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34 ITFWorld // SUMMER 2018 John Newcombe's record of 17 Grand Slam men's doubles titles and at 40 became the oldest man in the Open era to win the title. At Roland Garros, Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert had become only the third home pair to win the men's doubles title. They beat Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic 62 76(4) in the final. It was a wonderful summer for the Czech pair of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, both aged 22. In Paris, they won their first Grand Slam title, beating Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya 63 62 in the final. They followed that by becoming the first former girls' doubles champions at Wimbledon to win the senior doubles title. Krejcikova and Siniakova beat Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke 46 64 60 in the final. Ivan Dodig and Latisha Chan beat Pavic and Gabriela Dabrowski 61 67(5) 108 to claim the mixed doubles title in Paris. The Wimbledon title was won by Alexander Peya and Melichar, who beat Jamie Murray and Victoria Azarenka 76(1) 63 in the final. ■ S E N I O R S G R A N D S L A M S Roll of Honour 2018 Men's singles Rafael Nadal (ESP) Women's singles Simona Halep (ROU) Men's doubles Nicolas Mahut (FRA) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) Women's doubles Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) Katerina Siniakova (CZE) Mixed doubles Latisha Chan (TPE) Ivan Dodig (CRO) Boys' singles Tseng Chun Hsin (TPE) Girls' singles Cori Gauff (USA) Boys' doubles Ondrej Styler (CZE) Naoki Tajima (JPN) Girls' doubles Caty McNally (USA) Iga Swiatek (POL) Men's wheelchair singles Shingo Kunieda (JPN) Women's wheelchair singles Yui Kamiji (JPN) Men's wheelchair doubles Stephane Houdet (FRA) Nicolas Peifer (FRA) Women's wheelchair doubles Diede de Groot (NED) Aniek van Koot (NED) Men's singles Novak Djokovic (SRB) Women's singles Angelique Kerber (GER) Men's doubles Mike Bryan (USA) Jack Sock (USA) Women's doubles Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) Katerina Siniakova (CZE) Mixed doubles Alexander Peya (AUT) Nicole Melichar (USA) Boys' singles Tseng Chun Hsin (TPE) Girls' singles Iga Swiatek (POL) Boys' doubles Yanki Erel (TUR) Otto Virtanen (FIN) Girls' doubles Xinyu Wang (CHN) Xiyu Wang (CHN) Men's wheelchair singles Stefan Olsson (SWE) Women's wheelchair singles Diede de Groot (NED) Men's wheelchair doubles Alfie Hewett (GBR) Gordon Reid (GBR) Women's wheelchair doubles Diede de Groot (NED) Yui Kamiji (JPN) Siniakova and Krejcikova lifted silverware at Roland Garros and Wimbledon Mike Bryan and Jack Sock celebrate their Wimbledon men's doubles crown BELOW: Diede de Groot and Yui Kamiji triumphed in the women's wheelchair doubles ROLAND GARROS CHAMPIONS WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS

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