February 18, 2008
Alicja, Liga Triumph in Vina del Mar Doubles - The Latin American clay court season got underway at the Cachantun Cup and the unseeded partnership of Liga Dekmeijere and Alicja Rosolska marked it with their maiden Sony Ericsson WTA Tour titles.
February 11, 2008
Brilliant Bondarenkos Class Apart in Paris - Although the 2008 season is still in its infancy, there is no doubt over who has been the outstanding doubles team on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. The sibling partnership of Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko sensationally won their first tournament in tandem at the Australian Open at the end of January and they swiftly followed it up with title No.2 at the Open Gaz de France on Sunday afternoon.
February 11, 2008
Chan, Chuang Back To Winning Ways in Thailand - After a disappointing start to the season, Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung finally returned to winning ways at the Pattaya Women's Open on Sunday, capturing their fifth Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title in tandem with a straight-set victory over Hsieh Su-Wei and Vania King.
February 9, 2008
Bondarenkos Blog From Paris - Both Alona and Kateryna enjoyed career years last year and have already made a breakout beginning to 2008, capturing the Australian Open doubles crown together. Now the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's second-highest ranked sister act, coming from a triumphant Fed Cup weekend in their home country of Ukraine, brings us this week's player blog straight from the Open Gaz de France in Paris.
January 27, 2008
Sun, Zimonjic Win Mixed Doubles Honors - Two of the fastest-rising tennis nations in the world joined together in Melbourne this past fortnight and on Sunday shared one of the biggest prizes up for grabs at the year's first Grand Slam. Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjic fended off a stern challenge from Indian pair Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title, 76(4) 64.
January 25, 2008
Bondarenkos Win Australian Open Doubles - While all odds pointed to Cara Black and Liezel Huber or the Williams sisters prevailing, it was a second sister act that ended up taking the Australian Open doubles title this fortnight. After a path to the final that included a straight set demolition of Black and Huber, Bondarenko sisters Alona and Kateryna got back in the winning habit on Friday afternoon, rallying back from a first set disaster against Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Peer to enter the Grand Slam winner's circle for the first time.
January 24, 2008
Sister Act Meets Azarenka, Peer in Doubles Final - After a fortnight full of upsets, the final of the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open, will pit the sibling partnership of Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko against the No.12 seeds, Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Peer.
January 23, 2008
Seeds Suffer in Australian Open Doubles - Defending champions and top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber were sent crashing out of the Australian Open in the quarterfinals, after a sensational defeat to Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko.
January 21, 2008
Black, Huber March On - Cara Black and Liezel Huber continued the defense of their Australian Open crown with an impressive victory over Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Perebiynis on Monday.
January 17, 2008
Australian Open: First Round Wrap - The first round of the doubles competition at the Australian Open drew to a close on Thursday and the Top 4 seeds all progressed safely with straight-set victories.
January 15, 2008
Doubles Action Kicks Off Down Under - One of the most fascinating battles at this year's Australian Open will be the one for the doubles competition. Last season saw three different partnerships triumph at the four Grand Slams and 2008 promises to be just as open, with a whole host of partnerships gunning for the prestigious title in Melbourne.
January 12, 2008
Chinese Champs in Sydney Doubles - Yan Zi and Zheng Jie continued their impressive comeback at the Medibank International by taking home the doubles title at the $600,000, Tier II event.
January 5, 2008
First-Time Team Steals The Show in Auckland - In a week of upsets, it was the surprise package of Mariya Koryttseva and Lilia Osterloh who triumphed at the ASB Classic.
January 5, 2008
Golden Week For Safina, Szavay Combo - New year, new partner, but for Dinara Safina it was the same result, as the Russian continued her remarkable love affair with the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts by taking home the doubles title for the second year in succession.
November 20, 2007
2007 Doubles Season in Review - 2007 was certainly a season to remember for the doubles stars of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, with thrills and spills aplenty. The season was dominated by the peerless Cara Black and Liezel Huber, who won two of the four Grand Slams on offer, but it also featured the emergence of several new and exciting forces on the doubles scene.
