Sisters Alena Kovackova and Jana Kovackova won the AO 2026 junior girls’ doubles final on Saturday against Tereza Hermanova and Denisa Zoldakova in an all-Czechia battle, emerging victorious with a comfortable 6-1 6-3 result at Margaret Court Arena on Saturday.
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“It was a great tournament and I really enjoyed playing here,” Alena smiled, looking over at her sister holding their trophy.
“It’s very nice here, very nice environment and [we] like it here. On the other hand, it's very fast courts, which [we] don't like that much.”
The top-seeded Kovackovas won the match with almost clinical efficiency, securing the first set in just 22 minutes with 25 points won to Hermanova and Zoldakova’s 16.
The second set followed a similar rhythm; while Hermanova and Zoldakova turned up the pressure, the sisters closed in on the doubles trophy with a 30-minute second set with 76 per cent of first serve points won. A tally of 29 winners to their opponents’ 14 helped them maintain a healthy buffer.
Doig and Kisimov crowned boys’ doubles champions
South Africa's Connor Doig and Bulgarian partner Dimitar Kisimov hoisted the Australian Open 2026 junior boys' doubles trophy after defeating Aussie duo Ymerali Ibraimi and Cooper Kose 6-3 6-4.
This was the first Grand Slam title the pair have won together, and they kept their approach simple.
“Finals is obviously a bit more pressure, but we just try to keep it simple and just play point by point as we've done the whole tournament,” said Doig.
“[It’s what has] worked for us, so why change our winning strategy?”
The first set was a straightforward success in under 30 minutes.
“I guess the more you play with someone, the better you start to understand them,” Doig gestured to Kisimov.
“We knew we had a bit of chemistry, but ... I guess that was only the beginning. We could just keep getting better together the more we play and just starting to understand each other better on the court.”
After Ibraimi and Kose jumped to a 4-2 lead in the second set, Doig and Kisimov swiftly worked to take back momentum over the match.
With a backhand winner and a barrage of forced errors made by their opponents, the South African-Bulgarian duo took back the lead, securing the championship point with a forehand unforced error from the other side of the net.
When asked about his match highlight, Kisimov instantly answered, “I love that we won ... And the way we dealt with the pressure. I think that was the best part [for] me. Because it was my first time playing on that big court and I think we managed to do well."
Junior singles finals set
Ekaterina Tupitsyna and Ksenia Efremova advanced to their maiden Grand Slam girls’ singles finals after defeating their semifinal opponents on Saturday.
Tupitsyna won in straight sets against American Thea Frodin 6-3 6-4, while No.3 seed Efremova slid through to her first Grand Slam final after pushing through her match against Rada Zolotareva in three sets, 6-0 4-6 6-4.
“Oh my god it means a lot to me because I was working for it all my pre-season,” said Efremova.
“It was a really, really tough match.
“I said to myself, take the [Novak] Djokovic energy – you know how he’s serious, [he has a] poker face he never shows anything … he motivates me a lot.”
In the boys’ singles semifinals, it was fourth seeded American Keaton Hance and seventh seed Ziga Sesko of Slovenia who advanced to Sunday’s decider.
Hance was in fine form on Saturday, overthrowing his Kazakh opponent Zangar Nurlanuly in straight sets 6-3 6-2, while Sesko toppled the No.3 seed Ryo Tabata in straight sets 6-3 6-3.
Sesko is the first Slovenian player to reach a Grand Slam boys’ singles final.