Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton, and others overjoyed as an emotional Taylor Townsend clinches her maiden Grand Slam title in doubles at Wimbledon 2024

Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton and several other colleagues of Taylor Townsend were thrilled as she clinched her maiden Grand Slam title at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. The American player partnered with World No. 5 Katerina Siniakova to win the women’s doubles event.

Townsend and Siniakova did not earn the desired result in women’s singles; the former lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the opener, and the latter was knocked out by Yulia Putintseva in the second round. The pair, though, aced the test in women’s doubles, which was their third tournament together.

After crushing the top-seeded team of Elise Mertens and defending champion Hsieh Su-wei in the semifinals, the Czech-American duo toppled second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1) on Saturday, July 13.

Doing so, Taylor Townsend lifted her maiden Grand Slam trophy, having fallen short in the finals of the 2022 US Open and the 2023 French Open. Meanwhile, for Katerina Siniakova, this was her ninth women’s doubles trophy at a Major. She previously won the title twice at Wimbledon, partnering this year’s singles champion, Barbora Krejcikova (2018, 2022).

In her post-match interview, an emotional Townsend expressed her delight at sharing the court with a renowned champion such as Siniakova. She also hilariously recalled how the fellow 28-year-olds, Siniakova and Krejcikova, beat her and Caty McNally in the 2022 US Open final.

"I’m so fortunate that we were able to team up. She’s amazing; has been on this stage many times before. In my first-ever Grand Slam final, she kicked my butt and it stung. So I was like I’m really glad we’re on the same side of the net," the American said.

Taylor Townsend’s compatriots, Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton, Madison Keys, and Christopher Eubanks, were delighted by her “deserved” win.

"Yea Tay! @tay_taytownsend," Ben Shelton wrote on Instagram.

"So happy for them especially 1st time for @tay_taytownsend !" Coco Gauff wrote. "Congrats girlsss @tay_taytownsend @siniakovakaterina."

2023 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Eubanks showed his support by saying:

"TAYLOR TOWNSEND IS A WIMBLEDON CHAMPION!!!! You deserve this Tay!!!! CONGRATS!!!! @TaylorTownsend."

"!!! @tay_townsend Congratulations to you and @siniakovakaterina," two-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist Madison Keys wrote.

Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton, Christopher Eubanks, Madison Keys congratulate Taylor Townsend on Instagram

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Just like Taylor Townsend at Wimbledon, Coco Gauff won her first Grand Slam doubles title with Katerina Siniakova

Coco Gauff pictured with Katerina Siniakova at the 2024 French Open (Image Source: Getty)

Katerina Siniakova has added two women’s doubles Major titles to her rich resume this year. While she won her first seven trophies with longtime partner Barbora Krejcikova, the pair split up at the end of 2023.

Siniakova teamed up with Storm Hunter at the 2024 Australian Open but ultimately failed in her title defense. When Hunter ruptured her right Achilles in April, though, the Czech partnered with Coco Gauff for the 2024 French Open.

The Czech-American duo staged a remarkable run in Paris, beating Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the final. Coco Gauff thus won her maiden Grand Slam doubles title with the fellow former World No. 1 after falling short in her first two finals at the 2021 US Open and the 2022 French Open.