Siniakova and Townsend Claim Historic US Open Doubles Title
Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend stood on the baseline at Flushing Meadows on Sunday knowing exactly what was at stake. One match for a slice of history. One match to complete a career doubles Grand Slam together.
They did it the hard way, and that made it feel even bigger.
The top seeds were dragged into a fight by American wildcards Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery, dropping their first set of the tournament before surging back to win 5-7 6-0 6-2 and lift the US Open women’s doubles title in New York.
From wobble to total command. That was the story of their afternoon.
A rare Slam, and a unique champion
This trophy completes the set for Siniakova and Townsend as a partnership: Wimbledon in 2024, the Australian Open in 2025, the French Open earlier this year, and now the US Open. Four majors, four different stages, one pairing that has learned how to win everywhere.
For Siniakova, it is more than just another title. The Czech now owns 12 Grand Slam doubles crowns, joining an elite group of only eight women in the Open era to reach that mark. She also steps into territory no one has ever walked before: the first player to complete a career doubles Slam with two different partners.
She did it first alongside Barbora Krejcikova. Now she has done it again with Townsend. Two different dynamics, same result — the full collection.
Townsend, meanwhile, finally has the New York ending she has been chasing. The 30-year-old American lost last year’s final here with Siniakova to Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe. This time, on home soil again, she left Arthur Ashe Stadium with the trophy that slipped away 12 months ago.
From disaster at the line to total dominance
Until the final, Siniakova and Townsend had not dropped a set all fortnight. They had looked like a team on rails. Then the tension of the occasion bit.
Serving at 5-6 in the opening set, Siniakova’s usually reliable delivery deserted her. Three double faults in the final game gifted Krueger and Montgomery the set. The crowd roared for the underdogs. The top seeds suddenly looked vulnerable.
The response was ruthless.
Siniakova and Townsend tore into the second set, shaking off the nerves and snapping straight back into rhythm. After the first game, they won 23 of the next 27 points. Returns landed deeper. Volleys tightened up. Patterns that had worked all tournament returned with a vengeance.
The 6-0 scoreline told its own story. The wildcards barely had time to breathe.
The momentum stayed with the favourites in the decider. An early break settled any lingering doubt, and once they moved 3-1 ahead, they never loosened their grip. Service games flowed again, the earlier serving chaos a distant memory as they closed out the match with the calm of serial winners.
Chasing down Navratilova
Siniakova’s dominance in doubles is now brushing against one of the biggest names in the sport. If she finishes this season as the world number one in doubles, it will be the sixth year she ends on top of the rankings. No woman has ever done that. Not even Martina Navratilova, whose record she would surpass for the most year-end No 1 finishes in WTA history.
From a brutal game of double faults to a performance worthy of the record books, Siniakova and Townsend turned a shaky start into a historic finish. The partnership has its Grand Slam set complete.
The only question now is how far they can push the numbers from here.
