Match Report
Cash/Glasspool soar to first title of season in Barcelona
Top seeds saved one match point en route to trophy
April 19, 2026
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Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash celebrate winning Barcelona by jumping in the pool, an annual tradition at the ATP 500 event.
By ATP Staff
Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool have been made to wait for a title in 2026, but they finally had reason to celebrate on Sunday at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, where they overcame Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Andrea Vavassori 6-3, 6-4 in the final.
British pair Cash and Glasspool captured seven trophies in a standout 2025, including a major at Wimbledon and an ATP Masters 1000 crown in Toronto. Cash and Glasspool have fallen in finals in Brisbane and Doha this year but ensured there would be no more heartbreak with a routine win against Herbert and Vavassori at the ATP 500.
Cash and Glasspool saved all seven break points they faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats, and clinically converted two of their three break point chances to triumph.
“We got better and better,” Cash said. “We had not won a title this year but had been in a couple of finals, so it is always important to get back to winning ways and get comfortable in those moments again. I am happy with the week.”
In a hard-fought week in Barcelona, the top seeds won two Match Tie-breaks, saving one match point in their win against Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Cash and Glasspool are up to No. 8 in the PIF ATP Doubles Team Rankings.
“We are happy to get through those tight matches,” Glasspool said. “At the end of the year, those matches are turning points for all of the top teams. It was great to tough them out and find ways. We were not always playing our best tennis, but the level got higher and higher throughout the week.”
It is the first time Cash, 29, has won a tour-level title on clay. Glasspool, 32, lifted the trophy on the surface in Hamburg in 2022.
Herbert and Vavassori were teaming for the first time this week. The French-Italian pair did not drop a set en route to the championship match at the clay-court event in Spain.
