Katerina Siniakova is a great doubles player on the WTA tour, but what is her racquet setup?
Katerina Siniakova’s tennis racquet
Katerina Siniakova’s racquet is a Wilson Pro Staff, but an older version with a 16/18 string pattern. This pattern is rare among Wilson’s racquets, but used to be a part of the Wilson Six One series (available in both 16/18 and 18/20). I guess her racquet is a Wilson Six One 95 16/18, but I am not quite sure. If you have information about Katerina Siniakova’s racquet, please comment below.
She strings her racquets with a hybrid setup of Luxilon 4G in the mains and natural gut crosses. This is a pretty popular setup among pros ont the ATP and WTA tour.
Bio and Career
Katerina Siniakova was born on May 10, 1996 and she is known for her exceptional doubles skills, she has achieved significant success throughout her career, holding the world No. 1 ranking for over 160 weeks. While she has excelled as a doubles specialist, she has also had notable achievements in singles. Her game is characterized by a strong baseline presence and strategic shot-making, particularly at the net.
Siniakova began her tennis journey at a young age, playing on the ITF Women’s Circuit in her home country of the Czech Republic. She quickly rose through the junior ranks, reaching a career-high junior ranking of world No. 2 in December 2012. A key highlight of her junior career was her partnership with fellow Czech player Barbora Krejcikova, with whom she won three girls doubles titles in 2013 at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. She made her WTA Tour debut in 2013, progressing through the qualifying rounds of the Miami Open.
Career Highlights
Doubles
Katerina Siniakova’s career is defined by her dominance in women’s doubles. Her partnership with Barbora Krejcikova is one of the most successful in modern tennis, culminating in a career Golden Slam (winning all four majors and an Olympic gold medal).
- Grand Slam Titles: She is a ten-time major champion in women’s doubles. Seven of these titles were won with Barbora Krejcikova:
- 2018, 2021: French Open
- 2018, 2022: Wimbledon
- 2022: US Open
- 2022, 2023: Australian Open
- WTA Finals: Together with Krejcikova, she won the WTA Finals in 2021.
- Golden Slam: With Krejcikova, she also completed the career Golden Slam by winning the women’s doubles gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
- World No. 1 Ranking: She has spent a total of 161 weeks as the world No. 1 in doubles, making her the fourth-longest-reigning top-ranked doubles player in WTA history.
Singles
While her doubles record is extraordinary, Siniakova has also achieved notable results in singles.
- Career-High Ranking: Her career-best singles ranking is world No. 27.
- Grand Slam Performance: Her best major result was reaching the fourth round of the 2019 French Open, where she famously defeated then-world No. 1 Naomi Osaka.
- WTA Titles: She has won five singles titles on the WTA Tour, with her most recent titles coming in 2023 at Bad Homburg and Nanchang.
- Olympic Success: She also won a gold medal in mixed doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics with her partner Tomáš Machá?.
