MASON — Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand won the Cincinnati Open women’s doubles championship with a straight-sets victory over Guo Hanyo of China and Alexandra Panova of Russia on Sunday night.
The second-seeded combo of Dabrowski and Routliffe — who won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title together in 2023 — defeated the unseeded Hanyo and Panova 6-4, 6-3 in one hour, 20 minutes on P&G Center Court in the WTA 1000 event.
Dabrowski and Routliffe led in key categories such as aces (5-1), winners (22-19), first serve points (71 per cent to 63), return games won (33 per cent to 11), maximum games in a row (3-1).
Hanyo and Panova had 17 unforced errors and one double fault.
Hanyo and Panova advanced to the final with a 6-3, 6-2 upset over the top-seeded Italian pairing of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in Saturday’s semifinals.
Dabrowski and Routliffe battled to beat the sixth-seeded duo of Ellen Perez of Australia and Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine 3-6, 6-3, 12-10 in Friday’s semifinals.
Routliffe won the women’s doubles in Cincinnati last year playing with American Asia Muhammad.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 17, 2025.
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