Players To Beat Both Venus And Serena Williams In Same Tournament [Chart]
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On Saturday in the Miami Open final, Carla Suarez Navarro will try to become just the 8th player to beat both Williams sisters in the same tournament.
Earlier this week, the 26-year-old ousted Venus Williams in a three-set thriller. Now she takes on younger sisters, Serena, for the Miami title.
The last player to accomplish the feat was Jelena Jankovic who did it at the 2010 Rome event.
Here’s the list according to the WTA:
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
1998 Sydney: d Serena in SFs & Venus in F
Steffi Graf
1999 Sydney: d Serena in 2r & Venus in QFs
Martina Hingis
2001 Australian Open: d Serena in QFs & Venus in SFs
Kim Clijsters
2002 WTA Finals: d Venus in SFs & Serena in F
Lindsay Davenport
2004 Los Angeles: d Venus in SFs & Serena in F
Justine Henin
2007 US Open: d Serena in QFs & Venus in SFs
Kim Clijsters
2009 US Open: d Venus in 4r & Serena in SFs
Jelena Jankovic
2010 Rome: d Venus in QFs & Serena in SFs
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