Australian Open: Croatia’s Ivan Dodig wins mixed doubles title
- by croatiaweek
- in Sport
Croatia’s Ivan Dodig (37) has won his sixth Grand Slam title and his second title at the Australian Open in consecutive years today.
Ivan Dodig won the mixed doubles title after him and his partner, Kristina Mladenovic from France, beat Australians Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler 6-3, 6-4.
It is the first Grand Slam title for the Croatian-French team and Dodig’s sixth his second title at the Australian Open after Dodig and Filip Polasek from Slovakia won the men’s doubles title in 2021.
Dream start ✨
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In their first tournament together, @DodigTennis and @KikiMladenovic swept the #AO2022 mixed doubles 🏆!#AusOpen
Back in 2015, Dodig won his other Grand Slam men’s doubles title with Marcelo Melo when they won the French Open.
He also has three other Grand Slam mixed doubles titles after he won the French Open in 2018 and 2019 and Wimbledon also in 2019 with his Taiwanese partner Latisha Chan.
