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Sports · Wimbledon 2026 · Women's Doubles · Semi-finals
Dabrowski/
Stefanivs
Aoyama/
Liang
Friday, July 10, 2026 · Semi-finals
Watch: ESPN+
My pick: Dabrowski / Stefani to advance · locked 2026-07-09 20:00 UTCPrediction
This is the semi with a clear favourite. Dabrowski and Stefani are the No. 2 seeds, the highest left in the draw, and they have been the most efficient team in the event — four rounds, no sets lost, the serve and return humming. Aoyama and Liang are dangerous when a match gets scrappy, and they have the temperament to drag a set into a decider, but they have had to work for everything while Dabrowski and Stefani have cruised. I expect the seeds to close it in straight sets, with the caveat that Aoyama and Liang will make at least one set uncomfortable.
The case for Dabrowski / Stefani
62% to winDabrowski and Stefani are the No. 2 seeds and the cleanest team left, through four rounds without dropping a set. Their serve-and-return efficiency and Dabrowski's big-stage doubles pedigree make them the clear pick to reach the final; they simply have more margin than anyone else in this half.
The case for Aoyama / Liang
38% to winAoyama and Liang have won ugly and won repeatedly — three times from a set down, including over the No. 9 seeds — and that resilience is exactly what unsettles a smoother, higher-seeded pair. If they can steal an early break and make the semi a grind, their comeback habit becomes a live threat.
Both cases written 2026-07-09, before the first ball — frozen into the record exactly as written, whatever the result. The percentages are mine, quoted to a decimal because false precision is funnier — and tennis has no draw to hide the rounding in.
The briefing
Storylines
- Dabrowski and Stefani, the No. 2 seeds, are the highest seed remaining and have reached the semis without losing a set.
- Aoyama and Liang, the No. 13 seeds, have come from a set down in three of their four ties.
- With the top seeds out of the other half, this semi's winner will be a strong favourite in the final.
Injuries & withdrawals
| Both pairs | No injury or withdrawal concerns reported for any of the four — all came through the quarter-finals without a fitness issue. | AELTC order of play (no withdrawals posted) and tour coverage · 2026-07-09 |
Injury news drifts hourly in tournament week — every row carries its source and date for exactly that reason.
Watch: No US linear window is posted for the doubles — every court streams on ESPN+, and a move to a show court can put it on ESPN or ESPN2. (ESPN, as of 2026-07-09)
Court & schedule: The order of play is out: this semi-final opens No.1 Court on Friday 10 July, first match from 1 p.m. BST. (All England Club order of play (Friday 10 July), via BBC Sport, as of 2026-07-09)
Weather: Friday should ease off Thursday's peak — still warm and largely dry at SW19, a high around 30°C (mid-80s°F) with only a slight afternoon rain risk as London's heatwave relaxes. (Met Office All England Club forecast, as of 2026-07-09)
Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.
At this Stage
With the top seeds gone from the other half, Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani carry the highest seed left into the semi-finals — and they have looked the part, the No. 2 pair reaching the last four without dropping a set, past the No. 14 seeds Hunter and McNally among them. Standing in their way are Shuko Aoyama and Liang En-shuo, the No. 13 seeds, a scrappier team that has come from a set down in three of its four ties, including the opener and the win over the No. 9 seeds Perez and Schuurs. The winner reaches the final, most likely against a pair seeded no higher than 10 from the wide-open top half — a rare, real chance at the title for whoever emerges. Order and pedigree against grit and the comeback.
