Gabriela Dabrowski

Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski (; , ; born April 1, 1992) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 23 February 2026. A four-time major champion, she has won two US Open doubles titles, in 2023 and 2025, partnering Erin Routliffe. She also won the 2017 French Open mixed-doubles title with Rohan Bopanna, becoming the first Canadian woman to win a senior major title, In December 2006, Dabrowski reached the doubles final of the 16-and-under Orange Bowl in Miami. At the junior event of the Australian Open in January 2010, Dabrowski was a runner-up in doubles with partner Tímea Babos. She finished 2010 ranked fifth in the junior rankings, and so decided to transition to the professional level. In November 2011, she made it to her first professional singles final at the $50k Toronto Challenger, but lost to qualifier Amra Sadiković. Dabrowski reached, in November 2012, the semifinals of the $75k Challenger in Phoenix.

2013: First WTA Tour doubles final At the end of May, Dabrowski reached the first WTA career final with partner Shahar Pe'er, at the Premier tournament in Brussels. They were defeated by Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Květa Peschke. At the beginning of July at the $50k Waterloo Challenger, Dabrowski made it to the second professional singles final but was defeated by Julia Glushko. At the Rogers Cup in August, she reached the semifinals in doubles with compatriot Sharon Fichman upsetting top-seeded Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci the round before. They lost to Jelena Janković and Katarina Srebotnik. In October, Dabrowski (with partner Alicja Rosolska) reached her second career doubles final at Linz. They were stunned by twin sisters Karolína and Kristýna Plíšková. Dabrowski reached the third singles final at the inaugural $50k SSIR Pro Classic in November, but lost to Mandy Minella.

2014: WTA Tour doubles title, new singles career-high

At her first competition of the season, the $25k tournament in Vero Beach, Dabrowski reached her fourth singles final but was defeated by Laura Siegemund. At the French Open, she made it to the second round of the doubles event with Alicja Rosolska. In July at the Swedish Open, Dabrowski qualified for her first WTA Tour main draw and upset world No. 39, Camila Giorgi, in the opening round, her first top-50 win. She was eliminated in three sets by Mona Barthel in the next round. At the Washington Open, Dabrowski won her first WTA Tour doubles title, with partner Shuko Aoyama; they defeated Hiroko Kuwata and Kurumi Nara in straight sets in the final. At the US Open, she and Rosolska advanced to the third round. In November, Dabrowski made it to the final of the $50k Toronto Challenger where she won her first pro singles title upsetting Maria Sanchez in the final.

2015: Pan American Games champion At the Australian Open, Dabrowski and partner Rosolska reached the third round of the doubles event with an upset over second seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Sania Mirza. They were eliminated by Michaëlla Krajicek and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in three sets. At the Dubai Championships, Dabrowski qualified for her first WTA Premier main draw with a win over world No. 69, Julia Görges. She lost to Çağla Büyükakçay in three sets in the opening round. In March, at the Monterrey Open, Dabrowski won her second WTA doubles title with partner Rosolska, against the Rodionova sisters. In May, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the Premier 5 Italian Open. At her next tournament, the Internationaux de Strasbourg, she qualified for her third tour main draw but lost to Elena Vesnina, in the first round. At the Pan American Games in July, Dabrowski won a gold medal in doubles with Carol Zhao and a silver medal in mixed doubles with Philip Bester. In August at the Rogers Cup, she was awarded a wildcard for the singles main draw but was eliminated in the first round by world No. 26, Flavia Pennetta.

2016: Olympic experience in doubles In February, Dabrowski and María José Martínez Sánchez reached the semifinals of the WTA Premier 5 in Doha. In June, she reached the doubles final of the Nottingham Open with Yang Zhaoxuan. The next week at the inaugural Mallorca Open, she won her third WTA Tour doubles title, this time with partner Martínez Sánchez. At Wimbledon, Dabrowski continued her partnership with the Spaniard. In the opening round, she triumphed against fellow Canadian Eugenie Bouchard and her partner Sabine Lisicki in straight sets, to reach the second round for the first time. In the next round, against Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja, the duo failed to close out the match and squandered a 6–4, 5–2 lead, and ended up losing in three sets. At the Rio Olympics in August, she advanced to the second round with compatriot Bouchard. In October, Dabrowski and Martínez Sánchez reached the semifinals at the Premier Mandatory in Beijing. She won the second singles title of her career in November at the $25k in Nashville, where she defeated Jennifer Elie in straight sets.

2017: Partnership with Xu Yifan, Grand Slam mixed doubles title In January at the Hobart International, Dabrowski reached the final in doubles with Yang Zhaoxuan. In April, she won her first Premier Mandatory doubles title in Miami defeating, with new partner Xu Yifan, the third seeds Sania Mirza and Barbora Strýcová in the final. In May, she qualified for the tournament in Rabat, achieving this feat for the fourth time in her career and the first since 2015. She defeated Lina Qostal in her opener for her second WTA Tour main-draw win but lost to Francesca Schiavone in the second round.

