Arevalo/Pavic win Roland Garros doubles title, Pavic completes Golden Slam

Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic won the Roland Garros men’s doubles title on Saturday in just their second major as a team. The Salvadoran-Croatian duo defeated Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-5, 6-3 in the final after knocking out top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in Friday’s semis.

The 30-year-old Pavic completed the Golden Slam — winning all four majors along with Olympic gold — with the triumph. Pavic joines Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut as the only active men’s players to win all four doubles Grand Slams.

“It feels special,” the Croatian said during an emotional trophy speech. “I want to say a special thanks to Marcelo for bringing me here to the top. He knows how it’s done, a few years ago he won it. First time [at Roland Garros] obviously, so I feel very happy.”

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Arevalo, 33, won his lone previous major crown two years ago in Paris alongside Jean-Julien Rojer.

“A lot of emotion,” added the Salvadoran. “I want to thank Mate for trusting me, for believing in me to fight together. Two crazy weeks, a lot of tough matches… We did it together, man. I’m really happy and the second title here feels special.”

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The Paris title is the third tour-level crown for the new duo this season after triumphs in Hong Kong and Geneva. Having first teamed up at the start of 2024, they improved to 27-10 as a team this fortnight. The champions lost just one set en route to the title, the opener against Granollers and Zeballos in the semis.

In the final, they converted on all three of their break points while saving six of seven break points against them, according to Infosys Stats. The victory moved Arevalo and Pavic up to second place in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings, just 50 points behind Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in first.

Bolelli and Vavassori, who fell to 0-3 against their final opponents this season, have reached the title round at both Grand Slams to start 2024. They are in fourth place in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings.

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