MELBOURNE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - ‌Sixth seeds Neal Skupski and Christian Harrison ‌beat Australia's Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans ‌7-6(4) 6-4 to win the Australian Open men's doubles title on Saturday as the British-American duo first Grand Slam event ‍as a team.

The victory in front ‍of raucous Australian ‌fans gave Harrison his first Grand Slam title. It ‍was ​a fourth in doubles and mixed doubles for Skupski but his first outside ⁠Wimbledon.