At the French Open, Dabrowski reached the third round in doubles and won the title in mixed doubles with Rohan Bopanna, becoming the first Canadian woman to win a major title. At the Premier event in New Haven, she captured her second doubles title of the season, also her second with partner Xu Yifan. At the US Open, she advanced to the quarterfinals in both doubles and mixed doubles. In September at the Tournoi de Québec, she qualified for her second WTA Tour main draw of the season, before losing to defending champion Océane Dodin in the first round, in three sets. In October, Dabrowski qualified for her first WTA Finals with Xu Yifan, but they lost in the quarterfinals to defending champions, Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.

2018: Second major title and top 10 debut in doubles In January, Dabrowski won her sixth WTA Tour doubles title and her third with partner Xu Yifan at the Premier event in Sydney. At the Australian Open, she reached the quarterfinals in women's doubles with Xu Yifan and won the mixed-doubles event with Mate Pavić, her second Grand Slam title. In February, she won the then-second biggest doubles title with a victory at the Premier 5 in Doha with Jeļena Ostapenko. With this win, she became only the fourth Canadian female player to reach the top 10 in singles or doubles, with a debut at No. 8. At the French Open, Dabrowski reached the final in mixed doubles for the second straight year, this time with Pavić, but failed to defend her title with a loss to Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig. She also made it to the third round in doubles with Xu.

2019: First Wimbledon doubles final In May, Dabrowski and Xu were runners-up in the Madrid Open, which they followed up by winning the Nuremberg Cup. In June, they reached the quarterfinals of the French Open.

They reached the final of Wimbledon, losing to Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová. In August, they reached the semifinals of the Rogers Cup, and two weeks later reached the quarterfinals of the US Open. Their performance during the year earned them a place in the WTA Finals, but they went out at the round-robin stage. Dabrowski and Pavić reached the final of the French Open for the second successive year, but were again beaten by Chan and Dodig.

2020–2021: WTA 1000 title, six WTA Tour finals, world No. 5 Dabrowski reached the finals of the Premier event in Adelaide playing with Darija Jurak. At the 2020 Australian Open, she reached the quarterfinals in women's doubles with Jeļena Ostapenko, and the semifinals of mixed doubles with Henri Kontinen. With Ostapenko, she reached also the WTA 1000 event final at the Qatar Ladies Open.

In October, she reached another Premier final, in Ostrava, playing with new partner Luisa Stefani.

Seeded fifth, Dabrowski won her third WTA 1000 and first with Stefani at the 2021 Canadian Open, avenging their loss in the final in San Jose to Darija Jurak and Andreja Klepač. The following week, they followed this successful run by another, reaching the WTA 1000 final at the Cincinnati Open by defeating current Olympic champions, second seeded pair Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková. They lost the final to Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai.

In their first Grand Slam event together, the duo reached the semifinals of the US Open, but they were forced to retire when Stefani injured her knee. On October 18, 2021, Dabrowski ascended to world No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings, thus becoming the highest ranked Canadian ever in the discipline.

2022: New partnerships, WTA 1000 title, world No. 4 Dabrowski announced she will play the 2022 season with Giuliana Olmos, with whom she had partnered to reach the semifinals at the 2021 Miami Open, but stated she could be open to play again with Stefani. Seeded second, they went on to win their first WTA1000 together at the Madrid Open. Dabrowski and Olmos followed that by also reaching the final of the Italian Open. She reached a new career-high doubles ranking of No. 4, on 11 July 2022. Following this successful runs, she qualified for her fourth WTA Finals with Olmos in their first appearance as a team.

2023: US Open and BJK champion, return to top 10 In August, seeded 16th as a pair with new partner Erin Routliffe at the US Open, Dabrowski made her eleventh Grand Slam quarterfinal. They defeated sixth seeds Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend in three sets to make the semifinals. There, they defeated Hsieh Su-wei who was on a 16-match major winning streak, having won both the 2023 French Open and the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, and Wang Xinyu to reach the final for the first time in Routliffe's career and second in Dabrowski's. In the final, they took on former champions Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva. They defeated them in straight sets to claim the US Open title, a first major title for both players. As a result, she returned to the top 10, at world No. 9 on 11 September 2023. At the Guadalajara Open, the pair reached their first WTA 1000 final defeating Jasmine Paolini and Mayar Sherif.

Their strong performance in the latter half of 2023 meant Dabrowski/Routliffe qualified for the WTA Finals in Cancún. This was Dabrowski's fifth year qualifying for the year-end tournament, and Routliffe's first. There the pair went undefeated in the group stage, without dropping a set, setting up a semifinal match with the eighth seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez. Dabrowski/Routliffe lost the match in a tight match tiebreaker.

Dabrowski was named to Team Canada during the Billie Jean King Cup finals in November 2023. Dabrowski won all three of her doubles matches, helping Team Canada secure the victory. It marked the first time Canada won the BJK trophy.

