Australian Open 2025: Britain’s Hannah Klugman makes junior doubles final
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Britain’s Hannah Klugman is through to the Australian Open girls’ doubles final alongside Australian partner Emerson Jones.
Second seeds Klugman and Jones defeated fourth seeds Tereza Krejcova and Vendula Valdmannova 7-6(3), 6-3 in the semi-final on the Margaret Court Arena.
In the final tomorrow, they will meet American sixth seeds Annika Penickova and Kristina Penickova on the 1573 Arena.
“I’m very proud,” Klugman said after the match. “It’s been really fun so far with Emerson, we’re best friends. It’s been two years since my last Grand Slam junior doubles final so I’m proud and I think I’m playing really well here.
“It was tough, conditions changing and moving on a big court but we definitely rose to the occasion. That’s maybe one of the biggest courts I’ve played on.
“She (Jones) can crack a ball. She’s fearless and I can definitely take some things from her game for sure.”
15-year-old Klugman will contest her second junior Grand Slam doubles final having finished runner-up in the 2023 Wimbledon girls’ doubles final with fellow Brit Isabelle Lacy.
She is one of six British juniors to feature in a Grand Slam final in the last two years – alongside Wimbledon and US Open singles champions Henry Searle and Mika Stojsavljevic, as well as former doubles runners-up Mimi Xu, Viktor Frydrych and Lacy.
Who is Hannah Klugman?
Klugman – who grew up just a few miles from Wimbledon – is the only British girl to ever win the prestigious Orange Bowl and is the youngest player qualify for an ITF W100 pro event at the 2023 Lexus W100 Shrewsbury.
The former 16U Junior Nationals champion is supported by our Pro Scholarship Programme, presented by Lexus – the highest level of support for British rising stars with the best chance of reaching the WTA/ATP top 100 singles within five years.
At the junior Slams she has now made doubles finals at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, as well as the US Open semi-final. In singles she reached the quarter-finals in New York back in 2023 and has made the third round in Melbourne and London.