Doubles
Nys/Roger-Vasselin sink Bopanna/Yuzuki for Tokyo crown, ’12 years on…’
Monegasque-French duo is ninth in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings
September 30, 2025
Kinoshita Group Japan Open
Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Hugo Nys win their first ATP Tour title together.
By ATP Staff
Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin recovered from previous 2025 heartbreak in style on Tuesday afternoon at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.
The second seeds toppled Rohan Bopanna and Takeru Yuzuki 7-5, 7-5 in the final to capture their first title of the season at the ATP 500 event. Nys and Roger-Vasselin fell in the Marrakech and Washington finals this year, but made no mistake in the Japanese capital, where they won 29 of 34 first-serve points, according to Infosys ATP Stats.
“This is our third final of the year, first title, so we keep going,” Nys said. “We hope to [qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals] by the end of the year, so we still have work to do.”
Nys and Roger-Vasselin are ninth in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings, just 110 points adrift of Christian Harrison and Evan King in the qualification spots. They Monegasque-French duo is aiming to make its team debut at the the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin in November.
It marks Roger-Vasselin’s third Tokyo title after triumphing in 2013 with Bopanna and in 2019 with Nicolas Mahut. The 41-year-old Frenchman now boasts a 29-20 record in tour-level finals.
“Rohan, we were here 12 years ago winning the title, so it’s great to be on this court again with you,” Roger-Vasselin said to Bopanna. “You’ve been around for a couple of years… It’s always nice to see you. You’ve been a big part of my life.”
With his run to the championship match in Tokyo, the 45-year-old Bopanna became the second-oldest tour-level men’s doubles finalist in the Open Era. In just their second tournament together, he and partner Yuzuki saved three match points en route to defeating top seeds Harrison and King in the semi-finals.
