Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski using on-court success to help eliminate violence against women

In the first few months of a new doubles partnership with Brazilian Luisa Stefani, Canadian tennis player Gabriela Dabrowski has found plenty of success.

Dabrowski won her sixth-career WTA 1000 doubles title in Dubai in February. More recently, the pair made it to the semifinals of the Miami Open, before falling to American Taylor Townsend and Kateřina Siniaková of the Czech Republic.

There was also a run to the semifinals of the Australian Open earlier in the season.

"I'm so pleased with not just our results, but also how we've supported each other along the way," Dabrowski said in an interview this week with CBC Sports. "We've played a lot of tough matches and we've had a lot of great discussions together alongside our team, who have helped to guide us really well through some of the challenging matches."

Off the court, that success has translated to more than $7,700 US, and counting, that Dabrowski has donated to charities working to end violence against women.

'I can't really look away from this': Gabriela Dabrowski on her charitable initiative

It's part of a pledge the Ottawa-born tennis player has made this season to give $20 from every game won to the 1in3 Fund. Its name is a nod to a statistic that Dabrowski couldn't look away from.

"One in three represents the statistic of women and girls above the age of 15 who have faced physical or sexual violence," Dabrowski said. "To me, that statistic when I heard it was very staggering because that's what we know that's reported. So quite frankly, it's probably higher. You probably know someone who has faced violence in some way."

The fund was created after the 2024 murder of Ugandan long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who was doused in gasoline and set on fire by an