November 11, 2007
Black, Huber Enjoy Season-Ending Glory - Cara Black and Liezel Huber crowned a glorious year with the Sony Ericsson Championships title on Saturday afternoon, after they emerged victorious in a thrilling doubles final against Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama.
November 10, 2007
Black, Huber To Meet Srebotnik, Sugiyama in Madrid Final - The Top 4 doubles teams of 2007 went head-to-head at the Sony Ericsson Championships on Saturday in two vastly contrasting semifinals. The first clash saw the No.2 seeds, Ai Sugiyama and Katarina Srebotnik, ease past Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung, before being joined in the final of the $3-million event by the No.1, Cara Black and Liezel Huber, conquerors of Kveta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs on a match tie-break.
November 8, 2007
Championships Team Profile: Peschke and Stubbs - They were No.7 in the standings after Wimbledon, with the No.6 team having nearly twice as many points as they did. But a late-year surge helped them become the fourth and final duo to qualify for the Sony Ericsson Championships doubles event, and Kveta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs are looking forward to continuing their fall hot streak at the season-ender.
November 8, 2007
Black, Huber Secure Year-End No.1 Ranking - Cara Black from Zimbabwe and recently-naturalized American citizen Liezel Huber concluded the 2007 season as the No.1 doubles team on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. They are only the fourth team to jointly hold the No.1 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Doubles Ranking since its inception in 1984 and only the second team to finish a season in that position.
November 8, 2007
Madrid Doubles Action Kicks Off Saturday - A fantastic year of doubles on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour will draw to a close this weekend at the Sony Ericsson Championships as the Top 4 teams in the world do battle for the prestigious season-ending title.
November 7, 2007
Championships Team Profile: Srebotnik and Sugiyama - It was a long time coming, but two of the world's best doubles players over the last decade finally joined forces earlier this season. And it didn't take long for the team to qualify for its first year-ender, as Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama were the third pairing to make the Madrid field.
November 6, 2007
Championships Team Profile: Chan and Chuang - They went to Melbourne as a relatively anonymous wildcard pair, but now they're one of the most feared duos around.
November 5, 2007
Championships Team Profile: Black and Huber - It has been an absolutely groundbreaking season for both Cara Black and Liezel Huber, who rejoined forces at the beginning of the year and have proceeded to take the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour by storm with a mass of title runs, including majors at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
October 28, 2007
Black, Huber Take Title No.8 in Linz - 2007 has been a memorable year for Cara Black and Liezel Huber and the dynamic duo ensured they finished the season on a high when they captured their eighth title since January at the Generali Ladies Linz.
October 26, 2007
Two More Teams Make It, Doubles Field Complete - Slovenian-Japanese duo Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama and the Czech-Australian pairing of Kveta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs are the third and fourth teams to qualify for the doubles event at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships.
October 22, 2007
Peschke, Stubbs Reach Zenith in Zurich - Kveta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs further enhanced their claims to be the outstanding team of this year's European indoor season when they picked up the prestigious Z�rich Open title.
October 22, 2007
Chan, Chuang Qualify for Madrid - Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung have become the second team to qualify for this November's Sony Ericsson Championships, the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced on Monday, October 22.
October 15, 2007
Moscow Magic For Black, Huber - After two months without a trophy Cara Black and Liezel Huber returned to winning ways in Moscow, battling through the draw to lift their seventh title of the season.
October 8, 2007
Stuttgart Success For Stubbs, Peschke - The third consecutive three-tournament week on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour certainly served up plenty of thrills and spills in the doubles arena. It was also the week of the comeback, as all three title winning teams came from a set down to capture their trophies. Kveta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs recorded their second tournament victory in tandem at Stuttgart, while China's Sun Tiantian and Yan Zi and Belarusian duo Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Anastasiya Yakimova were successful at Tokyo [Japan Open] and Tashkent respectively.
