# Dabrowski and Routliffe win second US Open doubles title

Event date: 2025-09-06

Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe returned to the top of women's doubles in New York with a straight-sets win that again came against the tournament favorites. On the event date, the No. 3 seeds upset Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova 6-4, 6-4 to claim their second US Open doubles title in three years and extend a partnership that has become one of the WTA Tour's most successful. The victory took 1 hour and 29 minutes and gave the pair another trophy at the venue where they first broke through in 2023.

The final turned quickly on the opening set's key break points. After the teams traded holds early, Dabrowski and Routliffe broke for a 4-2 lead and then used a backhand volley winner to convert their first break point of the match. Townsend and Siniakova, the No. 1 seeds and reigning Australian Open champions, fought back and broke when Dabrowski and Routliffe served for the set, but the underdogs answered immediately to recover the advantage and close the opening set 6-4. That sequence mattered because it showed the champions were willing to play through momentum swings instead of simply protecting a lead.

The second set looked as if it might become one-way traffic when Dabrowski and Routliffe raced to 3-0. Townsend and Siniakova then forced their way back into the contest, winning three straight games and producing the most dramatic stretch of the match in an 18-point, nine-minute service game that finally leveled the set at 4-all. Even there, Dabrowski and Routliffe did not lose the match's emotional center. They steadied, won the next two games and finished the job before the top seeds could force a late scramble.

The win adds to a partnership that has already produced seven titles, including two US Opens, the WTA Finals and the Cincinnati WTA 1000 event last month. It also carries a deeper human note because Dabrowski has spent the past year dealing with breast cancer treatment and recovery. Routliffe said in the trophy ceremony that the duo had already been through a long partnership and that winning again in New York two years after their first title there felt especially meaningful. Dabrowski framed the triumph as the latest chapter in a run that had tested both players and kept paying off.

The rankings impact is immediate. Routliffe will rise four places to No. 3 in the PIF WTA Doubles Rankings and Dabrowski will move to No. 4, just one place short of her career best. They will also jump to No. 3 in the Race to the WTA Finals, putting them in strong position to defend their title in Riyadh. Townsend and Siniakova will remain at the top of the rankings and will also head to the WTA Finals, where both pairs are likely to meet again. In a final that swung several times but never really escaped the champions' control, Dabrowski and Routliffe showed why they remain such a difficult team to beat when the trophy is on the line.