On Saturday, Gabriela Dabrowski made history when she became the first Canadian woman to win a WTA Finals title.
The Ottawa native and her partner Erin Routliffe, a New Zealander who grew up in Canada and trained at the National Tennis Centre, defeated Olympic gold medalist Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend in straight sets (7-5, 6-3).
In Riyadh, Dabrowski and Routliffe (2) registered a perfect record in the round-robin, racking up a win over Olympic champions and fourth seeds Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini (1-6, 7-6(1), 11-9), exacting revenge on Caroline Dolehide and Desirae Krawczyk (5) who ousted them from the National Bank Open last August (4-6, 6-3, 10-6) and then securing the top spot in their group with a victory over seventh seeds Hao-Ching Chan and Veronika Kudermetova (7-6(6), 6-4).