Jean-Julien Rojer Wins Wimbledon Doubles

LOS ANGELES - Former UCLA men's tennis standout Jean-Julien Rojer picked up the biggest victory of his career on Saturday, teaming with Horia Tecau to hoist the men's doubles trophy at Wimbledon. It marks the 43rd Grand Slam title by a UCLA player and the first men's doubles championship at a major since Mark Knowles won the French Open in 2007.

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Rojer, from the Netherlands Antilles, and Tecau, of Romania, were seeded fourth at this year's Wimbledon. They took on 13th-seeded Jamie Murray of Great Britian and John Peers of Australia in Saturday's final. The first set was extremely close, with Rojer and Tecau edging out Murray and Peers in a tiebreaker. The two players never looked back from there, claiming the best-of-five set match 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4 to win their first Grand Slam title together.

Both players have previously won Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles, with Tecau winning the 2012 Australian Open with U.S. player Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Rojer claiming the French Open Championship in 2014 with Germany's Anna-Lena Grönefeld.

For their efforts on Saturday, Rojer and Tecau with each take home roughly $189,660 in prize money.

Rojer was a three-year letterwinner at UCLA from 2000-02. He earned All-America honors in 2001 and 2002 before turning pro following his junior season.

More information about this year's Wimbledon can be found at www.wimbledon.org