Cincinnati, Ohio native Caty McNally defeated Victoria Mboko and Katerina Siniakova in back-to-back rounds to advance to the Mutua Madrid Open Round of 16 for the first time in her career.

Despite being 24, McNally is hardly new to the tennis scene. She was part of the famed “McCoco” doubles team with Coco Gauff a few years ago and plans to reunite with Gauff for Italian Open doubles. She is the 2026 Charleston Open doubles champion (with Desirae Krawczyk).

Though she is best known for doubles with nine career doubles titles on her resume, she is an established singles player making her way back after being riddled with injuries.

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Happens to doubles players more often

It is not a new phenomenon. Doubles players are more affected, having difficulty getting and maintaining clothings sponsorships for prolonged periods of time. Despite successful singles careers, Jelena Ostapenko and Taylor Townsend. who are more known for their doubles successes, have dealt with the same problem.

Spain’s top ranked singles player Cristina Busca, who lost in Madrid to Zeynep Sonmez, admitted she does not have a sponsor.

McNally is ranked 76th in singles and 52nd in doubles. Her career high rankings achieved prior to injury were 54th and 11th respectively. That injury was catastrophic and required elbow surgery in 2024.

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McNally’s Mutua Madrid Open run

McNally faces the winner of the Jessica Pegula and Marta Kostyuk match. She is in the same quarter of the draw with her former doubles partner Gauff. If she prevails in that section over Pegula and Gauff, Nike, Lululemon, Wilson, On, Asics, Adidas, or some other clothing company should be calling.

Watch McNally’s magical run contine on Monday at the 2026 Mutua Madrid Open, which concludes on May 3, on Tennis Channel.