Three years after his men’s doubles triumph in Paris, Ivan Dodig lifted the mixed doubles trophy at Roland Garros. The Croatian teamed up with Latisha Chan to prevail against top seeds Mate Pavic and Gabriela Dabrowski 6-1, 6-7(5), 10-8 in a No. 1 vs No. 2 final on Thursday. "[It's a] great feeling. I have great memories from Paris, one doubles and now mixed," said Dodig. The 33-year-old Dodig, who won alongside Marcelo Melo in 2015, claimed his first mixed doubles title following runner-up finishes with Sania Maria at the 2017 Australian Open and 2016 Roland Garros. Chan, the 2017 US Open women's doubles champion with Martina Hingis, also claimed her first title in mixed doubles; she had previously reached...
Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram won their first team title on Sunday, defeating third seeds Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya 6-3, 7-5 at the BMW Open by FWU. "Some important deciding points were crucial," reflected Dodig. "We were feeling better in those moments and that was the key." Dodig and Ram defeated the Croatian-Austrian duo in 78 minutes, saving all three break points they faced to lift the trophy. The second seeds, who had only played once together before 2018 at the 2016 Libema Open, have now won 10 matches as a pairing since becoming a full-time team at the start of this season. Dodig and Ram’s previous best performances as a partnership came earlier this season at the ABN...
A match-up that was tough on paper lived up to expectations at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday when third seeds Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram edged past experienced pair Marcel Granollers and Nedad Zimonjic. The Croatian-American duo advanced to the quarter-finals 6-7(4), 6-2, 10-6. Dodig and Ram held a set point at 5-4 only to lose the opening set in a tie-break before they broke twice to send the contest into a match tie-break. It was then they surged to 5/1 before sealing a quarter-final meeting with Dutchmen Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop. Dodig and Ram had reached the semi-finals in Rotterdam in their most recent outing together while it was the Spanish-Serbian pair’s first event together....
Ivan Dodig hits a magnificent backhand drop volley that spins back into the net and earn his team a point in this hot shot. Watch live tennis at TennisTV.com.
Watch doubles semi-final highlights from the Rolex Paris Masters, as Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers advanced to the championship match. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
