Dabrowski, Routliffe win Nottingham women’s doubles title ahead of Wimbledon

By The Canadian Press on June 16, 2024.

Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, left, high fives Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, during the women's doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships against Laura Siegemund, of Germany, and Vera Zvonareva, of Russia, in New York, Sept. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Manu Fernandez

NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom – Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and teammate Erin Routliffe have won the women’s doubles title at the Rothesay Open, which is a grass-court warmup for Wimbledon.

The top seeds outlasted Britain’s Harriet Dart and Diane Parry of France 5-7, 6-3, 11-9 in the final.

It was the first win of 2024 for Dabrowski and Routliffe, who were the 2023 U.S. Open women’s doubles champions.

The duo reached the final of the Miami Open in March.

They advanced to the final in Nottingham, England after an earlier straight sets semifinal win over China’s Zhang Shuai and Ashlyn Krueger of the U-S.

The 32-year-old Dabrowski picked up her 16th career victory in women’s doubles and her fifth with Routliffe.