Mixed Doubles Siegemund / Zverev vs Siniakova / Machac | 29 Jul 24 | |||||
Womens Singles Burel vs Siniakova | 28 Jul 24 | |||||
German Open Pegula vs Siniakova | 22 Jun 24 | |||||
Kateřina Siniaková (Czech pronunciation: ; Russian pronunciation: ; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in doubles.
She is a seven-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, all partnering compatriot Barbora Krejčíková, having completed the career Super Slam in the discipline. The pairing also finished runners-up at the 2018 WTA Finals, 2021 Australian Open, and 2022 WTA Finals, and Siniaková reached the final at the 2017 US Open with Lucie Hradecká. She became world No. 1 for the first time in October 2018, holding the top ranking for a total of 83 weeks, and has won 21 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2021 WTA Finals and two at WTA 1000 level.
In singles, Siniaková reached her career-high ranking of world No. 31 in October 2018, and has won three WTA titles, at the Shenzhen Open and Swedish Open in 2017, and at the Slovenia Open in 2022. Her best major result was at the 2019 French Open, upsetting world No. 1 and reigning US and Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka en route to the fourth round; she has also reached the third round at seven other Grand Slam tournaments.
Siniaková was part of the Czech team which won the 2018 Fed Cup, and also won doubles gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics alongside Krejčíková.
Personal life and background
Siniaková was born to a Czech mother Hana, an accountant, and Russian father Dmitry, a former boxer and her coach. Her younger brother Daniel (born 2003) is also a professional tennis player. Since the COVID-19 quarantine at the 2021 Australian Open, Siniaková has been dating fellow Czech tennis player Tomáš Macháč.