Taylor Townsend, of the United States, left, and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, pose for a photo with Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, left, and Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, Routliffe and Dabrowski won the women’s doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York.of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Ottawa native Gabriela Dabrowski and Montreal resident Erin Routliffe high five after a rally against American Taylor Townsend and Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova during the women’s doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Taylor Townsend, of the United States, returns a shot over Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, to Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, and Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, during the women’s doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, right returns a shot to Taylor Townsend, of the United States, and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, as partner Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, looks on during the women’s doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, left, and Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, kiss the championship trophy after defeating Taylor Townsend, of the United States, and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, in the women’s doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Dabrowski and Routliffe win US Open women’s doubles title, ending Townsend’s whirlwind tournament
NEW YORK (AP) — Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title for the second time in three years, ending Taylor Townsend’s whirlwind stint in Flushing Meadows one victory short of what would have been the American’s third Grand Slam championship with Katerina Siniakova.
Taylor Townsend, of the United States, left, and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, pose for a photo with Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, left, and Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, Routliffe and Dabrowski won the women’s doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York.of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
NEW YORK (AP) — Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title for the second time in three years, ending Taylor Townsend’s whirlwind stint in Flushing Meadows one victory short of what would have been the American’s third Grand Slam championship with Katerina Siniakova.
Seeded third, Dabrowski and Routliffe beat the top-ranked pair of Townsend and Siniakova 6-4, 6-4 in an entertaining final Friday at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Dabrowski and Routliffe embraced afterward, celebrating Dabrowski’s first major triumph since . She delayed part of that treatment so she could compete at Wimbledon last year, where she and Routliffe reached the final, where they lost to Townsend and Siniakova.
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“Wild rid: Cancer, broken ribs for both of us,” Dabrowski said. “It was crazy, honestly. I’m really proud of us. It was not easy.”
Townsend became one of the faces of the tournament, thanks to a early in singles play that she wishes never happened. Townsend, who is Black, said Latvian opponent Jelena Ostapenko told her she had “no class” and “no education,” an interaction that with questions about whether the comments had racial undertones.
The 29-year-old said she didn’t take it that way, acknowledging, “That has been a stigma in our community of being ‘not educated’ and all of the things, when it’s the furthest thing from the truth.” Townsend’s online following grew exponentially, she said she received support from fellow players and on social media, citing English not being her first language for what she thought to mean a critique of tennis etiquette.
Townsend reached the fourth round in singles, losing to Barbora Krejcikova on Sunday when eight match points. It would have been Townsend’s first solo quarterfinal appearance at a major, and she and Siniakova were aiming to add a U.S. Open title to their resume after and .
“This has been a huge, monumental tournament for me,” Townsend said. “It’s really changed my life, and no matter the result, I already feel like I won.”
In doubles, Townsend and Siniakova reached the final at a Grand Slam for a fifth time, along the way to end their much-talked-about wild-card run. Williams, back playing at age 45, and Fernandez at Louis Armstrong Stadium as significant fan favorites.
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Dabrowski, a 33-year-old Canadian, and Routliffe, a 30-year-old from New Zealand, split $1 million. That’s the same prize money as the winners of the men’s final Saturday: Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos against Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski.
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