# 2025 French Open – Women's doubles
[Sara Errani](https://www.edgepedia.org/sara-errani) and [Jasmine Paolini](https://www.edgepedia.org/jasmine-paolini) won the women's doubles title at the 2025 [French Open](https://www.edgepedia.org/french-open), defeating the unseeded pair of Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunić in the final, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, on Sunday, June 8, 2025.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) It was the first Grand Slam doubles title won together by the second-seeded Italians, who had lost the previous year's Roland-Garros final to Coco Gauff and Katerina Siniakova.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) • [2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Champions | Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini (Italy), No. 2 seeds[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) |
| Runners-up | Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) and Aleksandra Krunić (Serbia), unseeded, in their first major final as a team[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) |
| Significance for Errani | Her sixth women's doubles major and first in Paris in 12 years; she also won the mixed doubles with Andrea Vavassori[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) |
| Significance for Paolini | Her first Grand Slam title in any discipline, after losing the 2024 Roland-Garros doubles final and two 2024 singles finals[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) • [2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final) |
| Draw and prize money | 64-team main draw including 7 wild-card teams; champions earned €600,000 per team[3](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4271092/____french-open-2025-draws-dates-prize-money-and-what-you-need-to-know) • [4](https://apnews.com/article/00b21394964300e6900372588ef32090) |
## Tournament format and field
The women's doubles main draw comprised 64 teams, including 7 wild-card teams, at the 129th edition of the French Open, played on clay at Roland Garros in Paris.[3](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4271092/____french-open-2025-draws-dates-prize-money-and-what-you-need-to-know) The doubles final was scheduled for Sunday, June 8 at 11 a.m., the closing day of the 15-day event.[3](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4271092/____french-open-2025-draws-dates-prize-money-and-what-you-need-to-know)
**Prize money** rose across the tournament, with the main draw up 6.37 percent compared with 2024.[5](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/roland-garros-2025-prize-money) The women's and men's doubles champions each earned €600,000 per team, and the women's and men's singles and doubles draws earned equal prize money for each round.[4](https://apnews.com/article/00b21394964300e6900372588ef32090) • [6](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4507154/roland-garros-what-to-know-411-french-open-dates-draws-schedule-prize-money-and-more)
## Errani and Paolini's path to the final
Errani and Paolini entered the tournament as the No. 2 seeds and reached the French Open doubles championship match for the second straight year.[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final) In the semifinals on Friday, June 6, they dismissed the No. 4 seeds, [Mirra Andreeva](https://www.edgepedia.org/mirra-andreeva) and Diana Shnaider, 6-0, 6-1 in 61 minutes on Court Simonne-Mathieu, in a rematch of the previous summer's Paris Olympic gold-medal final, which the Italians had also won.[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final) Errani and Paolini never faced a break point in that match, while Andreeva and Shnaider faced 16 and dropped serve six times; the win gave the Italians a 4-1 lead in the teams' head-to-head.[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final)
Before the final, the Italians had won four WTA 1000 titles together over the previous year along with their Olympic gold medal, but no Grand Slam title as a duo.[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final)
## Danilina and Krunić's run
The unseeded Danilina and Krunić reached the final by outlasting Ulrikke Eikeri of Norway and Eri Hozumi of Japan, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5, in a 2-hour and 46-minute all-unseeded semifinal.[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final) They had trailed by early breaks in both the second and third sets before coming back, with Krunić's volleying deciding the last two games.[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final)
Their quarterfinal had produced the tournament's biggest doubles upset, a win over the No. 1 seeds, Katerina Siniakova and [Taylor Townsend](https://www.edgepedia.org/taylor-townsend).[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final) It was only the pair's third tournament together and first at a major; they had decided to enter three days before the deadline, and their most recent previous result together had been a runner-up finish at 2022 [Cleveland](https://www.edgepedia.org/cleveland).[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) • [2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final) For the 32-year-old Krunić, a former [Top 40](https://www.edgepedia.org/top-40) singles player, it was a first Grand Slam final in any discipline.[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final) Danilina, 29, brought prior major-final experience: she won the 2023 US Open mixed doubles with Harri Heliovaara and was the 2022 Australian Open women's doubles runner-up with Beatriz Haddad Maia.[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final)
## The final
In the final, Errani and Paolini took the first set 6-4, dropped the second 2-6, and pulled away 6-1 in the decider after the match had run almost two hours with the sets split.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) The title was their 11th straight match win on the clay in Paris, counting their Olympic gold medal at the same site the previous August.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail)
For the 38-year-old Errani, the win capped a double: she also took the mixed doubles title with Andrea Vavassori, making them the first Italians to win that event since 1958.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) It was her sixth women's doubles major and first in Paris in 12 years, adding to a Career Grand Slam won alongside [Roberta Vinci](https://www.edgepedia.org/roberta-vinci) between 2012 and 2014.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) • [2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final) For Paolini, who had reached the singles and doubles finals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2024 without winning, it was a first [Grand Slam](https://www.edgepedia.org/grand-slam-tennis) trophy.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail) • [2](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final)
## Ranking aftermath
Errani and Paolini did not defend the title in 2026, with Errani instead partnering the Austrian Lilli Tagger, the 2025 girls' singles champion.[7](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/2026-edition-venus-williams-baptiste-discover-doubles-draw)
## References
1. [Viva Italia as Errani-Paolini prevail, Roland-Garros official site](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-viva-italia-as-errani-paolini-prevail)
2. [Errani, Paolini top Andreeva, Shnaider to return to Roland Garros doubles final, WTA Tennis](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4279378/errani-paolini-top-andreeva-shnaider-to-return-to-roland-garros-doubles-final)
3. [French Open 2025: Draws, dates, prize money and what you need to know, WTA Tennis](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4271092/____french-open-2025-draws-dates-prize-money-and-what-you-need-to-know)
4. [French Open prize money up 10% to $72 million overall, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/00b21394964300e6900372588ef32090)
5. [2025 Roland Garros prize money, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/roland-garros-2025-prize-money)
6. [Roland Garros 411: Dates, draws, schedule, prize money and more, WTA Tennis](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4507154/roland-garros-what-to-know-411-french-open-dates-draws-schedule-prize-money-and-more)
7. [Venus and Baptiste discover RG doubles draw, Roland-Garros official site](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/2026-edition-venus-williams-baptiste-discover-doubles-draw)
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