THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

July 12, 2025

Julian Cash

Lloyd Glasspool

Press Conference

CASH-GLASSPOOL/Hijikata-Pel

6-2, 7-6

THE MODERATOR: Wimbledon doubles champions, how does that sound to you?

JULIAN CASH: Yeah, I mean, pretty special out there. I would like to say I loved every minute. Got a little bit closer than I would have liked, but yeah, amazing to get across the line. To win our first slam here together is amazing.

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: It's a little weird. I mean, it kind of still feels like I've got a match tomorrow. We've been playing and winning so many matches, it just feels like that was another one, and there's another one to come.

I'm hoping it will sink in. Yeah, it's obviously so special, but it just hasn't sunk in yet. It just feels like another match right now.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. What was going through your mind during that final, when you were serving out for the match point? What was going through your both your minds?

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: I was just trying to stay in the moment. We've really been working together as a team, working on our partnership rather than -- well, as well as games. I think that's a massive part to winning a tournament like this is you've really have to be strong in the tough moments together, and that's what I was really trying to focus on.

Then the execution of the shots and whatever it was, that's kind of the easy part because you can't really control it either. So we did what we could control.

Yeah, I'm kind of proud of how we stuck together. There was a little bump in the road there. Could have been a very decisive match. Yeah, we stuck together and got through the tough moments.

JULIAN CASH: I was just hoping you'd make a first serve, to be honest (smiling). Glad to know there was a lot of the detail behind it.

Q. Quite a significant amount of money to split between you. Any ideas what you might spend it on? Maybe wedding stuff, as well?

JULIAN CASH: Lloyd after round two was trying to figure out his mortgage numbers, so I'm hoping he's going to go through that again.

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: Do you have a figure?

Q. 680.

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: 680 split. Pounds?

JULIAN CASH: Don't pretend like you didn't know (laughing). I mean, for me no idea at all, but yeah, obviously amazing to win that kind of money this year.

For me, it's already been great on that front, better than any year I've had. Yeah, doesn't necessarily change anything for us. We've got more goals this year, and I think this will obviously give us an awful lot of confidence, and a lot of teams will fear us for the rest of the season.

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: I know he's buying a new motorbike, by the way. It's a short answer to what you said, yeah.

Q. (Off microphone).

JULIAN CASH: I've just been looking. That's all I'll say. I mean, I have one. I've had it for lay long time, and I've been using it to get to Queen's, Eastbourne, and here a little bit. It's been good for the traffic, so I might have a look at that.

Q. Do you think, on general, you guys as doubles players get a lot of respect or credit? We've had a British winner the last three years. We always sort of put up the singles players on pedestals. Do you think we should acknowledge doubles players in this country because it's a manufacturing conveyor belt, isn't it, really of success we're getting with you, Salisbury, Skupski?

JULIAN CASH: Yeah, for sure. I think the fact that so many people do well almost takes away from what's being achieved.

You look here. It's been a British winner the last three years, so it almost looks normal. Yeah, I mean, I definitely think there should be more publicity, more press on it.

I think there's a lot of personalities out there that people would love, and I think for me the main thing is when people know who's playing, they're interested.

I mean, the doubles today, we're on Centre Court. It's full. Everyone is having a great time and enjoying watching. Yeah, I mean, I wish there was more, but I think all we can do is keep our head down and keep trying to play the sport the best we can and trying to make the product as good for people as possible.

Q. Can I ask you what Louis Cayer has brought? He's got five pairs at the moment, all British and part-British, and you're all doing incredibly well. What does he bring, because he's clearly got some sort of magic touch? Be as specific as you would like.

JULIAN CASH: He's sat behind you, so I'll say nothing.

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: This tournament specifically, I think he's brought probably about 20 Grand Slams, so to have him in your corner in a final is invaluable. He's the only one that's been past a quarterfinal, and he's won it.

He's coached winners. He's got so many titles. He knows exactly what to say, the energy you need to bring. For that one instance, it is massively invaluable.

But it's all the work throughout the years, the data analysis, the things he picks up on court that just nobody else can see. He works tirelessly. I think underselling him, working with five teams. I think this tournament he was probably up around ten. He's not even staying at home this week, and he lives in London. That's how busy his days are.

So yeah, we're massively grateful for it and appreciate everything. As you said, with so many Brits doing so well, I think that kind of speaks for itself.

Q. Obviously, as you said, you've played literally every grass match you could. What do the celebrations look like tonight when you finally get to take a breather?

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: That is a good question.

JULIAN CASH: I mean, Lloyd loves a drink (smiling). No, I mean, at this point, kind of as Lloyd said at the start, I don't think it's really sunk in. I haven't even seen my family yet.

