{"id":154819,"date":"2025-09-19T12:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/154819\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:13:09","slug":"taylor-townsend-could-have-a-new-doubles-partner-for-2026-as-speculation-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/154819\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Townsend could have a new doubles partner for 2026 as speculation begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Taylor Townsend has continued from where she left off at the US Open, helping the USA reach the Billie Jean King Cup semifinals.<\/p>\n

The USA defeated Kazakhstan 2-1 in their quarterfinal tie, with Townsend<\/a> playing a key role in Shenzhen, China.<\/p>\n

She partnered with Jessica Pegula in the doubles decider, defeating Elena Rybakina and Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 7-6(7-1).<\/p>\n

It follows a superb US Open from Townsend, who impressed in both the singles and doubles in New York.<\/p>\n

She reached the round of 16 in the former, knocking out Mirra Andreeva and Jelena Ostapenko before losing to Barbora Krejcikova.<\/p>\n

\"TaylorPhoto by -\/AFP via Getty ImagesRennae Stubbs suggests new doubles partner for Taylor Townsend in 2026<\/p>\n

Townsend then reached the US Open doubles final with Katerina Siniakova, but they lost to Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe.<\/p>\n

And while the American has moved on to the Billie Jean King Cup, her partner Siniakova is currently playing doubles at the Korea Open<\/a> with Krejcikova.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Taylor Townsend reveals what happened after Jelena Ostapenko incident as she returned to the locker room<\/a><\/p>\n

Sharing her take on the matter, Rennae Stubbs<\/a> said on her podcast: \u201cOne interesting thing that we do want to talk about is that Krejcikova and Siniakova are playing doubles together in Korea.<\/p>\n

\u201cSiniakova is arguably the best doubles player of the last five to 10 years. It\u2019s interesting to me that they are going back to play together because they are playing in a small tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is interesting to me. I have done this a few times in my career, but at certain points in my career, you start looking at next year. Who are you going to play doubles with next year?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TaylorPhoto by -\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

And when asked if she\u2019s predicting a split between Townsend and Siniakova, Stubbs replied: \u201cThat is not what I\u2019m predicting but I am saying this is an interesting rekindling of a doubles team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Krejcikova has not done well in her doubles career since breaking up with Siniakova. They played together at a very early age, 12 or 13, and then they played together their whole career and won so many Grand Slams together.<\/p>\n

\u201cKat has had success with Taylor, having won two Grand Slams, the Australian Open and Wimbledon but probably not the success she is used to.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is interesting. I am just putting it out there, we will see what happens at the Australian Open and who plays together.<\/p>\n

\u201cStay tuned on that, it just doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense to me that they would play together at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m breaking news or this is just a one-off. I am throwing that out there. It\u2019s an interesting situation. I might be jumping to a massive conclusion and if I am then so be it.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Grand Slam doubles titles has Katerina Siniakova won?<\/p>\n

Stubbs knows about doubles tennis more than most, with a world number one ranking among her feats in the format.<\/p>\n

Townsend currently occupies that role, with her most recent partner on the WTA Tour<\/a> Siniakova having also previously been world number one.<\/p>\n

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsLoss2017US OpenHardLucie HradeckaChan Yung-jan,
Martina HingisWin2018French OpenClayBarbora KrejcikovaEri Hozumi,
Makoto NinomiyaWin2018WimbledonGrassBarbora KrejcikovaNicole Melichar,
Kveta PeschkeLoss2021Australian OpenHardBarbora KrejcikovaElise Mertens, Aryna SabalenkaWin2021French Open (2)ClayBarbora KrejcikovaBethanie Mattek-Sands,
Iga SwiatekWin2022Australian OpenHardBarbora KrejcikovaAnna Danilina,
Beatriz Haddad MaiaWin2022WimbledonGrassBarbora KrejcikovaElise Mertens,
Zhang ShuaiWin2022US OpenHardBarbora KrejcikovaCaty McNally,
Taylor TownsendWin2023Australian OpenHardBarbora KrejcikovaShuko Aoyama,
Ena ShibaharaWin2024French OpenClayCoco GauffSara Errani,
Jasmine PaoliniWin2024WimbledonGrassTaylor TownsendGabriela Dabrowski,
Erin RoutliffeWin2025Australian OpenHardTaylor TownsendHsieh Su-wei,
Jelena OstapenkoLoss2025US OpenHardTaylor TownsendGabriela Dabrowski,
Erin RoutliffeKaterina Siniakova Grand Slam doubles finals<\/p>\n

But the Czech star has certainly now made an interesting move in her doubles career, having reunited with compatriot Krejcikova.<\/p>\n

That pairing boasts a huge seven Grand Slam doubles titles, including a 2022 US Open final win over Townsend and Caty McNally.<\/p>\n

But 10-time champion Siniakova went on to lift two Grand Slam doubles titles alongside Townsend, having also clinched one with Coco Gauff.<\/p>\n

It certainly is an intriguing scenario that is playing out on the WTA Tour, but for now all the trio can do is focus on their current events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Townsend has continued from where she left off at the US Open, helping the USA reach the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,10148,76038,82,23967,593,4306],"class_list":{"0":"post-154819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-katerina-siniakova","11":"tag-korea-open","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-taylor-townsend","14":"tag-tennis","15":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}