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2021 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Gabriela Dabrowski and Demi Schuurs in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Madrid Open. It marked the duo's seventh career WTA Tour doubles title together, as well as Krejčíková's eighth individual doubles title and Siniaková's 10th. Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová were the reigning champions from when the tournament was last held in 2019, but Strýcová did not return to compete due to her pregnancy. Hsieh partnered Elise Mertens; they lost in the second round to Jeļena Ostapenko and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Despite the loss, Mertens usurped Hsieh for the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half WTA doubles main draw entrants Seeds *Rankings are as of April 26, 2021. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Paula Badosa / Sara Sorribes Tormo * Aliona Bolsova / Danka Kovinić The followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Krejčíková has won eight singles, 19 doubles, and three mixed doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She is known for her aggressive playing style and her smooth, powerful groundstrokes. Krejčíková has won two singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors (at the 2021 French Open – Women's singles, 2021 French Open and at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2024 Wimbledon Championships) and seven women's doubles majors, including the Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, career Golden Slam in women's doubles. Krejčíková won all seven of her women's doubles majors Krejčíková–Siniaková doubles team, partnering with compatriot Kateřina Siniaková. She also won three mixed doubles majors, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ena Shibahara
is an American-born Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She reached her career-high rankings of world No. 4 in doubles and No. 119 in singles. Shibahara has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two WTA 1000, the 2021 Miami Open and the 2023 National Bank Open. Shibahara won her first major title at the 2022 French Open, alongside Wesley Koolhof in mixed doubles. Partnering with Shuko Aoyama, she reached the women's doubles finals at the 2023 Australian Open, in addition to the semifinals at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, the 2022 Australian Open, and at the 2021 WTA Finals. She made her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Japan in 2020, and also participated in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Until July 2019, Shibahara represented her country of birth, the United States. College In 2016, she graduated from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School and attended UCLA before turning pro after her sophomore season. Professional 2016: M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Vesnina
Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open (tennis), 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles with compatriot Ekaterina Makarova, and the 2016 Australian Open in mixed doubles, partnering Bruno Soares. She reached also eight further finals in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She became world No. 1 for the first time in June 2018, alongside Makarova, with the pair jointly holding the top ranking for the next five weeks. Vesnina won 19 doubles titles on WTA Tour, including the 2016 WTA Finals – Doubles, 2016 WTA Finals and eight at WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 1000-level. She also achieved significant success in singles, reaching her career-high ranking o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia. She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus one singles and one doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 October 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 25. On 22 February 2016, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings. Shvedova made three major singles quarterfinals: at the 2010 and the 2012 French Open, and also at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. She won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles, at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and the 2010 US Open, partnering American player Vania King in both. Shvedova is also one of only seven players to record a golden set (i.e. a set in which every point is won by the same player) in the Open era. She achieved this feat 2012 at Wimbledon in her m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Ninomiya
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 20 on 22 October 2018, and peaked at No. 280 in singles on 22 February 2016. Partnered with Eri Hozumi, she reached the final of the 2018 French Open. In doubles, she has won six titles on the WTA Tour, one title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 21 ITF titles. In singles, she has won one ITF Circuit title. Playing for Japan Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 5–1 as of June 2024. Career Ninomiya began playing tennis on ITF events in 2009. She reached her biggest final at the 2018 French Open with partner Eri Hozumi, losing to sixth seeds Barbora Krejčíková Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Wome ... and Kateřina Siniaková. The pair also reached th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jil Teichmann
Jil Belén Teichmann (born 15 July 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 21 in singles and No. 73 in doubles. She is the current No. 3 Swiss player. Teichmann has won two titles in singles and two in doubles on the WTA Tour, along with one WTA 125 doubles title. In addition, she won six singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. A former junior world No. 3, Teichmann won a major title in girls' doubles at the 2014 US Open. That year, she also won a gold medal for Switzerland in mixed doubles at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing. Her breakthrough as a senior player came in May 2019 when she won her first WTA Tour title in Prague. In July of that year, she won another WTA tournament, after making her first top-10 win over Kiki Bertens. She continued progressing, in March 2021 reaching the semifinals of the WTA 1000 Dubai Championships. With these performances she entered the top 50. Later that y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Bencic
