Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez won the Qatar ExxonMobil Open doubles title defeating Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya 6–4, 6–3 in the final yesterday.
Last year, Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Argentine Juan Monaco had emerged triumphant in doubles.
At the Khalifa Complex, Feliciano and Marc, the third seeds, never looked in doubt of wrapping up the title, as they completely dominated Germany’s Petzschner and Peya of Austria in a match that lasted one hour and six minutes.
The Qatar Open was their first tournament together since 2012 Miami Masters, where they fell in the second round. Feliciano and Marc came back together this year, with an eye on representing Spain at the Rio Olympics in August.
And they seemed to have gotten along well instantly, winning their first ATP title together. It was also Marc’s third doubles title in Doha, having won previously with Nadal in 2009 and 2011.
Yesterday, the pair won purely on the strength of their service game, with neither dropping a game. On the other hand, Petzschner and Peya were broken once in the first set and twice in the second.
“First of all, I want to thank everybody for their support,” Feliciano said after the victory. “It is a pleasure to play with him. Marc has become the champion for the third time. Next week we will be in Sydney,” he added.
“We were together in 2012 years ago. Yes, it has been a long time,” Marc said. “He was playing with Rafa (Nadal) and they have been very successful together. For me it is a difficult task to replace a great player like Rafa. I don’t think I will be able to replace Rafa,” he added.