić
Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 17 on 27 January 2025. Her best performance at a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major is reaching the semifinals at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2024 Wimbledon Championships. Vekić is also an Olympic silver medalist, in Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Vekić has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open (tennis), Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open, and the 2023 Monterrey Open. She has also won five titles in singles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Early life Vekić was born in Osijek to father Igor and mother Brankica. Her father was a goalkeeper for NK Osijek. She has a brother, Bruno. She began playing tennis at the age of six, and tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ranked world No. 11 in doubles. Plíšková has won 17 singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and has reached two major singles finals at the 2016 US Open and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. As a junior, Plíšková won the girls' singles event at the 2010 Australian Open. She has also played for the Czech Republic in Billie Jean King Cup competition where she has scored a win-loss record of 15–8 (as of September 2024). She is known for her powerful serve and forehand. Personal life Plíšková was born in Louny to Radek Plíšek and Martina Plíšková, and has an identical twin sister, Kristýna, who is two minutes older and is also a tennis player. She currently lives in Monte Carlo. In 2018, she married Michal Hrd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Riske
Alison Riske-Amritraj (née Riske; born July 3, 1990) is an inactive American tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014, at the Tianjin Open. She has won three WTA Tour singles titles, along with nine singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Her best singles performances at Grand Slam tournaments include reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open in 2020, the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2019 (where she defeated world No. 1 and reigning French Open champion, Ashleigh Barty, in the fourth round) and the fourth round of the US Open in 2013. Despite having not won a WTA doubles title, Riske-Amritraj has had success in doubles at the major-level, reaching the 2019 Australian Open semifinals with Jennifer Brady and the 2020 US Open quarterfinals with Gabriela Dabrowski, reaching a career-high doubles ranking of No. 40 on January 13, 2020. She has had nume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronika Kudermetova
Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova (born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, achieved on 24 October 2022, and a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 2, reached on 6 June 2022. In doubles, she has won eight WTA Tour titles including three WTA 1000, and the 2022 WTA Finals – Doubles, 2022 WTA Finals with Elise Mertens. In addition, she reached the doubles final of Wimbledon in 2021, with Elena Vesnina. She has also won two WTA singles titles. Kudermetova won her first WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Volvo Car Open, 2021 Charleston Open, and her first WTA doubles title at the 2019 Wuhan Open, partnering Duan Yingying. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in singles at the 2018 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and in doubles at the 2014 Kremlin Cup, partnering with Evgeniya Rodina. Playing for the Russia Fed Cup team, Kudermetova has a win–loss record of 3–4. Personal life Kudermetova was born to Eduard Kudermet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. On 3 April 2023, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32. On 5 January 2015, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings. She has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In November 2023, she won her first WTA 125 tournament, in Florianópolis. Tomljanović was an accomplished junior player, having won the 2009 Australian Open girls' doubles title with Christina McHale. She reached a combined career-high junior ranking of world No. 4, on 30 March 2009. Before 2014, Tomljanović played for her country of birth, Croatia. She began competing for Australia at the 2014 US Open after obtaining permanent residency in Australia. For the next four years she was required to represent Croatia at all non-Grand Slam events, until she was granted Australian citizenship in January 2018, allowing her to represent the country at all events on the WTA Tour. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles ranking is world No. 10. She is a nine-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2016 French Open – Women's doubles, 2016 and 2022 French Open – Women's doubles, 2022 French Open women's doubles titles partnering Caroline Garcia, and the 2018 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2018 Australian Open, 2019 French Open – Women's doubles, 2019 and 2020 French Open – Women's doubles, 2020 French Opens and 2020 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2020 Australian Open with Tímea Babos. In mixed doubles, Mladenovic won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and 2014 Australian Open alongside Daniel Nestor, and the 2022 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2022 Australian Open with Ivan Dodig. She has also reached a further six major finals across women's and mixed doubles. Mlad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Zhaoxuan
Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. She reached her best WTA doubles ranking of world No. 9 on 30 January 2023. Yang has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA Challenger doubles title. In September 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. In addition, she has won three singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career 2014: WTA Tour debut Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Ye Qiuyu in doubles. The pair lost their first-round match against third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova. 2017: First WTA 1000 final Alongside Shuko Aoyama, she reached the final of the Wuhan Open which they lost to Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis. At the WTA Elite Trophy, she lost both matches in the round-robin stage together with Han Xinyun. 2018: First major doubles semifinal At the French Open, Yang alongside Chan Hao-ching reached her first Grand Slam semifinal bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
