After winning the WTA Finals in Fort Worth in 2022, Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens didn’t play a match together as partners in 2023 or 2024.
They reunited in late April and picked up where they left off, reaching the finals at back-to-back WTA 1000 events in Madrid and Rome in their first two tournaments back together. That kickstarted a run to the WTA Finals in Riyadh, where they secured the No. 4 seed despite a late start compared to the other seven teams.
After defeating three-time champion Timea Babos and her partner Luisa Stefani 7-6 (4), 6-1 in 1 hour and 36 minutes on Saturday at King Saud University Indoor Arena, their reunion culminated in a second Martina Navratilova Trophy.
They are the 22nd and 23rd players to hoist the trophy multiple times.
More to come…