Kateřina Siniaková Reclaims No. 1 After Madrid Open Win
kateřina siniaková is back at No. 1 in doubles. The Czech player reclaimed the world top spot in May 2026 after winning the Madrid Open with Taylor Townsend. The result adds another turn to a career that has already spent time at the top and now includes more than 30 WTA doubles titles.
Siniaková and Townsend in Madrid
The Madrid Open title was the move that put Siniaková back on top. She and Townsend teamed up for the win, and that victory pushed her into the world No. 1 doubles ranking again in May 2026.
At 30, she is still competing in singles as well, where she is ranked No. 36 in May 2026. That split workload is part of what makes the ranking change notable: she is not a doubles specialist stepping away from the rest of the tour, but a player keeping both lanes open while still collecting results at the highest level.
Peter Huber and the family setup
Siniaková started playing tennis at age five and turned professional in 2012. She is 5-foot-9, or 1.74 meters, and works with coach Peter Huber while also drawing on support from her father, Dmitri Siniakov, who was previously a boxer and now has a coaching role in her work. Her mother, Hana Siniakova, is an accountant, and her younger brother, Daniel Siniakov, also pursued tennis.
That background sits behind the ranking move. A player who has already completed the career Golden Slam in doubles and has held the world No. 1 ranking before is not arriving at this point by accident; she is extending a record built over years, not one tournament.
More than 30 WTA titles
More than 30 WTA doubles titles now sit on her record, along with multiple Grand Slam victories across all four majors. Those numbers explain why the Madrid Open result carries weight beyond one week in May 2026: it restores her position as the world No. 1 doubles player and keeps her name fixed at the top of the discipline she has shaped for years.
For opponents, the message is simple. Siniaková remains the player to beat in doubles, and Madrid only pushed her claim back into the center of the rankings race.