October 1, 2007
Back-to-Back Titles For Hsieh, Chuang - Last week was one of ferocious competition on the doubles courts of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, with three titles at stake. Chuang Chia-Jung and Hsieh Su-Wei picked up their second title in as many weeks when they triumphed at the Hansol Korea Open, while Iveta Benesova and Janette Husarova emerged victorious at the FORTIS Championships Luxembourg and Peng Shuai and Yan Zi won the Jinjiannan Guangzhou International Women's Open.
September 24, 2007
Beijing, Kolkata, Portoroz Doubles Wraps - Last week was a bumper one for doubles on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, with three tournaments taking place across the globe. The experienced partnerships of Chuang Chia-Jung and Hsieh Su-Wei and Czech duo Lucie Hradecka and Voracova triumphed in Beijing and Portoroz respectively, while in Kolkata the rookie team of Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva took home the title.
September 17, 2007
Chinese Champs In Bali Doubles - Nearly two years after first teaming up, Sun Shengnan and Ji Chunmei finally captured their first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title together at the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic on Sunday.
September 9, 2007
US Open Doubles Delight For Dechy, Dinara - Having been on opposite sides of the net in last year's final, Nathalie Dechy and Dinara Safina fought for doubles glory together this year and it ended in glory as they held aloft the prestigious trophy on Sunday afternoon.
September 6, 2007
Azarenka, Mirnyi Capture US Open Mixed Doubles Crown - The championship weekend started early at the US Open on Thursday, as the mixed doubles honors were determined. And thanks to some top-notch serving and a riveting second set comeback, it was the Belarusian combination of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka that walked away the winners, beating Indian-American combination Leander Paes and Meghann Shaughnessy in a tight two-setter.
September 6, 2007
Dechy, Safina Face Chan, Chuang For US Open Doubles Crown - The line-up for the US Open doubles final was completed on Thursday afternoon, after two closely-fought semifinals at Flushing Meadows. Contesting the championship match at the year's final Grand Slam will be Australian Open runners-up, Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung, and the newly formed team of, Nathalie Dechy and Dinara Safina.
September 5, 2007
No.3 Seeds Become Latest US Open Doubles Casualty - Wednesday afternoon saw Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama become the latest high-profile seeds to stumble out of the US Open doubles competition, when they were defeated in straight sets by Nathalie Dechy and Dinara Safina.
September 4, 2007
Doubles Seeds Continue To Tumble - After Cara Black and Liezel Huber's surprise second round exit the draw for the US Open doubles was blown wide open, but one team who will not be capitalising on the exit of the pre-tournament favorites though, is the No.2-seeded duo of Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur who were themselves on the receiving end of an upset when they were bundled out in three sets by Bethanie Mattek and Sania Mirza on Monday.
August 31, 2007
Top Seeds Crash Out Of US Open Doubles - After a first round devoid of any major upsets, the doubles competition at Flushing Meadows burst into life on Friday when the top seeds and pre-tournament favorites, Cara Black and Liezel Huber, crashed out at the hands of Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko.
August 29, 2007
Stars All Set For US Open Doubles - Arguably the most exciting and intriguing battle over the US Open fortnight will be the one for the doubles crown. The race for the final Grand Slam on the calendar is wide open, with a whole host of teams in with a realistic chance of capturing the prestigious title a week on Sunday.
August 27, 2007
Mara, Sania Crush Cara, Liezel in New Haven Doubles - It was just their second event in tandem, but Sania Mirza and Mara Santangelo looked every bit the seasoned partnership during the Pilot Pen Tennis presented by Schick last week, dropping just one set en route to the title.
August 19, 2007
Third Time Lucky for Srebotnik, Sugiyama - It was third time lucky for Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama in Toronto on Sunday, as they put final heartbreak at Roland Garros and Wimbledon behind them to capture their first title together at the Rogers Cup presented by American Express.
