Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Nicolas Mahut reunite in Rome and take title

For the past couple of years, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut have been one of the best doubles teams on the ATP tour. The two-time Grand Slam champions, a threat on any surface, hadn’t played as much together this year. In fact, Mahut arrived in Rome fresh off a runner-up appearance in Madrid with another countryman, Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

But it was not that hard to pick up where Herbert and Mahut left off. The No. 4 seeds defeated Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers for their first title of the season. The Frenchmen were in survival mode all tournament long, squeezing past deciding tiebreaks in every round, including in the semifinals against Bob and Mike Bryan.

Dodig and Granollers, a new team this year, had an easier path to the final, which included a straight-sets win over top-seeded Henri Kontinen and John Peers in the semifinals.

In the end, though, Herbert and Mahut were too strong, and will be entering their home Slam, the French Open, with momentum on their side.

Mahut and Herbert won London/Queen's Club and the U.S. Open in 2015. A year later, they won Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, London/Queen's Club and Wimbledon.

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