Nick Kyrgios's French Open campaign is over following a third-round doubles loss with fellow Australian Jordan Thompson.
Kyrgios and Thompson went down 6-4 6-4 to American Donald Young and Mexican Santiago Gonzalez at Roland Garros on Saturday.
Thompson dropped serve in the seventh game of each set of an entertaining encounter, with the Australians' unable to convert their only break-point chance in the final game of the match.
Despite the defeat, it was still a successful campaign after the first-time pairing took out French second seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the opening round to provide Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt another doubles option for Australia's semi-final later this year, on clay, in Belgium.
Kyrgios thrilled French fans with his tweeners and no-look flicks on Court 3, but they will have to wait another year to see the colourful talent after his singles assault only lasted two rounds in Paris.
The 22-year-old will now switch his focus to the grasscourt season, with Queens his only scheduled event before Wimbledon, starting on July 3.
He is projected to drop one place to 20th in the world next week and will need a good run at Queens to lift his ranking inside the top 16 for a strong seeding at the All England Club.
While Kyrgios and Thompson are out, Strasbourg champions Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty are through to the third round of the women's doubles after accounting for Japanese duo Miyu Kato and Eri Hozumi 6-4 6-1.
Dellacqua and Barty will face fellow Australian Daria Gavrilova and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for a place in the quarter-finals.
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