2024: Second Wimbledon final, WTA Finals champion Dabrowski reached a second WTA 1000 final with Erin Routliffe at the Miami Open where the pair lost to alternates Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin in a deciding champions tiebreak.

In June, Dabrowski and Routliffe won the Nottingham Open beating Harriet Dart and Diane Parry in the final. Alongside Routliffe, she reached her second final at Wimbledon losing to Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend. As a result, she reached a new career-high in doubles of world No. 3 on 15 July.

Seeded second at the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dabrowski and Routliffe went unbeaten to top their group and reach the semifinals, where they defeated Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez, in straight sets. Dabrowski and Routliffe defeated Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend in the final to claim their first WTA Tour Finals title. In the process Dabrowski became the first Canadian to win a WTA Finals title.

2025: Second US Open title Seeded second, Dabrowski and Routliffe reached the semifinals at the Australian Open, but lost to Jeļena Ostapenko and Hsieh Su-wei.

In April, they won the doubles title at the Stuttgart Open, defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova and Zhang Shuai in the final.

Dabrowski and Routliffe won their first WTA 1000 title as a team at the Cincinnati Open in August, defeating Guo Hanyu and Alexandra Panova in the final. The following month they secured their second US Open title together, overcoming top seeds Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend in the final, in straight sets.

Defending their title at the end of season WTA Finals in November, Dabrowski and Routliffe were eliminated in the round-robin stage with a record of one win and two losses leaving them in third place in their group.

2026: World No. 2, third Wimbledon final, back with Stefani & 100th major match win In November 2025, it was announced that Dabrowski would return to play alongside Luisa Stefani, after almost three years since their last match together, initially to participate at the Adelaide International. Despite this, Stefani and Dabrowski did not compete together in Adelaide, as Dabrowski suffered a foot injury in the pre-season and chose not to participate in order to recover for Melbourne; instead, Stefani played alongside Marie Bouzková. Dabrowski and Stefani resumed their partnership at the 2026 Australian Open where they reached the semifinals and were defeated in three sets by Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunić.

Next, Dabrowski and Stefani went to play the Middle Eastern Swing, first at the Qatar Ladies Open, where they also reached semifinals and also lost to Danilina and Krunic, this time in straight sets. They also played at the Dubai Open where they won their third title together, their first since 2022 and second on the WTA 1000 level, by defeating Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva in the final. The pair were among the players featured in the fan vote for "Star of the Swing" on the WTA Unlocked at the WTA's website, but they did not win the fan poll.

In Indian Wells, where they reached the quarterfinals, they were defeated in three sets by Cristina Bucsa and Nicole Melichar-Martinez. At the Miami Open, they reached their fourth semifinal of the season in five tournaments. They were defeated by Siniaková and Townsend, in three sets.

They decided to withdraw from the 2026 Madrid Open Dabrowski and Stefani played in Rome, at the Italian Open, but they ended up losing their first-round match against Alexandra Panova and Marie Bouzková, in three sets. Then in Strasbourg, they won the title defeating Quinn Gleason and Ulrikke Eikeri in the final. It was their fourth title playing together, the second in 2026, and the very first on clay.

Dabrowski and Stefani then started the grass-court season at the 2026 Queen's Club Championships, their first grass tournament together. They were defeated in the second round by Iva Jović and McCartney Kessler, in three sets. At Eastbourne, they won the title by defeating Czech pair of Jesika Malečková and Miriam Škoch in the final, which was postponed by one day due to rain. It was their third title of the season in the third final. It was their five title playing together, and second on the WTA 250 level. At the 2026 Wimbledon Championships, as second seeds, Dabrowski recorded her 100th main-draw win in Grand Slam tournaments, when she and Stefani defeated Alexa Guarachi and Alicja Rosolska, in straight sets.

In the quarterfinal, they defeated unseeded pair of Katarzyna Piter and Anna Sisková. In their first semifinal, they won against No. 13 seeds Shuko Aoyama and Liang En-shuo.

Dabrowski reached her third final at the event, but lost again, this time to Kristina Mladenovic and Guo Hanyu, in straight sets.

It was the pair's first major final together.

Personal life On 31 December 2024, Dabrowski revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in April that year and had undergone treatment including two surgeries during a three-month break from tennis. Writing on Instagram she said it was "a privilege to call myself a survivor" and "early detection saves lives."

Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Other significant finals WTA 1000 tournaments Doubles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Olympic medal matches Mixed doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 44 (23 titles, 21 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (2–3)WTA Finals (1–0)Premier M & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (6–9)Premier / WTA 500 (7–6)International / WTA 250 (7–3)Finals by surfaceHard (15–12)Clay (4–4)Grass (4–4)

Performance timelines

Doubles Current through the 2025 US Open. WTA 1000 Qatar/Dubai info needs separate updates from 2024 on.