Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski has become the first Canadian woman to win a grand slam title with her mixed doubles title at the French Open.

Seventh-seeded Dabrowski and her partner Rohan Bopanna rallied to beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Robert Farah of Colombia 2-6, 6-2, 12-10.

The last Canadian woman to reach the mixed doubles final in Paris was Jill Hetherington of Peterborough, Ont., in 1995. She and South African partner John Lafnnie de Jager lost to Ukrainian Larisa Savchenko Neiland and Todd Woodbridge of Australia.

"Hopefully you've enjoyed that final, there were lots of efforts on both sides," Dabrowski said in an on-court interview.

The 25-year-old Ottawa native is having the best year of her professional career, rising to the top 20 in the WTA's women's doubles rankings after capturing the title in Miami with China's Xu Yifan.

Groenefeld was looking for another mixed title at the clay-court major, having already won in 2014 alongside Jean-Julien Rojer. She double-faulted on match point to hand Bopanna and Dabrowski the victory.