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Harrison & Skupski power into Australian Open doubles final
Home wild cards Kubler/Polmans earn maiden Grand Slam final as a team
January 29, 2026
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Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski are competing in their second tournament together.
By Jerome Coombe
Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski extended the impressive early run of their new partnership on Thursday afternoon at the Australian Open, where they secured a place in the men’s doubles final.
The sixth seeds produced a composed performance to defeat Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos — a two-time major-winning team in 2025 — 6-3, 7-6(7). Harrison and Skupski, who both competed at last year’s Nitto ATP Finals with different partners, joined forces for the first time in Adelaide earlier this month, where they reached the semi-finals.
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Standing between them and the title will be Australian wild cards Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans, who thrilled the home crowd with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Luke Johnson and Jan Zielinski inside Rod Laver Arena.
Kubler owns a 14–3 doubles record at his home major, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, highlighted by his title run in 2023 alongside fellow Australian Rinky Hijikata. For Polmans, the final marks his best doubles result at Melbourne Park, surpassing his previous Australian Open high of a semi-final appearance on debut in 2017 with Andrew Whittington.
Saturday’s championship match will mark the first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting between the two teams.
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