Dabrowski and Stefani win Wuhan for a third consecutive tournament title
A 7–5, 6–4 win over Hunter and Siniakova on October 18, 2026 brought a sixth title of the season and a 79–19 career record as a team.
Building a doubles partnership
Plan serving, receiving, net movement and partner communication together. Use tour partnerships and mixed doubles to examine how contrasting strengths combine.
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Davis Cup Final 8: why a team result can read 2–1
Bologna hosts the November 24–29 team event. Two singles and one doubles match form a tie, creating a score above individual sets and games.
Five wins without a dropped set: Miedler and Oberleitner take Shanghai
The Austrians beat Cabral and Tracy 6–3, 6–4 in 66 minutes on October 18, 2026, becoming the first all-Austrian Masters 1000 title-winning pair.
Singles retirement in 1994, a last major in 2006: Navratilova turns seventy
Navratilova turned seventy on October 18, 2026. After a singles career with 167 titles, she continued in doubles and won her fifty-ninth major at the 2006 US Open mixed event.
Reading the 2026 US Open doubles draw: two names, one team
Each doubles draw has 64 teams and six rounds. Read team seeds, individual nationalities, set scores and tiebreak figures together.
Agree a practice format when serves are still developing
Agree the first ball, target area and rotation so four players with different serving skills can practise together, then progress from feeds to actual serves.
A down-the-line doubles return needs a next-ball plan
Prepare for a central volley as soon as you choose the line. Compare it with a cross-court return through the next exchange and the gap between partners.
What the receiver’s partner should watch
Use the return and the opponent’s next contact to decide whether to advance, hold or retreat.
When can a doubles team change its serving order?
The four-server sequence and deuce/ad receiving assignments stay fixed for the set. Examples show what can change in a new set and what happens during rallies.
Korean under-12 boys beat Romania 2-1 for third straight semifinal
Lee Run won in singles and doubles on Shymkent clay on October 15. Korea was scheduled to face COTECC for a place in the final on October 16.
Cabral and Tracy recover from 3–5 in the decider to reach Shanghai final
The pair beat Arribage and Olivetti 4–6, 6–4, 10–8 on October 16, 2026, adding a Shanghai final to their Hangzhou title after teaming up in July.
Through 8–8, 9–9 and 10–10: Polmans and Zielinski beat Shanghai’s fifth seeds
Polmans and Zielinski beat Cash and Glasspool 7–6(3), 4–6, 12–10 on October 13, 2026, reaching the quarterfinals of only their second event together.
A 59-minute final ends a 13-match streak: Dabrowski and Stefani win Beijing
A 6–1, 6–2 win over Siniakova and Zhang Shuai on October 11 delivered the pair’s fifth title of 2026 and seventh together.
Goffin’s Brussels farewell plan: two wildcards and a Friday hall change
The September 22, 2026 announcement gave Goffin a singles wildcard and a doubles wildcard with Collignon, with the final weekend moving to Palais 5.
No breaks, then 11-9: alternates Droguet and Jacquet win Estoril
Their 7-6(2), 6-7(4), 11-9 victory on July 26, 2026 came in the first ATP Tour doubles final for both players.
After a 14-12 escape, Miedler and Polmans win another title 6-2, 6-2
On July 25, 2026, Miedler and Polmans defeated Schnaitter and Wallner in the Kitzbühel doubles final, just days after winning Gstaad.
Eight doubles titles, then a Doha farewell with Djokovic: Verdasco in 2025
Heliovaara and Patten won the Doha quarterfinal 7-5, 6-4 on February 19, 2025. Verdasco finished with 559 singles wins and 15 tour titles across singles and doubles.
Three players, one court: a rotating doubles practice
USTA’s one-against-two game uses different court areas to keep all three players involved.
Siniakova e Patten hanno battuto Sabalenka e Djokovic. La partita dopo complica il racconto.
Un match tie-break vinto 10–2 contro i primi favoriti del misto agli US Open, poi uno perso 8–10: la giornata di Siniakova e Patten va oltre il confronto tra specialisti e stelle del singolare.
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Il 5–0 non era il traguardo: le Williams e il vantaggio che un tie-break può cancellare
Serena e Venus Williams conducevano 5–0 nel tie-break decisivo degli US Open 2026, poi perso 10–7. Il loro ritorno in doppio ricorda quanto resta da fare anche con un ampio vantaggio.
8 minuti di letturaHai gridato «indietro!» al compagno di doppio. Perché può costarti il punto?
L’esempio del lob corto nel Codice USTA spiega quando parlare in doppio diventa disturbo volontario, perché una richiesta tardiva non vale e perché gemiti e grida involontarie richiedono un trattamento diverso.
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Siniaková e Townsend: il tuo compagno di doppio deve giocare come te?
Dopo il titolo al Roland-Garros 2026, Kateřina Siniaková ha valorizzato le differenze tra il proprio gioco e quello di Taylor Townsend. La lezione utile riguarda le opzioni condivise, non il semplice abbinamento degli opposti.
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Una semifinale agli US Open, poi il ritiro: perché Joe Salisbury ha scelto di fermarsi
Joe Salisbury si è ritirato a 34 anni dopo un’ultima semifinale agli US Open con Rajeev Ram. Il suo racconto distingue la capacità di competere dalla voglia di vivere un’altra stagione in circuito.
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