August 16, 2007
Black, Huber Qualify for Madrid - Cara Black and Liezel Huber, the outstanding doubles team of 2007 thus far, are the first women to qualify for the doubles event at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships, set to take place in Madrid's Recinto Ferial Casa De Campo between November 6 and 11.
August 13, 2007
Peschke, Stubbs Win Los Angeles Doubles - After four months together it was only a matter of time before the standout doubles team of Kveta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs captured their first title in unison and they broke their duck in spectacular fashion Sunday afternoon, thrashing Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo to win the East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife.
August 6, 2007
Huber Rises to No.2 After San Diego Success - Cara Black and Liezel Huber won their sixth title of the season with victory at the Acura Classic on Sunday. The win sees Huber move to a career-high No.2 in the rankings, while Black remains at No.1.
August 6, 2007
Spaniards Supreme in Stockholm Doubles - For Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual it was fourth time lucky at the Nordea Nordic Light Open on Saturday, as the Spanish duo finally captured their first title in tandem on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.
July 30, 2007
Czech Mate In Bad Gastein Doubles - Nearly a year after their maiden Sony Ericsson WTA Tour triumph in Portoroz, Lucie Hradecka and Renata Voracova captured title number two at the Gastein Ladies on Sunday.
July 30, 2007
Stanford Success For Mirza, Peer - The popular pairing we playing in unison for just the second time this season, but after their victory at the Bank of the West Classic the team of Sania Mirza and Shahar Peer may well join forces again sometime soon.
July 23, 2007
Magical Mattek, Mirza Triumph in Cincinnati - It was only their second event in tandem, but Bethanie Mattek and Sania Mirza looked far from strangers as they lifted the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open on Sunday.
July 23, 2007
Koryttseva, Kustava Sizzle in Sicilian Doubles - There were upsets aplenty in the doubles competition at the Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo, with only one seeded team making it beyond the opening round and eventually it was the unheralded pairing of Mariya Koryttseva and Darya Kustava lifted the trophy.
July 10, 2007
Black, Huber Win Wimbledon, Happily Back On Top - After an incredible four-tournament win streak earlier in the year, Cara Black and Liezel Huber went without a title for eight events. At Wimbledon that all changed, and the African pair couldn't be more excited about it.
July 08, 2007
Black, Huber Win Wimbledon Doubles - A remarkable record was extended on Sunday afternoon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club as Cara Black and Liezel Huber captured their second Wimbledon doubles crown, thereby maintaining their unbeaten run as a partnership on the famous lawns of south-west London.
July 08, 2007
Jankovic, Murray Capture Wimbledon Mixed Title - What began as a light-hearted scratch pairing turned into one of the most popular Wimbledon title runs in recent memory over the last fortnight, as Jelena Jankovic and Jamie Murray won their maiden majors in the mixed doubles event.
July 07, 2007
Black, Huber Face Srebotnik, Sugiyama For Doubles Crown - Two thrilling semifinals decided the line-up for Sunday's Wimbledon doubles final. Contesting the championship match of the year's third Grand Slam will be the 2005 winners, Cara Black and Liezel Huber, and recent Roland Garros runners-up, Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama.
July 06, 2007
Semifinal Line-up Completed in Wimbledon Doubles - Friday was doubles quarterfinals day at Wimbledon and three of the Top 4 seeded pairings made it through to the final weekend of this year's tournament.
July 04, 2007
No.3 Seeds Crash Out of Doubles - There was a real shock in the doubles competition at the All-England Club on Wednesday afternoon, as the No.3 seeds Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung were bundled out of the competition by Chinese duo Yan Zi and Peng Shuai.
July 01, 2007
Battle For Doubles No.1 Spot Heats Up - The battle for doubles supremacy on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has always been a closely contested affair, but this season the competition for top spot in the rankings has really begun to hot up, with the No.1 position changing hands twice in as many weeks in the lead up to Wimbledon.
