Kokkinakis & Kyrgios Do Double Duty For Atlanta Doubles Title

Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios did double duty in doubles Sunday to win the Atlanta Open.

The Australians, who are known as the “Special Ks”, won their semi-final and final in the span of seven hours to emerge victorious at the ATP 250. After battling past Americans Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock earlier in the day, they defeated fellow Aussies Jason Kubler and John Peers 7-6(4), 7-5 to lift the trophy.

Kokkinakis and Kyrgios, who triumphed at the Australian Open together at the beginning of the season, are now 12-2 as a team in 2022. They combined for 15 aces in the final and saved all four break points they faced against Kubler and Peers to claim the crown.

It was the first all-Australian doubles final on the ATP Tour since Tood Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated Wayne Arthurs and Sandon Stolle for the Hamburg trophy in 2000.

Another Australian, Alex de Minaur, claimed the singles title earlier in the evening. The last time Australians swept the singles and doubles crowns at a tour-level event was Bogota in 2014 when Bernard Tomic emerged victorious in singles and Sam Groth and Chris Guccione triumphed in doubles.