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At [[2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg|Strasbourg]], she was awarded a lucky-loser place in the main draw after losing in straight sets to [[Angelina Gabueva]] in the last round of qualifying. In the main draw, she defeated [[Hsieh Su-wei]], earning her first WTA Tour main-draw singles win, before withdrawing from tournament before her second-round match against [[Elina Svitolina]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wtatennis.com/videos/3462662/strasbourg-routliffe-halts-hsieh-comeback-for-first-tour-level-win | title=Strasbourg: Routliffe halts Hsieh comeback for first tour-level win }}</ref>
In August, ranked No. 54 in doubles and seeded 16th as a pair with new partner [[Gabriela Dabrowski]] at the [[2023 US Open (tennis)|US Open]], Routliffe made her second doubles Grand Slam quarterfinal. In the quarterfinals the pair defeated sixth seeds [[Leylah Fernandez]] and [[Taylor Townsend]] in three sets to make the semifinals. There, they defeated Hsieh Su-wei, who was on a 16 match major winning streak, having won both the [[2023 French Open]] and the [[2023 Wimbledon Championships]], and [[Wang Xinyu]] to reach the final for the first time in Routliffe's career and second in Dabrowski's. In the final they took on former champions [[Laura Siegemund]] and [[Vera Zvonareva]]. They defeated them in straight sets to claim the US Open title, a first Grand Slam title for both players. With the win, Routliffe entered the top 20 for the first time in her career.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/us-open-tennis-kiwi-erin-routliffe-crowned-doubles-champion/FIZ5SE5OWFF3BNFLZ6TFEQU65I/ | title=US Open tennis: Kiwi Erin Routliffe crowned doubles champion | date=28 April 2024 }}</ref>
At the [[2023 Guadalajara Open Akron|Guadalajara Open]] the pair Routliffe/Dabrowski reached their first WTA 1000 final, where they lost to [[Storm Hunter]] and [[Elise Mertens]]. Their win at the [[2023 Zhengzhou Open - Doubles|Zhengzhou Open]] qualified them for the [[2023 WTA Finals]] in Cancún, making her the first player from New Zealand to compete in the prestigious year-end event,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/500454/kiwi-tennis-player-qualifies-for-wta-finals | title=Kiwi tennis player qualifies for WTA Finals | website=[[Radio New Zealand]] | date=18 October 2023 }}</ref> and took Routliffe to a new career-high ranking of world No. 13 on 16 October 2023 and to No. 12 a week later. With reaching the semifinals at the WTA Finals, Routliffe reached No. 11 on 6 November 2023.
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