Second seeded Kiwi Erin Routliffe and Canadian Gaby Dabrowski had a perfect week at the WTA Finals.
The New Zealand-Canadian pair defeated Wimbledon winners Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova 7-5 6-3 to win the doubles championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday (Sunday NZ Time).
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The win was Dabrowski and Routliffe's fourth team title and second of the 2024 WTA Tour season.
They also won on the grass at the WTA 250 in Nottingham over the summer. Riyadh was Dabrowski's 16th career doubles title and Routliffe's eighth.
To finish the week as undefeated champions, Dabrowski and Routliffe avenged their loss to Townsend and Siniakova in the Wimbledon final, as well as a loss in their US Open title defence to Chan Hao-Ching and Veronika Kudermetova.
They also reversed their 2023 WTA Finals semifinal loss to Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez, besting the American-Australian team in the semifinals.
Dabrowski and Routliffe also came from match point down to account for Olympic champions Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the group stage.
In a showdown between the two undefeated teams of the week, Dabrowski and Routliffe maintained an edge throughout the opening set before surging to break Townsend and Siniakova for the set.
Serving to take the set to a tiebreak, Siniakova was broken from 40-15 up. Dabrowski and Routliffe strung together three crucial returns of serve to win the last three points of the set and take the early lead.
The second set continued to form. Siniakova and Townsend fought to stay level with Dabrowski and Routliffe, coming from a break down and winning two remarkable break points to stay level at 3-3.
But Dabrowski and Routliffe kept their cool, winning the last three games to close out the win.
They take home US$260,000 each for winning the title, plus money for each win and appearance fees.