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Guo / Mladenovic vs Jiang / Xu — 7-6(5) 6-4
 Guo/ Mladenovic✓ | 7 | 6 |
| Jiang/Xu | 65 | 4 |
Final · Friday, July 10, 2026 · Semi-finals
Result
Guo and Mladenovic edged the pair that had made a habit of the long haul, coming through 7-6(5) 6-4 in 2 hours 4 minutes on No.1 Court. The opener turned on a tiebreak the No. 10 seeds took 7-5; from there they tightened the return, broke to lead the second and served it out. It was a break-heavy afternoon on both sides — Guo and Mladenovic converted four of twelve chances to their opponents' three of thirteen — but the seeds hit the cleaner ball, 11 winners to 5, and won 91 points to 84.
Guo / MladenovicStats: Official wimbledon.com match statistics (IBM) · as of 2026-07-10
Rows the source hadn’t published are left off rather than guessed.
At this Stage
Guo Hanyu and Kristina Mladenovic are into the women's doubles final. The No. 10 seeds beat the unseeded Jiang Xinyu and Xu Yifan 7-6(5) 6-4, the first-set tiebreak the hinge, to reach the title match from the half the top seeds had vacated. It caps the run of the fortnight in this draw — the pair that ambushed the No. 1 seeds Siniaková and Townsend earlier are now one win from a Grand Slam crown, with Mladenovic chasing another major doubles title. They meet the No. 2 seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani, through the other semi-final, on finals weekend.
Quarter-finals
What we know now
Court: This semi-final was the second match on No.1 Court on Friday 10 July
Match length: 2:04
Watch: ESPN+
What I said beforehand
The preview, frozen before the first serve. Clearly dated, never rewritten — that's the deal that makes the pick worth anything.
There is no seed to lean on and precious little form line between them, so this comes down to who steadies the biggest points. Guo and Mladenovic carry the tournament's best win — a straight-sets ambush of the top seeds — and in Mladenovic they have a Grand Slam doubles champion whose big-match calm has decided ties like this before. Jiang and Xu are the tougher out in a scrap, having gone the distance three times already, and Xu is every bit as seasoned. I lean, narrowly, to Guo and Mladenovic: the pair that just beat the best team in the draw has the higher ceiling and the steadier hand to close.
The case for Guo / Mladenovic
54% to winGuo and Mladenovic have beaten the best team in the event — the No. 1 seeds — and did it in straight sets, saving the pressure points that a match like this turns on. Mladenovic's Slam pedigree and return game give them the sharper weapon and the calmer temperament when the semi tightens.
The case for Jiang / Xu
46% to winJiang and Xu have won the hard way all fortnight, past the No. 11 and No. 7 seeds and through two more three-setters. They don't blink in a deciding set, and Xu's experience at the back of the court makes them the more reliable pair when a semi comes down to a handful of returns.
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.
My locked pick: Guo / Mladenovic to advance ✓ RIGHT
“In an all-unseeded semi, the pair that just beat the No. 1 seeds has the higher ceiling and, in Mladenovic, the steadier big-stage hand; the narrowest of leans.”
Locked 2026-07-09 20:00 UTC — rendered verbatim from the pick ledger; never a fresher, hedged version
Storylines
- An all-unseeded semi-final: neither pair is seeded higher than 10, and the No. 1 seeds are already out of this half.
- Guo and Mladenovic reached the last four by beating the top seeds Siniaková and Townsend 7-6(8) 7-5.
- Jiang and Xu have knocked out the No. 11 and No. 7 seeds and won two of their four ties in three sets.
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.
Court & schedule: This semi-final was the second match on No.1 Court on Friday 10 July, following the other women's doubles semi-final. (All England Club order of play (Friday 10 July) / wimbledon.com results, as of 2026-07-10)
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.