Doubles
Bolelli/Vavassori clinch maiden Masters 1000 crown in Miami
Italian pair eases previous Heliovaara/Patten at Onerous Rock Stadium
March 28, 2026
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Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in motion in opposition to Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten on Saturday in Miami.
By ATP Employees
Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori ended their anticipate an ATP Masters 1000 trophy in model on Sunday afternoon on the Miami Open presented by Itau.
The seventh-seeded duo overcame the in-form Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten 6-4, 6-2 inside Onerous Rock Stadium to clinch their greatest title as a group. Bolelli and Vavassori had been razor sharp all through regardless of humid circumstances in South Florida, the place they broke serve within the opening recreation of every set en path to a 73-minute championship-match victory.
CHAMPIONS 🏆@BolelliSimone & @VavassoriAndre take out Heliovaara/Patten 6-4, 6-2 to assert the title in Miami!@MiamiOpen | #MiamiOpen
— ATP Tour (@atptour) March 28, 2026
“Clearly very blissful to take the trophy, and with the best way we actually loved this week,” stated Bolelli. “This can be a title that we wished very a lot for a very long time. We performed a tough first spherical, saved two match factors, however I feel we performed higher each match. At this time we stepped on courtroom with confidence. We performed aggressive tennis and we’re very pleased with the consequence.”
Since first turning into an everyday partnership in 2024, Bolelli and Vavassori have fashioned one of the constant groups on Tour. They’ve received six ATP 500 crowns as a group and twice certified for the Nitto ATP Finals, however till Sunday they’d not competed collectively in a Masters 1000 title match.
When that day lastly got here, the Italian duo didn’t disappoint. With fourth seeds Heliovaara and Patten struggling to seek out the shape that had helped them attain the ultimate with out dropping a set, Bolelli and Vavassori had been resilient on serve, saving all three break factors they confronted, whereas they transformed three out of 9 break factors they earned, in response to Infosys ATP Stats.
“We all know them very effectively. They’re an unbelievable group, for certain the group to beat,” stated Vavassori. “This yr they received three titles already, and we misplaced to them many occasions in necessary matches. We began very effectively. The tactic to have an aggressive mindset, I feel it paid off. Our vitality, we actually wished this title… When Simone began with me, he instructed me, ‘We now have to win one Masters title, it’s the one title I’ve left behind’. We did it, so I’m very proud.”
With Sunday’s victory the 40-year-old Bolelli, who received a Grand Slam title on the 2015 Australian Open with Fabio Fognini, turned the primary Italian man to win 20 tour-level doubles titles within the Open Period (since 1968).
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