Luisa Stefani is one win from her first Grand Slam title in women’s doubles after she and Gabriela Dabrowski reached the Wimbledon final. The pair beat S. Aoyama and E. Liang in the semifinal and will play Hanyu Guo and Kristina Mladenovic on Sunday, July 12, at about 9 a.m.
The result sends Stefani into the top 5 of the world ranking and gives her a chance to turn a strong run into the title she has not yet won in women’s doubles. She already owns one Grand Slam trophy, the mixed doubles title from the 2024 Australian Open, but this is the first time she has reached this stage in the women’s game.
That is why the final carries more weight than a routine championship match. Stefani and Dabrowski have solved each round well enough to get this far, and the semifinal win over Aoyama and Liang showed they could handle pressure when a place in the final was on the line. Dabrowski brings far more final-day experience, with two US Open titles and two Wimbledon runner-up finishes, while Stefani is still chasing the first women’s doubles breakthrough of her career.
Brasil has four finals in Wimbledon 2026, the strongest showing it has had at the tournament in this edition, and Stefani’s run sits at the center of it. Wimbledon has historically been the Grand Slam where the country has found the least success, which makes her place in the final stand out even more. Victória Barros and Naná Silva are due in the girls’ doubles final on Saturday, July 11, Guto Miguel and Ziga Sesko are set for the boys’ doubles final, and Bruno Soares will play the veterans’ final with Jamie Murray.
For Stefani, Sunday is now about one match and one result. She has already taken the step that mattered most for her ranking and for Brasil; what remains is whether she can finish it with the title that has eluded her in women’s doubles.
