Wimbledon 2025: Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool become first all-British men’s doubles winners since 1936
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Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool have been crowned Grand Slam champions for the first time after sealing a dominant victory over Rinky Hijikata and David Pel in Saturday’s men’s doubles final at Wimbledon.
Despite contesting their first Grand Slam final, there were no signs of nerves for the British pair who sealed a 6-2, 7-6(3) in an hour and 23 minutes to clinch the biggest win of their careers.
It’s a landmark victory for Britain’s Cash and Glasspool, who become the latest British doubles stars to claim victory at Wimbledon - joining Jonathan Marry (2012), Neal Skupski (2023) and Henry Patten (2024).
It marks their fifth title of the year together and third consecutive crown following their runs to the HSBC Championships and Lexus Eastbourne Open crowns which sees them wrap up a dominant grass court season with a 17-1 win record on the surface.
Cash & Glasspool's run to the Wimbledon men's doubles title
- First round: won vs Vasil Kirkov (USA) & Bart Stevens (NED) 7-6(6), 6-4
- Second round: won vs Hendrik Jebens (GER) & Albano Olivetti (FRA) 6-3, 6-4
- Third round: won vs Guido Andreozzi (ARG) & Marcelo Demoliner (BRA, world No.87) 6-3, 6-4
- Quarter-final: won vs Henry Patten (GBR) & Harri Heliovaara (FIN) (seeded 2) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(10-8)
- Semi-final: won vs Marcel Granollers (ESP) & Horacio Zeballos (ARG) (seeded 4) 6-3, 6-4
- Final: won vs David Pel (NED) & Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 6-2, 7-6(3)
Speaking on-court after their win, Cash said, “We’ve played a crazy amount of tennis on the grass, every match we possibly could. Coming into this event, there was a lot of pressure on our shoulders and the fact that we’ve been able to do what everyone was talking about is surreal.
“Thank you everyone for coming out, it was unbelievable out here today."
Not only does this win see them add a maiden Grand Slam title to their fast-expanding trophy haul, but it also sees them etch their names into the history books by becoming the first all-British doubles partnership to lift the men’s doubles title at the All England Club since 1936.
“When you say it, it sounds incredible”, Glasspool added when asked what it means to achieve this feat. “We had a Brit win last year, the year before so I didn’t think too much of it. Two Brits together, we’ve given you one over the last couple of years, now we’re giving you two so we did our best.”
Their win at SW19 now sees them clock career-high rankings with Glasspool moving up to world No.3 in the ATP doubles rankings and Cash hitting world No.4. They have also jumped to the top spot in the doubles ATP Race to Turin - the year-end championships for players on the ATP tour.
“(Heading into the year) we had two goals: one was to make it to Turin (at the Nitto ATP Finals) and the other was to win a Slam”, Cash said. “A lot of people probably wouldn’t have believed us, neither of us had made it past the quarter-final coming into this year but our team backed us the whole way. To do it here, couldn’t mean more honestly."
Playing doubles we’re not always on the biggest courts so to play on the biggest, most special court in the world, to do it here is incredible.
It was a confident start for the home favourites who showed no signs of nerves in their first Grand Slam final. It was a different story for the Pel, who kick-started proceedings with a shaky service game that handed the Brits a break to love.
It was a serving masterclass from the Brits, who dropped just five points behind their first serve (33/38) all match. They were equally as impressive on the return in the opening set where they won 50% of points (12/24) on their way to sealing a double break lead and eventually the opening set.
Cash and Glasspool looked to be taking a giant leap towards the silverware as they secured a third break of the match on the Dutchman's serve to stretch ahead 4-2.
Hijikata and Pel, who entered the tournament as alternates, soon managed to pull the momentum in their favour - going on to convert one of their three break points to draw back level and take us to a tie-break.
Eager to claim a first maiden trophy at their home slam, on the prestigious Centre Court, the fifth seeds moved up a gear in the tie-break. After edging ahead twice, Cash and Glasspool earned the decisive mini-break thanks to a costly double fault from Pel's racket.
With championship points in sight, 28-year-old Cash put away an unreachable smash at the net to bring the British crowd into an eruption of celebrations on Centre Court.
