Doubles
Bolelli/Vavassori efficiently defend Rotterdam crown
Brazilians Luz and Matos triumph in Buenos Aires
February 15, 2026
Alyssa van Heyst
Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori received the Rotterdam doubles title on Sunday.
By Vishakha Khandelwal
Fourth seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori efficiently defended their ABN AMRO Open title on Sunday with a revenge win.
Three weeks after dropping to Ray Ho and Hendrik Jebens within the second spherical on the Australian Open, Bolelli and Vavassori beat the qualifiers 6-3, 6-4 to win the trophy in Rotterdam. With the win, they grew to become the primary group to efficiently defend the title on the ATP 500 since Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic achieved the feat in 2009-10.
“Actually proud of the trophy,” mentioned Bolelli. “Again to again is at all times good, we defended the title actually good this yr and that is our first trophy of 2026. So that is good confidence for us for the remainder of the season.”
The Italians dropped their solely set of the week within the semi-finals. Within the championship match, they saved three of the 4 break factors they confronted, in accordance with Infosys ATP Stats, and transformed all three break factors they earned, rising victorious in 67 minutes. With the win, they claimed their eighth trophy as a group.
Luz/Matos win in Buenos Aires
Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos ended Andrea Collarini and Nicolas Kicker’s hopes of successful a title collectively on house soil on the IEB+ Argentina Open on Sunday once they defeated the Argentines 7-5, 6-3 to clinch the Buenos Aires crown.
“We had been blissful to have plenty of Brazilians right here,” Luz mentioned. “They pushed us for the reason that first spherical…We’re very blissful that individuals had been cheering for us at present.”
The duo fended off the problem posed by the Argentines in a single hour and 32 minutes, saving 4 of the 5 break factors they confronted.
“We needed to combat so much in the course of the factors and all of the matches,” Matos mentioned. “It was very powerful to play, powerful circumstances.”
Collarini and Kicker had been competing of their maiden tour-level closing and had been aiming to turn into the primary all-Argentine group to clinch the title in Buenos Aires since Maximo Gonzalez and Horacio Zeballos achieved the feat in 2019.
