Taylor Townsend won her first Grand Slam championship with Czech partner Katerina Siniakova in the Wimbledon women’s doubles final on Saturday, defeating Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe.
With the rest of the All England Club in darkness at the conclusion of a long day, Townsend and Siniakova sparkled under the illuminated Centre Court roof, winning 7-6(5) 7-6(1) in their tenth match together.
Townsend had previously lost in the U.S. Open doubles final in 2022 and the French Open doubles final last year, but made it third time lucky with Siniakova, who now has nine doubles Slam titles.
The 28-year-old Chicago native, who became a mother in 2021, was overcome with emotion as their opponents’ double-fault ended a close match.
“I just have to say that I’m so glad that I could team up with Katerina,” Townsend remarked on the court.
Siniakova grabbed another Grand Slam trophy to her collection after watching longtime doubles partner Barbora Krejcikova win Wimbledon’s singles crown.
“Amazing. “I’m very proud of Barbora,” Siniakova said of her Czech counterpart. “I’m just so happy that we could do it as well.”
Siniakova has won seven major doubles titles with Krejcikova and one with Coco Gauff at this year’s French Open. This was her first match alongside Townsend, an American whose previous best Grand Slam doubles result was two runner-up results at the 2022 U.S. Open (losses to Siniakova and Krejcikova) and the 2023 French Open.
Routliffe, who won the U.S. Open doubles title with Dabrowski last year, will take comfort in reaching the top of the women’s doubles standings.
“This was my first Wimbledon final, but hopefully not the last,” Routliffe stated on the court.
Siniakova won her first two Wimbledon doubles titles with Barbora Krejcikova, who earlier on Centre Court defeated Jasmine Paolini to win the singles title.
“I’m so proud of Barbora, and I’m so happy that we could do it as well,” the 28-year-old remarked.
