Breaking up may have just gotten a little harder to do for Daniel Nestor and Mark Knowles.

Nestor, a Canadian, and his soon-to-be ex-teammate from the Bahamas won their first — and likely last — French Open men's doubles title on Saturday with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Czechs Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner.

Canada's Daniel Nestor, right, and partner Mark Knowles raise the French Open championship trophy after winning the men's doubles title Saturday at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris.
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The sixth seeds broke their No. 9 rivals to go up 5-4 in the final set before serving out the match.

It's the third Grand Slam championship and first in three final appearances at Roland Garros for Nestor and Knowles, who plan to split up after Wimbledon next month.

"Our whole career we've strived to win the French Open, Wimbledon — all the Grand Slams," Nestor said. "We've got three out of four, and there's no reason why we can't get four out of four at Wimbledon. We're playing great."

Nestor informed Knowles in May that he would end the oldest partnership on the ATP Tour by teaming with Serbian Nenad Zimonjic in doubles play after Wimbledon.

Along with this year's French Open, Nestor and Knowles won the 2002 Australian Open and 2004 U.S. Open, but Nestor said earlier in the year he felt it was time for a change.

In fighting form

The team's play on Saturday recalled better times, as they fought back from a set down against Dlouhy and Vizner to collect their 38th career title.

Earier Saturday, Justine Henin of Belgium captured her third consecutive French Open crown with a straight-sets victory over Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in the women's final.

On Sunday, men's top seed Roger Federer of Switzlerland will bid for the only Grand Slam championship to elude him when he plays Spain's Rafael Nadal.

Nadal can become the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1978-81 to win three consecutive French Open titles.

Federer is seeking his fourth consecutive major title, something last accomplished by Rod Laver in 1969.

With files from the Canadian Press