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Stefani and Canada's Dabrowski win women's doubles final at China Open

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Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil's Luisa Stefani pose with a trophy after winning the women's doubles final against Katerina Siniakova of Czechia and Zhang Shuai of China at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

BEIJING — Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani defeated top-seeded Katerina Siniakova of Czechia and Zhang Shuai of China 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday in the women’s doubles final at the China Open.

Dabrowski, from Ottawa, earned her 25th career WTA Tour title and fifth of the season.

China Open Tennis Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, and Luisa Stefani, of Brazil pose with the winners trophies after winning the women's doubles final match against Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, and Zhang Shuai, of China at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

“Obviously today’s performance was a really great culmination of the entire week, which was awesome for us,” Dabrowski said. “We brought a really high level. Our opponents forced us to do that with their reputation, the number of times we’ve played them.”

The second-seeded Dabrowski and Stefani needed just 59 minutes to complete the win over their top-seeded opponents.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 11, 2026.

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