John Peers has been unable to join Samantha Stosur this year as a home-grown winner of an Australian Open doubles title.

Peers and his Finnish partner Henrik Kontinen went down in Sunday’s men’s final against French duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 6-4 7-6 (7-1).

Stosur and China’s Zhang Shuai teamed up to win the women’s doubles on Friday afternoon.

There was only one break of serve in the match, with Kontinen broken to hand the French duo a 5-4 lead in the first set. Herbert then held to put them up a set.

The match went with serve in the second set but the French team dominated the tiebreak, establishing a mini-break off Peers’ serve for a 3-0 lead. They were never headed.

The win completed a doubles grand slam for Herbert and 37-year-old Mahut, joining an elite group of four pairs in the open era who have achieved the feat.

Peers was gunning to become the first Australian since Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge combined to together to claim multiple Australian Open men’s doubles titles.

Peers and Kontinen had won the Australian Open double in 2017.

Peers is also a member of the Australian Davis Cup squad for next month’s tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Adelaide.