June 28, 2007
Williams Sisters Make Winning Return in Doubles - For the first time in four years the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, stepped onto the doubles court together and judging by their performance it was as if they had never been away.
June 26, 2007
Doubles Stars All Set For Grass Court Test - One of the most fiercely contested events over the Wimbledon fortnight will be the doubles and after the entertaining battle witnessed for the title at Roland Garros, the year's third Grand Slam promises to be just as exciting.
June 23, 2007
Top
Team Triumphs in Eastbourne - The world's top doubles
team showed good form heading into Wimbledon, with Lisa Raymond and Samantha
Stosur
winning their fifth title of the year at the International Women's Open.
June 23, 2007
Chan, Chuang Win Second Grass Title - The Chinese Taipei pairing of Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung stamped themselves as legitimate Wimbledon doubles title contenders after winning their second grasscourt title in a fortnight.
June 18, 2007
Chan, Chuang Capture Third Career Title in Birmingham -
Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung defeated Sun Tiantian and Meilen Tu in the
final of the DFS Classic to take home the title at the Wimbledon tune-up event.
June 17, 2007
Spanish Pairing Wins In Barcelona -
Prior to this week they had won only one match in tandem, but Nuria Llagostera
Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja were holding aloft the Barcelona KIA trophy.
June 8, 2007
Molik, Santangelo Win in Paris - For the partnership it could have been some beginner's luck, but for the individuals it was a long time coming, as Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo captured the 2007 Roland Garros doubles crown.
June 7, 2007
Dechy,
Ram Win Roland Garros Mixed Doubles -
Though it didn't enjoy too much success in the singles event, home nation France
definitely came through in another discipline, as Nathalie Dechy and Israel's
Andy Ram captured the 2007 Roland Garros mixed doubles title.
June 6, 2007
Top 2 Doubles Seeds Sent Tumbling Out at Semifinal Stage -
The form book was thrown out the window in the doubles competition at Roland
Garros as the tournament's top two seeds were both sent crashing out at the semifinal
stage.
June 5, 2007
Top
Two Seeds Remain on Course for Final Meeting -
Three-set matches were the order of the day in the doubles competition at Roland
Garros, as the number of teams remaining in the draw was whittled down to four
and the event's top two seeds have also remained on course for a blockbuster
final.
June 3, 2007
Doubles
Draw Starts To Shape Up In Paris -
The first week of ferocious doubles action at Roland Garros has seen several
suprises, but the top two seeded pairings are still alive and kicking after hard
fought third-round victories.
May 31, 2007
No.3
Seeds Make Shock Exit in Doubles - Day 5 saw the
eagerly anticipated start of the doubles competition at Roland Garros and the
opening
round matches threw-up a surprise or two in the French capital. Five of the top
six seeds were in action, but much to the shock of the spectators at Stade Roland
Garros, two of these teams were sent crashing out of the draw.
May 31, 2007
Fierce
Competition in Roland Garros Doubles -
One of the most intriguing and exciting battles at Roland Garros this year will
be the one for the doubles crown. The race for the second Grand Slam on the calendar
is wide open, with a whole host of teams in with a realistic chance of capturing
the prestigious title a week.
May 27, 2007
Doubles Delight For Chinese Duo In Strasbourg - Top seeded Chinese duo Yan Zi and Zheng Jie captured their second Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title of the year at the Istanbul Cup when they defeated their compatriot Sun Tiantian and her Australian partner Alicia Molik, 63 64.
May 27, 2007
Doubles Joy For Radwanska Sisters In Istanbul -
With a combined age of just 34 and appearing in only their second Sony Ericsson
WTA Tour event, the Radwanska sisters Urszula and Agnieszka blazed through the
draw at the Istanbul Cup to capture their first doubles title.
