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both been viewed as potential Grand Slam champions in the past, but on this occasion had barely been considered as contenders. Keys, the world No. 16, had undergone two wrist operations since December, while Stephens, the world No. 83, had returned to competition at Wimbledon after a 10-month break following foot surgery. Only six weeks earlier she had been ranked No. 957 in the world. The final lasted just 61 minutes as Stephens, hitting the ball with great consistency, capitalised on Keys' 30 unforced errors to win 63 60. Stephens was the lowest-ranked woman ever to win the title, Kim Clijsters having been unranked when she won in 2009 in only her third comeback tournament after a two-year break. Stephens was also only the fifth unseeded woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open era. Martina Hingis took her tally of Grand Slam titles to 25 when she won the women's doubles with Chan Yung-Jan, thanks to a 63 62 victory over Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova, and the mixed doubles alongside Jamie Murray. Hingis and Murray beat Michael Venus and Hao- Ching Chan 61 46 [10-8] to win their second title in a row following their victory at Wimbledon in their first tournament together. Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau beat Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez 64 63 to take the men's doubles title. two points of victory when Stephens served at 4-5 and 30-30 in the deciding set, but her younger opponent held her nerve and went on to win 61 06 75. Neither 24-year-old Stephens nor 22-year- old Keys had played in a Grand Slam final before. The two friends had Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta reached his first major semifinal Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis won another mixed title Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova Men's doubles champs Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer Semifinalist CoCo Vandeweghe ITFWORLD WINTER 2017 35 Andrey Rublev reached his first major quarterfinal

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