WTA Finals Cancun doubles rundown: Pegula and Gauff, Krejcikova and Siniakova, and more
Which team will take home the year's final tournament?
Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, whose journey to the WTA Finals is perhaps the most unlikely of all its doubles teams, will battle along with seven other squads in the year-end championships. Here are highlights from each team:
Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff
No question, frequent participation in doubles has helped these two sharp-hitting Americans also thrive as Top 10 mainstays in singles. Paired together for tournament wins in Doha and Miami.
Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens
As you’d expect from a lefthanded Aussie, Hunter is quite nimble on the doubles court. Ditto for the powerful Mertens. This duo were finalists at Wimbledon and also took titles on clay in Rome—and just last month on hard courts in Guadalajara.
Shuko Aoyoma and Ena Shibahara
Their big run came in Montreal, a title effort highlighted by victories over Siegemund-Zvonareva and Schuurs-Krawcyzk—the latter a 13-11 nailbiter of a third-set tiebreaker. These two also won s’Hertogenbosch and reached the final at the Australian Open.
Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova
In recent years, no team has been more successful at the majors, these two taking seven Slams since 2018. They kicked off 2023 with a victory at the Australian Open, and had their best subsequent results in California with wins at Indian Wells and San Diego.
Demi Schuurs and Desirae Krawczyk
The lefthanded Krawcyzk has won four mixed Slams, and clearly brings that skill to women’s doubles as well. She and Schuurs proved quite versatile in 2023, earning championships this spring on clay (Stuttgart) and summer on grass (Eastbourne). Time, now, for a fall renaissance?
Vera Zvonareva and Laura Siegemund
A former Top 10 singles player, Zvonareva continues to flourish in doubles. She and the crafty Siegemund won the US Open back in 2020, and this year combined to win three tournaments (Washington, DC; Ningbo, Nanchang), as well as advance to the US Open final.
Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez
Though they didn’t win a title this year, this high-energy duo generated quality results from start to finish, reaching four finals. They’re a classic mix of righty Melichar-Martinez and lefty Perez.