Honestly, not sure. But, yeah, we'll definitely celebrate. We've got 50-plus people here that have come to watch us today, half of them on the hill watching on the screen. Yeah, I'm sure we'll celebrate properly.

Q. You've had the whole of Brighton on your side for the last few weeks. How much has that spurred you on?

JULIAN CASH: It's been great through the whole grass season, especially in Eastbourne. Obviously we played in front of a packed crowd every week there, which is kind of my "home" home tournament. Yeah, the fans have been absolutely amazing. Yeah, I did see the message before I went on. My group chat with all the Brighton fans went absolutely nuts for it.

Having their support behind me, yeah, it means a lot and kind of makes you realize, I suppose, kind of how big the moment is.

Q. What are the goals for the rest of the season for both of you? Will you get a break now? What's next for you both?

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: Washington, I think. We'll definitely take a little break. We've played so many matches the last four weeks. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but we're both pretty tough on each other and tough on ourselves in terms of schedule. We don't like to let up. We like to play a lot of matches.

So I think we are going to have to be smart with that, especially now we've definitely qualified for Turin.

For me, it's not all eye on Turin right now. There's still another slam to grab. We haven't won a Masters yet, and we've been in the final a couple of times. It will definitely be focused on around Masters and slams. Hopefully we can take a break at some of the other tournaments and be smart with it.

We haven't discussed it at all right now with Louis or with anyone, but that would be my take on the matter, really focusing in on the Masters, slams, and obviously Turin.

Q. Appreciate it's mixed, but what's your views as doubles players on the US Open trying to give a that razzamataz, A-listers, making the mixed doubles event, putting all the singles players in. Is that to the detriment of doubles players?

JULIAN CASH: For me, I'm pretty split on it. I see both sides. It's a real shame for us as doubles players, for sure. But part of why I would say is that is I haven't been able to get into mixed for a long time, so I have never played next there, for example. I really enjoy playing mixed. That's more of a personal note.

I fully understand why they've done it. From everything I've seen so far, obviously the names in the draw, I think it's going to be an amazing event. I'm sure it's going to live up to everything they've said.

My understanding is that they've put all the money that was in mixed before into the men's and women's doubles. So financially I don't think the doubles players are going to be worse off. Obviously for a lot of people that's a good earner throughout the year for them, so it's one of those things.

The sport has to evolve. If it's the right or wrong decision, I guess we'll see. I think the event looks like it's going to go well. I wish them the best of luck with it.

Q. What you said on court, thanking your fiance for lying in bed. Was that meant because you have long training sessions, you have to rest a bit more? What did you mean?

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: I'm just a little bit anal with when I like to wake up. I want to make sure I've had my sleep. She's obviously got businesses to run, so she can't be waking up at 9:30 on Mondays or Tuesdays.

So yeah, I'm appreciative that she will just stay in bed and kind of work quietly and let me sleep until the time that I want to sleep to rather than getting up, getting ready, kind of waking me up. She just, yeah, takes it on the chin, stays in bed. I appreciate it.

Q. Could you comment on how you complement each other as a partnership?

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: Yeah. I think we're both big servers. We've got a pretty similar identity. Our game kind of revolves around serving big, holding, taking it to guys. We're a very aggressive team. We both volley very well. The returns are dangerous.

I think we're actually quite similar, and on top of that, we both want to get to the top. We've kind of got the same goals, the same ambition. We're both willing to put in the work, work on the things we need to. Both probably got a bit of an ego as well, but --

JULIAN CASH: Lloyd's is slightly bigger, but anyway (laughing). That's mine talking.

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: We've actually worked very well this year on taking feedback from each other as well as coaches. Especially during the match you have to in the high-pressure moments take feedback and take it well because it can affect literally the next point.

So I think we're both very open to working on that as well, which isn't easy and not many people do. I would probably say that.

Q. Do you ever experiment with switching sides, or are you always, Lloyd, on the ad side and Julian on the deuce side?

JULIAN CASH: Always this way. When I first started doubles, I was obviously with Henry, and I started on the ad. Before that, I had always played on the deuce. It's definitely my preferred side, and I think you're kind of the same on the ad.

Played some weeks the other side, but no, I don't think there's any reason to switch, especially after this week.

Q. You mentioned obviously how packed Centre Court was. They moved the doubles final to 1:00 before the singles. Do you think that was the right idea to get more eyes on doubles?

LLOYD GLASSPOOL: I think that was an amazing move by Wimbledon, especially with doubles normally being a lot shorter than singles. People can fill up towards the end as well and then kind of get ready for the main event, so to say.

If you had it after, a lot of people would kind of just watch the singles, there's quite a big gap in between, and go home. This way I think both of the matches will be full, and it gives us all day to celebrate. I prefer it that way.