Winning on court has given Gabriela Dabrowski another way to push something bigger than tennis.

The Ottawa-born doubles player has pledged to donate $20 US for every game she wins this season to the 1in3 Fund, a group that supports charities working to end violence against women. In the first few months of the year, that has added up to more than $7,700 US.

Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani have started their new partnership strongly. They won the Dubai title in February for Dabrowski’s sixth career WTA 1000 doubles title. They also reached the semifinals at the Australian Open and the Miami Open before losing in Miami to Americans Taylor Townsend and Kateřina Siniaková of the Czech Republic.

“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.”

Her campaign is called Gaby’s Games for Good. Dabrowski said she wants to win 600 games this year, which would mean a $12,000 donation.

“The rest of the season, I hope to stay as healthy as I can, keep competing, hopefully win a lot of matches and do a lot of good through that,” she said.

The fund’s name points to the statistic that pushed Dabrowski to get involved.

“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 1in3 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 ex-boyfriend. She was the third East African female athlete killed since 2021.

“I don’t want her death to be in vain,” Dabrowski said.

“I want something really positive to come out of not just my campaign, but the one in three movement in general.”

According to the fund’s website, the money goes to seven global charities aimed at eliminating gender-based violence. That includes the Kenya Land Alliance, which advocates for equitable land and property rights for women.

“Our funding approach emphasizes organizations and programs that are evidence-based, cost-effective, scalable, and sustainable,” the fund’s website says.

Dabrowski is trying to keep that campaign going through a season that has already brought several physical setbacks. She said she has been dealing with lingering elbow and shoulder injuries from last season, along with a knee injury and a plantar fascia tear in her left foot.

Those issues forced her to withdraw from Canada’s recent Billie Jean King Cup tie in Kazakhstan, even though she had already booked flights.

“A couple days before I was like, I just can’t do it right now. I need to pay more attention to my body,” Dabrowski said.

“That was really disappointing because I wanted to be there and help the team.”

She said she is doing about two hours of rehab each day as she prepares for a long stretch of competition in Europe.

Dabrowski has also spoken publicly about her breast cancer diagnosis, which was detected after a doctor at the Miami Open recommended a scan in 2024. She said she remains on long-term medication and focuses on sleep and nutrition to help manage side effects from hormone therapy.

“I do scans every six months, mammogram and then MRI and those have been clear so far, fortunately,” Dabrowski said.

“[I’m] very grateful for all that.”

Her current partnership with Stefani has taken time to click. The two played together in 2021 and reached the U.S. Open semifinals before Stefani suffered what Dabrowski called a “traumatic” ACL rupture. They teamed up again in 2023, but the partnership did not last.

Between those attempts, Dabrowski played with New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe, and the pair won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title in 2025.

This season marked a third try with Stefani, after the two spent time building their friendship. Dabrowski said the partnership works because they trust each other and can speak honestly about how they are playing.

“[There is] really good energy between us, great competitive spirits, working together to problem solve,” she said.