Babos and Mladenovic Make History with WTA Finals Title Defense
<![CDATA[Babos also becomes the first player to win three WTA Finals doubles titles in a row in 21 years.]]>
Timea Babos three-peats @WTAFinals, having won the title in 2017 with Andrea Hlavackova-Sestini and with Kristina Mladenovic in 2018 and 2019.The last player to win three in a row was Lindsay Davenport in 1996 (w/ Fernandez), 1997 (w/ Novotna), and 1998 (w/ Zvereva). pic.twitter.com/Afv1ArqQ5d
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) November 3, 2019
Babos and Mladenovic defeated Czechs Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova in last year’s final at Singapore.This year’s Roland Garros champions went a perfect 5-0 in Shenzhen and improved to 1-1 by avenging their loss in the Wimbledon final to Hsieh and Strycova.They dominated the contest from start to finish, breaking Hsieh and Strycova 5 times on 12 opportunities and only dropping four of 27 first-serve points as a tandem.Despite the loss in the final, Strycova will take home the WTA’s year-end No.1 ranking in 2019.
]]>Tremendous season for Barbora Strycova.Wimbledon singles semifinalist, @Wimbledon doubles champion (w/ Hsieh) and now will finish as the Doubles Year-End World No.1. pic.twitter.com/Vzz1mRNZOp
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) November 2, 2019
