Marc Polmans and Storm Hunter are into the Wimbledon mixed doubles final after beating Mate Pavic and Fanny Stollar 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 on Tuesday, setting up a title match against Jelena Ostapenko and Marcelo Arevalo. The Australian pair kept their run alive with a straight-sets win that pushed them one step from a Wimbledon crown.
They will face the second-seeded pair in the final, a label that fits the draw because Ostapenko and Marcelo Arevalo are the highest-ranked remaining team in that bracket. Polmans and Hunter had already beaten Andrea Vavassori and Sara Errani in the round of 16, a result that looks even sharper because Vavassori and Errani were the reigning French and US Open champions and the top seeds.
For Hunter, the result carries extra weight. She was a women's finalist in 2023, and this run gives her another chance to turn a major final into a title. For Australia, it also keeps one doubles storyline alive after Alex de Minaur crashed out of Wimbledon a day earlier, even as the country’s doubles players kept moving forward.
The broader picture is hard to miss. Australian doubles results have been piling up at the biggest tournaments, from Max Purcell and Matt Ebden winning the men's doubles in 2022 to Purcell and Jordan Thompson taking the US Open title in 2024, while Nick Kyrgios reached the Wimbledon men's singles final in 2022 and Rinky Hijikata reached the men's doubles decider last year. Storm Hunter has been part of that same surge before, but this final is the next live test.
Polmans and Hunter now have the matchup they earned, and the only gap left is the one that matters most: whether they can turn a run built on upset wins into a Wimbledon title against the second seeds.
