Gonzalez/Molteni Win Home Title In Cordoba

Cordoba Open/Nicolás Aguilera

Second seeds Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni lost a set in their opening match of the Cordoba Open. But the Argentines did not lose another from there, surging through the rest of the tournament to capture the ATP 250 trophy.

Gonzalez and Molteni defeated Frenchmen Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to clinch the crown. They converted three of their four break points to triumph after one hour and 24 minutes.

"It's a very important week for us, we didn't start the year well," Gonzalez said. "We had some tough matches and winning at home is a motivation for what comes next. I had lost two times against Molteni in Cordoba, so now I decided to join him to finally become champion here!"

Molteni has dominated in Cordoba in recent years, earning the title in 2019 with Roman Jebavy and 2022 with Santiago Gonzalez before his latest win alongside Maximo Gonzalez.

"With Machi we played many tournaments. Last year we started in ATP-level and now we are going to continue and hopefully we will have more results together," Molteni said. "For me to win for the third time in Cordoba is spectacular. Here I feel good on and off the court and I hope to come back for more every year."

The victory marked the second title as a team for Gonzalez and Molteni. They also emerged with the trophy last year in Gijon. Gonzalez has won 13 tour-level doubles titles and Molteni has claimed 12 crowns.