Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos won the 2026 French Open men's doubles title on June 6, defeating Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara 6-4, 6-2 in the final [1, 2, 3]. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes [2]. Granollers, 40, and Zeballos, 41, did not drop a set throughout the entire tournament [1, 3]. Zeballos said, "I'm 41 years old (and) this is one of the best moments of my career. So it's never too late for anybody" [1].
The Spanish-Argentine duo has been playing together since 2019. They also won the 2025 French Open and US Open men's doubles titles, making this their third Grand Slam championship as a pair [1, 3]. They relied on strong play and capitalized on errors by their opponents in the final. Heliovaara struggled with several serving mistakes, including a double fault that gave Granollers and Zeballos early breaks in the match [1, 3].
Patten, 30, and Heliovaara, 37, reached their first French Open final without dropping a set before losing to the defending champions [4, 5, 2]. Heliovaara celebrated his 37th birthday on June 4 during the tournament week [5]. Despite the defeat, the British-Finn pairing has had a highly successful 2026 season. They won four ATP Tour titles—including their first Masters 1000 title on clay at the Madrid Open in May [4, 5]. They had previously captured two Grand Slam men's doubles titles at Wimbledon 2024 and the Australian Open 2025 [4, 5, 2].
Patten reflected on their run, saying, "It means a lot to us. I wish it meant more to the wider tennis world, but to us it's everything that we work towards. I join a long list of other Brits who have also done it, so it's amazing to now be in their company and join them as an ATP world number one. It's an incredible achievement for me" [5]. Heliovaara said on his birthday, "It's not a bad birthday if you've started on Suzanne-Lenglen Court and enjoy playing tennis. That's what I love the most in life outside of family time" [5]. Patten added after the final, "Sorry guys, wasn't the best, but thank you. Harri, thanks for being my partner. We're going to bounce back stronger, we know that" [1].
Though they fell short in the final, Patten and Heliovaara will become the world number one men's doubles pairing in the rankings update following the tournament, expected around June 8 [5, 2]. Had they won, Patten would have been the first British man to capture the French Open men's doubles title in the Open era [5, 2].
