
The 2026 WTA year-end finals doubles group draw has been released. The fifth seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Ostapenko are once again shortlisted for the women's doubles top 8, and will face their Wimbledon champion rivals in the first match.
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Xie Suwei competes in the WTA year-end finals for the seventh time in her career. In the past, she won the championship with Peng Shuai and won three runner-up finishes.
Hsieh Su-Wei (from right) and Ostapenko. (File photo, AFP)
The 2026 WTA year-end finals will ignite this Sunday in Indian Springs, USA. Hsieh Su-wei and Latvian "O Girl" Jelena Ostapenko are once again shortlisted for the women's doubles top 8. As for the fifth seed "Tela United", their first opponent is a strong rival for this summer's Wimbledon Championship.
The women's tennis year-end tournament is limited to the world's top 8 singles and 8 doubles teams. The doubles group draw has been released. The fifth seed Hsieh Su-wei/Ostapenko was drawn into Group 1. Their opponents include the top seed Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada/Luisa Stefani of Brazil, the third seed Kristina Mladenovic of France/Guo Hanyu of China, and the seventh seed Elise Mertens of Belgium. Mertens)/China Zhang Shuai, the top two teams in a single round-robin group advanced to the top four knockout rounds. Every game is a tough battle. Xiaowei and her team are expected to face the Wimbledon Grand Slam queens Mailadenovic/Guo Hanyu for the first time on November 9.
As for the list of Group 2, the second seed Katerina Siniakova from the Czech Republic/Taylor Townsend from the United States, the fourth seed Cristina Bucsa from Spain/Nicole Melichar-Martinez from the United States, the sixth seed Ellen Perez from Australia/Demi Schuurs from the Netherlands, and the eighth seed Sara from Italy Errani/Jasmine Paolini.
This is the 7th time in "Queen of All Matches" Xiao Wei's career to compete in the season-ending battle, and it is also the 2nd consecutive year that she joins forces with her old comrade O-Mei. The experienced Xie Shuwei has entered the year-end competition 7 times with 4 different partners, including Chinese Peng Shuai in 2013 and 2014, Czech Barbora Strycova in 2019, Mertens in 2021 and 2024, and O Mei in 2025 and this year. Xiaowei not only won the championship with Peng Shuai 13 years ago, but also won three runner-ups. Last year, she also reached the top four with O Mei.
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Hsieh Su-wei and Ostapenko will face Meladenovic and Guo Hanyu for the first time on November 9
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