Bolelli/Vavassori clinch maiden Masters 1000 crown in Miami

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Bolelli/Vavassori clinch maiden Masters 1000 crown in Miami

Italian pair eases previous Heliovaara/Patten at Onerous Rock Stadium

March 28, 2026

Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori ended their look forward to an ATP Masters 1000 trophy in model on Sunday afternoon on the Miami Open introduced 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 largest title as a group. Bolelli and Vavassori have been razor sharp all through regardless of humid situations 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

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— ATP Tour (@atptour) March 28, 2026

“Clearly very comfortable 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 difficult first spherical, saved two match factors, however I believe we performed higher each match. At the moment we stepped on court docket with confidence. We performed aggressive tennis and we’re very pleased with the end result.”

Since first turning into a daily partnership in 2024, Bolelli and Vavassori have shaped one of the crucial 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 that they had 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 search out the shape that had helped them attain the ultimate with out dropping a set, Bolelli and Vavassori have been resilient on serve, saving all three break factors they confronted, whereas they transformed three out of 9 break factors they earned, in line with Infosys ATP Stats.

“We all know them very nicely. They’re an unimaginable group, for positive the group to beat,” stated Vavassori. “This 12 months they received three titles already, and we misplaced to them many occasions in essential matches. We began very nicely. The tactic to have an aggressive mindset, I believe it paid off. Our power, we actually wished this title… When Simone began with me, he advised me, ‘We have now 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).