May 20, 2007
Debut French-Italian Duo Claims Doubles in Rome -
First-time pairing Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo finished off an impressive
Internazionali BNL d'Italia title run with a 64 61 win over Tathiana Garbin and
Roberta Vinci to capture one of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's most prestigious
Tier I titles.
May 19, 2007
King and Mirza Win Doubles Title in Fes - Sania Mirza capped her return to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour by capturing the doubles title with first-time partner Vania King at the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem.
May 18, 2007
Srebotnik And Sugiyama Join Forces - The doubles event at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2007 this week will see several experienced doubles teams take to the court, but one of the more interesting partnerships in the draw, is the newly formed Japanese-Slovene duo of Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama.
May 15, 2007
Raymond and Stosur Back To Winning Ways In Berlin - Top seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur captured their 19th doubles title together on Sunday, when they defeated the all-Italian Pairing of Tathiana Garbin and Roberta Vinci in the final of the Qatar Telecom German Open.
May 15, 2007
Local
Pairing Comes Good In Prague -
Czech pairing Petra Cetkovska and Andrea Hlavackova gave the home crowd something
to cheer at the ECM Prague Open, defeating the all-Chinese team of Ji Chunmei
and Sun Shengnan to lift their first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles title.
May 6, 2007
Sister Act In Estoril - The doubles draw at the Estoril Open threw up an intriguing contest as Russia's Rodionova sisters, Anastassia and Arina, were pitted against one another in the semifinals of this year's event.
May 6, 2007
Russian-Ukrainian Pairing Wins Warsaw On Debut - Vera Dushevina and Tatiana Perebiynis put the finishing touches on an impressive title run at the J&S
Cup by beating Elena Likhovtseva and Elena Vesnina in a match tie-break championship
final.
May 6, 2007
Ehritt-Vanc, Rodionova Earn Estoril Open Doubles Title
- After coming through a first round thriller the Romanian-Russian pair of Andreea Ehritt-Vanc and Anastassia Rodionova took advantage of the early departures of the No.1 and No.2 seeds in the doubles event at the Estoril Open to take home the title at the Tier IV clay court event.
April 29, 2007
Delight
For No.4 Seeds In Budapest -
No.4 seeds Agnes Szavay and Vladimira Uhlirova ensured the home fans went home
happy, defeating unseeded pairing Martina M�ller and Gabriela Navratilova in
the doubles final at the Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix.
April 20, 2007
Doubles Race Heats Up - The battle for doubles supremacy on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour is heating up, with four teams staking their claim. Here is a look at who is leading the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships after the first three months of the season.
April 16, 2007
Chinese In Charge: Yan and Zheng Win First Title of Year - Last year's Australian Open and Wimbledon champions, Yan Zi and Zheng Jie, picked up their first title of 2007 at the Family Circle Cup, taking out countrywomen Peng Shuai and Sun Tiantian in the final.
April 1, 2007
Raymond and Stosur Repeat in Miami - Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur faced the 22-match win streak of Cara Black and Liezel Huber head on in the Sony Ericsson Open final and prevailed, successfully defending the Tier I title they won the year before.
March 18, 2007
Raymond and Stosur Defend Indian Wells Title - The world's top-ranked duo did not drop a set in five rounds, including a championship victory over Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung, and successfully defended their Pacific Life Open doubles crown.
March 10, 2007
Black and Huber Together Again - After one and a half seasons apart, Cara Black and Liezel Huber rejoined forces at the beginning of 2007, and things couldn't have come together any better. The two talk about their past, present and future as one of the world's top doubles teams.
February 12, 2007
Liezel Huber's Paris Blog - One of the world's best doubles players, Liezel Huber, brought us all along to Paris during she and Cara Black's Open Gaz de France title run. They beat Czechs Gabriela Navratilova and Vladimira Uhlirova in the final.
