Czech Duo Siniaková and Krejčíková Win Wimbledon Women’s Double Title

In a Wimbledon women’s doubles final between the No. 1 vs. No. 2 seeds, second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova were crowned champions.

In their second career championships appearance on Centre Court, the Czechs beat top-seeded Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-4 to win their second Wimbledon title.

The win is also the pair’s fifth all-time Grand Slam doubles title and second this year. They also won this year’s Australian Open title, defeating Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final. They previously were champions at the All-England Club in 2018.

WTA Doubles World No.1 Mertens was bidding to defend the Wimbledon title she won 12 months ago alongside Hsieh Su-wei with first-time Wimbledon finalist Zhang, who was seeking her third Grand Slam doubles title. Having first played together three years ago, the pair was unbeaten in completed matches their grass-court reunion this summer; they gave Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko a walkover in the final of the Rothesay Classic Birmingham, but otherwise had eight victories.

Match management: Krejcikova and Siniakova lost just one set in winning the title: In the quarterfinals, they rallied from being blitzed by No. 10 seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez to win, 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-2. The theme of the fortnight continued in a comprehensive performance against Mertens and Zhang in 66 minutes.

They faced brief adversity in the second set, when they lost serve for the first time in the match at 3-3 to trail by a break, but quickly regrouped to win three straight games.

🏆​ Ladies’ Doubles Champions 🏆​

Congratulations Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova. The Czech pair defeated Shuai Zhang and Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-4#Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/zxzwukRspC

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 10, 2022

Rising to the occasion: It was the first Wimbledon women’s doubles final between the Top 2 seeds in seven years; No. 1 seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza defeated No. 2 seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in 2015.

Krejcikova and Siniakova now own a 17-3 all-time women’s doubles record at Wimbledon after winning the junior title at the All-England Club in 2013. They’ve also won Roland Garros twice in the last five years.