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Gabriela Dabrowski has made history.

Dabrowski is the first Canadian woman to win a mixed doubles Grand Slam title.

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The Ottawa native and her partner Rohan Bopanna edged out Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah 2-6, 6-2 (12-10) on the clay courts of Roland-Garros.

Dabrowski’s previous best appearances in Grand Slam mixed doubles included reaching the quarterfinals of the 2016 U.S. Open and this year’s Australian Open. Earlier this week, with partner Yifan Xu, she was knocked out in the third round of women’s doubles. Dabrowski also reached the third round of women’s doubles in the 2014 U.S. Open and 2015 Australian Open.

The 25-year-old Ottawa native is having the best year of her professional career, rising to the top 20 in the WTA’s women’s doubles rankings after capturing the title in Miami with China’s Xu Yifan.

Groenefeld was looking for another mixed title at the clay-court major, having already won in 2014 alongside Jean-Julien Rojer. She double-faulted on match point to hand Bopanna and Dabrowski the victory.

With files from Tim Baines.