January 26, 2007
Black,
Huber Win Australian Open Doubles Crown - The Zimbabwean-South
African duo of Cara Black and Liezel Huber captured its second Grand Slam title
down under, winning the Australian Open with a three-set championship victory
over Chinese Taipei's Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung.
January 28, 2007
Likhovtseva, Nestor Win Australian Open Mixed Doubles Title - She held off on retiring at the end of 2006, and came away from Australia one major richer. Russian veteran Elena Likhovtseva captured her second career Grand Slam mixed doubles title at the Australian Open, partnering Canada's Daniel Nestor.
November 12, 2006
Rennae Stubbs' Madrid Blog - Even though she wasn't able to come away with the Sony Ericsson Championships doubles title with Cara Black, Rennae Stubbs leaves Madrid with some good memories. Read all about it in the latest Player Blog.
November 10, 2006
Top Doubles Teams Ready for Action - The top four doubles teams on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour are set to compete in the single elimination doubles event of the Sony Ericsson Championships. Co-ranked World No.1 players Samantha Stosur and Lisa Raymond look to defend their Championships title.
October 23, 2006
Black, Stubbs Qualify for Sony Ericsson Championships - During their Zurich Open title defense, Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs became the third team to qualify for the doubles event at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships at Madrid Arena. After two runner-up finishes in 2004 and 2005, they want to go all the way this year.
October 15, 2006
Peschke, Schiavone Move One Step Closer to Madrid - Francesca Schiavone and Kveta Peschke gained valuable points for the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships by capturing the Tier I Kremlin Cup Sunday. The Italian-Czech duo beat Iveta Benesova and Galina Voskoboeva, 64 67(4) 61, for its third and biggest title.
October 22, 2006
Black,
Stubbs Claim Zurich Title - Cara Black
and Rennae Stubbs accomplished two missions
at the last Tier I event of the year.
The No.3-seeded duo not only punched
a ticket for the Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid,
it also captured its 11th Sony Ericsson
WTA Tour doubles title, eliminating Liezel
Huber and Katarina Srebotnik, 75 75, in the Zurich Open final.
October 15, 2006
Peschke,
Schiavone Move One Step Closer To Madrid -
Francesca Schiavone and Kveta Peschke
gained valuable points for the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships
by capturing the Tier I Kremlin
Cup. The Italian-Czech duo beat Iveta
Benesova and Galina Voskoboeva, 64 67(4) 61, for its third and biggest
title.
October 9, 2006
Peschke Says No-Ad Scoring Is a Big Plus - Doubles world No.9 Kveta Peschke believes the No-Advantage scoring rule is a huge advantage - for the game, players and fans. The rule, which allows a deciding point to be played at deuce, was recently tested for the first time at three Sony Ericsson WTA Tour events in Luxembourg, Guangzhou and Seoul.
October 8, 2006
Raymond,
Stosur Back on Top With Stuttgart Run -
After four months without a title, Lisa
Raymond and Samantha Stosur returned to the winner's circle, collecting
their seventh title of
the year with a 63 64 victory over Cara
Black and Rennae Stubbs in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final.
September 22, 2006
Yan and Zheng Are Madrid-Bound - Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles champions, Yan Zi and Zheng Jie, are the first Chinese players in history to qualify for the season-ending tournament, the Sony Ericsson Championships. After Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, they are the second team to qualify for the $3 million event at Madrid Arena in November.
September 24, 2006
Ruano Pascual and Su�rez Win China Open Doubles Title - Experience prevailed over youth in the China Open doubles final, as No.2 seeds Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Su�rez dismissed Russian youngsters Anna Chakvetadze and Elena Vesnina, 62 64, to claim their 31st Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title together.
October 8, 2006
Raymond,
Stosur Back on Top With Stuttgart Run -
After four months without a title, Lisa
Raymond and Samantha Stosur returned to the winner's circle, collecting
their seventh title of
the year with a 63 64 victory over Cara
Black and Rennae Stubbs in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final.
