Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada, right, and Luisa Stefani of Brazil compete against Storm Hunter and Maya Joint of Australia during their doubles semifinal match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Dabrowski, Stefani win doubles opener in WTA Finals
Nov 9, 2026 | 8:10 PM
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INDIAN WELLS — Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and her Brazilian playing partner Luisa Stefani opened the W-T-A Finals doubles tournament at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Monday with a straight-sets victory over Belgian Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai of China.
Dabrowski and Stefani won the one-hour, 36-minute match 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Dabrowski and her partner are the top seeds in Group 1’s four-team, round-round. The other two teams are Kristina Mladenovic of France and Hanyu Guo of China, and Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia.
On Monday, Dabrowski and Stefani finished with three aces, seven winners, five double faults and 14 unforced errors. They won nine of 11 service games and three of 10 return games.