Belinda Bencic (; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won nine career singles titles, including Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. A former junior world No. 1, Bencic won two junior Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles titles in 2013 at the 2013 French Open – Girls' singles, French Open and 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, Wimbledon. On the professional tour, she made her top 100 debut shortly after turning 17. Her breakthrough came at the 2014 US Open – Women's singles, 2014 US Open, where she became the youngest quarterfinalist since Martina Hingis in 1997. Bencic won her first two WTA Tour titles in 2015, including the 2015 Rogers Cup – Women's singles, Canadian Open where she defeated four of the top six players in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisa Stefani
Luisa Veras Stefani (; born 9 August 1997) is a professional tennis player from Brazil who specializes in doubles. Stefani is the first Brazilian woman to reach the WTA rankings, WTA top 10 in the Open Era. This milestone for Brazilian tennis was hit on 1 November 2021, when she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 9 in doubles. On 20 May 2019, she reached a singles ranking of No. 431. She had a ITF combined junior ranking of No. 10, on March 2015. She won the mixed-doubles competition at the 2023 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2023 Australian Open with Rafael Matos, becoming the first all Brazilian pair to win a Grand Slam title. With that, Stefani also became the second Brazilian woman ever to win a Grand Slam title in mixed doubles or any other event, after Maria Bueno that until that moment was the first and only Brazilian woman to become a grand slam champion, and also the first Brazilian woman ever to win a mixed doubles title at the Australian Open. Stefani is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayley Carter
Hayley Nicole Carter (born May 17, 1995) is an American former professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 25, which she achieved on 14 June 2021. Carter is primarily a doubles player. Over her career, she won two WTA Tour and two WTA 125 doubles titles, with nine titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Junior career Carter played at the Smith Stearn's Tennis Academy growing up. She also won a record 14 South Carolina state championships. Between 2009 and 2012, she won three ITF Junior Circuit singles titles and one doubles title. Carter played collegiate tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she earned All-American honors each of the four years she competed. She is the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leader in women's tennis singles victories with 168. Professional career 2019: New partnership with Stefani, first WTA Tour title In September 2019, with Luisa Stefani as partner, she reached her first doubles final on the WTA Tour at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Shuai
Zhang Shuai ( zh , s = 张帅 , p = Zhāng Shuài ; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high doubles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 22 reached in January 2023. She is a two-time Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam tournament champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open – Women's doubles, 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang also finished runner-up at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships and 2024 US Open – Women's doubles, 2024 US Open, and has reached six further semifinals across women's and mixed doubles. She has won a total of 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2021 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles, 2021 Cincinnati Open with Stosur. Zhang has also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Yifan
Xu Yifan (; ; born 8 August 1988), nicknamed Julie, is a Chinese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in doubles, on 13 January 2020. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 148 in the singles rankings. Career 2004–2013: Maiden ITF title Xu made her debut playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in China. She won her first doubles title with Xia Huan in 2006. She was a finalist in women's doubles at the 2007 and 2008 China Open in Beijing with Han Xinyun. 2014–2016: Australian Open semifinalist, WTA Elite trophy champion She was a quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in women's doubles with Zarina Diyas. She reached the semifinals at the 2016 Australian Open and was a quarterfinalist at the 2016 French Open in women's doubles with Zheng Saisai. 2017–2019: Wimbledon doubles final She was also a quarterfinalist in doubles at the Australian Open in 2017 with Raquel Atawo. In 2017, she formed a new partnership with C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latisha Chan
Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 US Open alongside Martina Hingis, as well as nine at WTA 1000-level. Chan also finished runner-up at three other Grand Slam events, the 2007 and 2015 Australian Open, and the 2007 US Open. In mixed doubles, she has won three Grand Slam titles: the 2018 French Open, 2019 French Open, and 2019 Wimbledon Championships, all with Ivan Dodig. Highlights of her singles career include reaching the semifinals at the 2006 Japan Open and the final at the Bangkok Open in 2007. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 50 on 11 June 2007, and became world No. 1 in doubles on 23 October 2017, the second Taiwanese player to do so, after Hsieh Su-wei. She again topped the doubles rankings on 13 August 2018, and has spent a tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