September 16, 2006
Raymond and Stosur Qualify for Madrid - Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur became the first team to qualify for the doubles event at the upcoming, season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships, set to take place at Madrid Arena in the Spanish capital, November 7-12.
September 10, 2006
Dechy, Zvonareva Defy the Odds - In a doubles fortnight full of surprises, it seemed only fitting that the champion's crown would go to one of the most unheralded teams. Playing only their fourth event as a team, Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva were the last women standing, defeating Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik in two sets, 76(5) 75, for the US Open doubles title.
August 23, 2006
How Well Do Lisa and Sam Know Each Other? - Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur have captured 11 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles titles and are the world's No.1 doubles team. The 33-year-old American and the 22-year-old Australian click on the court, but how well do they know each other off the court?
August 20, 2006
Navratilova,
Petrova Claim Rogers Cup Doubles Title -
Playing in the last event before her
retirement from the Sony Ericsson WTA
Tour, Martina Navratilova showed she
can still hang with the game's elite,
capturing the Rogers Cup doubles title with Nadia Petrova. The unseeded
duo ousted No.2 seeds Cara Black
and Anna-Lena Groenefeld,
61 62, in the final.
August 17, 2006
Q&A With On-Court Coach Sven Groeneveld - After 15 years in the professional tennis business, Sven Groeneveld is excited about the on-court coaching trial, which was conducted at the Rogers Cup for the first time. The Dutchman also is a big supporter of the doubles game.
August 14, 2006
Ruano Pascual, Suarez Dominate Los Angeles Competition - Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Su�rez returned to their winning ways, dispatching Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama in the Los Angeles final, to claim their first title of the year. The duo now owns 30 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles titles.
August 6, 2006
Black and Stubbs Claim First Title of the Year - Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs captured their second Acura Classic title together, defeating No.4 seeds Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy, 62 62, in the final on Sunday at the La Costa Resort and Spa.
August 2, 2006
Q&A with Black/Stubbs - On the court, Rennae Stubbs calls the shots to guide her and partner Cara Black in Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles action. Off the court, the two enjoy spending time at the beach to get their minds away from the often "cut-throat" business. Here's an interview with the Australian-Zimbabwean duo.
July 30, 2006
Debut Team of Groenefeld, Peer Wins Stanford - Although they were very nearly sent home in the semifinals, two of the fastest-rising Sony Ericsson WTA Tour stars came through in a big way in Sunday's Bank of the West Classic doubles final, as Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Shahar Peer cruised past Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko, 61 64, to capture the title in their partnership's debut.
July 23, 2006
Camerin, Dulko Win First Title Together in Cincinnati - Playing in just their second Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event as a doubles team, Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko captured their first title together at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, beating Marta Domachowska and Sania Mirza, 64 36 62, in the final.
July 12, 2006
Raymond Joins Stosur at No.1�-�Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur began their dynamite partnership at the beginning of the US Open Series last summer, and now, after 12 months of asserting themselves as the hottest team on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, it seems only fitting that they would also be the hottest doubles players on the Tour, individually.
July 9, 2006
Yan, Zheng Win Second Major Doubles Title�-�Just days after Li Na became the first Chinese player in tennis history to make it to a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal, Yan Zi and Zheng Jie continued to blaze the trail for their booming tennis nation, capturing their second doubles major of the year with a two-hour, eight-minute, 63 36 62 victory over veteran duo Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Su�rez.
July 7, 2006
Slam Winners Into Doubles Semis�-�Without Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, the hottest team this year and the top seeds, the Wimbledon doubles semifinals looked more different than expected.
June 30, 2006
The Rise of Raymond/Stosur�-�It has now been almost a year since Raymond and Stosur joined forces, and they are without a doubt the best doubles tandem on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at the moment. But things weren't always so bright for the pairing.
June 21, 2006
Lisa Raymond: Past, Present, Future�-�In an era that encourages tunnel vision from an early age as a means to success in sport, Lisa Raymond is a breath of fresh air.
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