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Granollers and Zeballos Secure First Grand Slam Title at French Open

Their breakthrough follows three previous Grand Slam final losses

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 7, 2025 Britain's Neal Skupski and Britain's Joe Salisbury in action during the men's doubles final against Argentina's Horacio Zeballos and Spain's Marcel Granollers REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 7, 2025 Argentina's Horacio Zeballos and Spain's Marcel Granollers in action during the men's doubles final against Britain's Neal Skupski and Britain's Joe Salisbury REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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Overview

  • Fifth seeds overcame eighth-seeded British duo Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski in a three-set final on Court Philippe Chatrier
  • The match swung on Zeballos’s remarkable around-the-post shot to level at deuce in the decisive third set
  • Salisbury and Skupski became the first British men’s doubles finalists at Roland Garros since 1936
  • Granollers and Zeballos blanked their opponents 6-0 in the opening set before dropping a second-set tiebreak
  • The victory completes a series of near misses for the pair, who lost the US Open final in 2019 and Wimbledon finals in 2021 and 2023