Taylor Townsend, right, of the United States and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic walk around Centre Court with their trophy's after defeating Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand in the women's doubles final at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Saturday, July 13, 2024.Kirsty Wigglesworth/The Associated Press
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe came up just short of winning a second Grand Slam title with a 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1) loss to Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend Saturday in the women’s doubles final at Wimbledon.
The fourth-seeded team of Czechia’s Siniakova and Townsend of the United States dominated the second set tiebreaker, with second seeds Dabrowski and Routliffe hit into their third double-fault on match point.
Siniakova and Townsend rode a string service game to the win. They had five aces to one for Dabrowski and Routliffe, and did not commit a double fault.
Dabrowski and Routliffe faced break point nine times, defending eight. They converted one of their four break-point chances against Siniakova and Townsend.
Dabrowski and Routliffe, who formerly represented Canada before switching to New Zealand, the country of her birth, were seeking their second Grand Slam title after winning the U.S. Open in 2023.
Dabrowski also made it to the Wimbledon final in 2019 with partner Xu Yifan. They lost 6-2, 6-4 to Czechia’s Barbora Strycova and Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan.
Despite the loss, the pair have enjoyed a successful grass-court season. They went 12-3 on the surface and reached the final at three tournaments, including a win last month in Nottingham, England.
It’s second straight Grand Slam doubles title for Siniakova. She partnered with American Coco Gauff at the French Open, where they beat Italians Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the final.