BEIJING, China
The all-Czech squad of Andrea Sestini Hlavackova and Barbora Strycova booked their spot in the China Open semifinals on Friday, dispatching No.6 seeds María José Martínez Sánchez of Spain and Andrea Klepac of Slovenia, 6-3, 6-0, in a quarterfinal encounter.
SYDNEY, Australia
It was a banner performance by Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan in the Sydney International doubles final on Friday, as the Canadian-Chinese pairing disposed of No.1 seeds Latisha Chan and Andrea Sestini Hlavackova, 6-3, 6-1.
SINGAPORE
Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova have taken the doubles title at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global for the first time with a tight, high-quality 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 victory over unseeded Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson. It is the Hungarian-Czech pair's fifth trophy of the year, having only teamed up for the first time in May.
SINGAPORE
Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova overturned a 0-3 head-to-head record and survived a dramatic injury to upset No.1 seeds Chan Yung-Jan and Martina Hingis 6-4, 7-6(5) in the semifinals of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global - thereby ending the Swiss star's legendary career.
MOSCOW, Russia
Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova claimed the Kremlin Cup doubles title in Moscow as they defeated Nicole Melichar and Anna Smith 6-2, 3-6, 10-3 in the final.
“We had a great week here, we played well and hopefully we can continue the same way in Singapore,” Babos said, reflecting on the tournament.
BEIJING, China
The exceptional play of Chan Yung-Jan and Martina Hingis continues in 2017, as the No.1 seeds eased to the China Open title on Sunday, dispatching No.4 seeds Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova, 6-1, 6-4.
"It's always nice to be back in Beijing," Chan told the press after the final. "Definitely the tournament to look forward at the end of the season -- glad we've made it solid and strong again."
MADRID, Spain
Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-Jan took home their second title together at the Mutua Madrid Open after defeating Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.
The pair took home the first title of their partnership at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells earlier in the season and reached the semifinals in Doha and Miami, and now they can add a win at their first clay court tournament together.
“I think that we both have playing styles that complement the other perfectly,” Chan said afterwards. “It’s our fifth tournament together and we’ve already won two titles. In fact, this is our first tournament on clay and we’re so happy to win here and looking forward to the next tournaments.”
DUBAI, UAE
Ekaterima Makarova and elena vesnina came through multiple rain delays and a thrilling match tie-break to knock out Andrea hlavackova and Peng shuai next week's top-ranked team on the road to Singapore 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 to each win their first title at the dubai duty free tennis championship
Heading into the women’s doubles final with 76 titles and 10 Grand Slams between them, the line-up of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova against Andrea Hlavackova and Peng Shuai lacked nothing for experience.
The American-Czech duo of newly-crowned doubles world No.1 Mattek-Sands and her partner Safarova had tasted victory in Melbourne before, winning the 2015 title, and the second seeds did it again this year with an entertaining 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 victory.
“We were celebrating like five-year-old kids out there,” Mattek-Sands said. “It still feels amazing to win it. It's a Grand Slam. When we got the trophy, we saw our names written on it. We know we get it written on there again. It's just special.”
