Cash/Glasspool cruise to Doha title

Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool wasted little time adding a third tour-level title to their flourishing partnership on Saturday at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open.

The pair prevailed 6-3, 6-2 in an all-British championship match against Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski in Doha to reassert their status as one of the doubles teams to watch in 2025. Cash and Glasspool, who made their team debut last September and have since lifted trophies in Tokyo in October, in Brisbane in January and now in Doha, are now up to third in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings.

“We really enjoyed our time here. Lloyd and I put a lot of effort in and it’s kind of showing early in the year, which is nice,” said Cash. “Hopefully we can keep improving and get some bigger titles down the road.”

When asked about prospects for the rest of 2025, Glasspool added: “I try to have low expectations, honestly. Just try to keep working hard, have belief in our level and trust it, and see what happens. If you put that hard work, eventually it should hopefully show at some point.”

Having opened their Doha campaign with back-to-back Match Tie-break wins, Cash and Glasspool’s victory in their maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with Salisbury and Skupski was far more straightforward. They broke serve twice in each set en route to a one-hour, one-minute win during which they won 82 per cent (33/40) of points behind their own first delivery, according to Infosys ATP Stats.

By lifting the title in Doha, the 28-year-old Cash ensured he will on Monday rise to a career-high No. 19 in the PIF ATP Doubles Rankings. He will join No. 3 Henry Patten, No. 17 Skupski and No. 18 Glasspool to mark the most Britons in the Top 20 in PIF ATP Rankings history.