Taylor Townsend completes career Slam
Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova won the 2026 US Open women’s doubles title on September 11 at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The No. 1 seeds defeated Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery 5-7, 6-0, 6-2.
The victory completed a career Grand Slam for Townsend and Siniakova as a team. Their four major titles together now cover Wimbledon, the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open.
Townsend wins first US Open doubles title
Townsend captured her first US Open women’s doubles championship after previous final appearances in New York. She and Siniakova finished runners-up in 2025 before returning one year later as the tournament’s top seeds.
The 2026 trophy became Townsend’s fourth Grand Slam women’s doubles title. Her earlier major victories with Siniakova came at Wimbledon in 2024, the Australian Open in 2025, and Roland Garros in 2026.
Townsend recovers from nervous opening
Townsend said she felt nervous early in the final, and the top seeds lost the first three games before dropping the opening set 5-7. Their play improved sharply once the second set began.
Siniakova helped Townsend through the difficult start, and the pair responded by winning the second set 6-0. They then controlled the deciding set 6-2 to complete the comeback at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Siniakova adds another historic Slam
Siniakova’s US Open victory gave her a 12th Grand Slam women’s doubles title. The Czech player had already completed a career Grand Slam with Barbora Krejcikova before building another complete set with Townsend.
That achievement made Siniakova the first player to complete a women’s doubles career Grand Slam with two different partners. Her four titles with Townsend added another major milestone to an already decorated doubles career.
Townsend joins rare career Slam group
Townsend became the sixth active women’s player to complete a career Grand Slam in doubles. The achievement requires winning the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open at least once.
Her path took three seasons with the same partner. Townsend and Siniakova started with Wimbledon in 2024, added Melbourne in 2025, won Paris in 2026, and completed the set in New York.
Townsend and Siniakova reverse final
Krueger and Montgomery opened the final strongly, taking the first three games before winning the opening set 7-5. Their early lead gave the wild-card pair control against the tournament’s top seeds.
Townsend and Siniakova answered by winning the second set 6-0, then took the deciding set 6-2. The final score showed a clear shift after the champions struggled through the opening stages.
Krueger and Montgomery reach surprise final
Krueger and Montgomery entered the women’s doubles draw as a wild card team and reached the final despite doubles rankings of 570 and 610. Their run included victories over experienced seeded opponents.
The American pair had a history together before this tournament. Krueger and Montgomery won the US Open girls’ doubles title five years earlier, then reunited in 2026 and reached their first senior Grand Slam final.
Townsend rebounds after singles exit
Townsend’s singles run ended in the fourth round against world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who won 6-4, 6-3. Her doubles campaign remained active, giving her another path through the tournament.
Five days after that singles defeat, Townsend returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium for the women’s doubles final. She left with the championship after completing the comeback alongside Siniakova in three sets.
Townsend answers 2025 final loss
Townsend and Siniakova had finished as runners-up at the US Open one year earlier. That 2025 result left New York as the only major championship still missing from their partnership together.
Returning as the No. 1 seeds, they reached the championship match for a second consecutive year. This time, the pair converted the opportunity and completed the final piece of their team career Grand Slam.
Townsend and Siniakova survive semifinal
Townsend and Siniakova reached the final by defeating No. 8 seeds Elise Mertens and Diana Shnaider 6-0, 7-6. They dominated the first set before surviving a tighter second set at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Mertens and Shnaider led 5-2 in the second set before the top seeds recovered. Townsend and Siniakova won four straight games, then took the tiebreak to secure another championship appearance in New York.
Fun fact: At 15, Townsend won both the Australian Open junior singles and doubles titles, years before completing her senior doubles career Grand Slam.
Townsend builds on 2022 breakthrough
Townsend reached the 2022 US Open women’s doubles final with Caty McNally before winning any senior Grand Slam doubles title. Her major breakthrough arrived after she began partnering successfully with Siniakova.
Since 2024, Townsend and Siniakova have won four different majors together. The sequence transformed Townsend from a former finalist into a career Grand Slam champion within a little more than two years.
Townsend’s doubles ranking shows rise
Townsend reached world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on July 28, 2025. She spent eight weeks at the top during a season that included major success and several tour-level titles.
Her 2025 results included the Australian Open championship with Siniakova, plus titles in Dubai, Washington, and Osaka with different partners. Those results established Townsend as one of the leading active doubles players on tour.
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Townsend completes New York comeback
The US Open victory gave Townsend a major title at a tournament where she had previously reached doubles finals without winning. New York finally supplied the championship missing from her Grand Slam collection.
At 30, Townsend left Arthur Ashe Stadium with four major women’s doubles titles and a completed career Grand Slam. Her second straight US Open final became her first senior championship in New York.
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