Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Men's doubles; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
	Olympic tennis pictogram
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Dates	24–30 July 2021
Competitors	32 teams from 22 nations
Medalists
	← 2016 →

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Champions	Nikola Mektić; Mate Pavić
Runners-up	Marin Čilić; Ivan Dodig
Final score	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Events

Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić of Croatia beat fellow Croats Marin Čilić and Ivan Dodig in the final 6–4, 3–6, [10–6] to win the gold medal in Men's Doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics. This was Croatia's first ever Olympic gold and silver medals in tennis. For the first time since London 1908, the men's doubles gold medal match was contested between pairs representing the same nation. Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus of New Zealand won their country's first Olympic tennis medals by taking the bronze.

Marc López and Rafael Nadal were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate.

This was the 16th (medal) appearance of the men's doubles tennis event. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics where tennis has been on the program: from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 to the current program. A demonstration event was held in 1968.^{[citation needed]}

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except that the third set was a match tiebreak (first to 10 points) instead of a typical set.^[1]^[2]^[3] A tiebreak is played if one of the first two sets reaches 6–6.

Qualification[]

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to two pairs (four players). The total number of male players, in both singles and doubles, for each nation may not exceed six. There are 32 pairs places (64 players) in the event. Qualification is based primarily on the ranking lists of 7 June 2021.^[4]

Up to 10 pairs are selected through individual doubles ranking. The top 10 players in the doubles ranking qualify and may bring any partner with a ranking in the top 300 in either singles or doubles.^[4]

The draw is then filled to 24 pairs (that is, at least 14 additional pairs and possibly more depending on how the top 10 use their spots) through combined ranking. The better of a player's singles or doubles ranking is used, and the two rankings of a pair of players are added to give a combined ranking, with the lowest rankings earning qualifying spots.^[4]

If the quota of 86 total male players in singles and doubles has not been reached, the combined ranking continues until either the 86 total quota places are filled or the 32 pair maximum is reached.^[4]

Once the 86 player quota is met, priority is given to pairs with both members playing in singles (with combined ranking used to select within that group). In the unlikely event that this does not finish filling the 32 pairs, additional spots will be qualified with priority given to pairs with one member playing in singles; finally, if the 32 pair spots still are not filled, the combined ranking of pairs without any singles players is used.^[4]

Schedule[]

The competition was held over seven days from 24 July to 30 July. Times given are the start of tennis sessions, though the men's doubles shares courts with other tennis events.^[5]

July
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00	15:00	15:00
Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Bronze medal match
Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Gold medal match

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Seeds[]

01. Nikola Mektić (CRO) / Mate Pavić (CRO) (Champions, gold medalists)

02.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) /

Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (First round)

03.

Juan Sebastián Cabal (COL) /

Robert Farah (COL) (Quarterfinals)

04.

Aslan Karatsev (ROC) /

Daniil Medvedev (ROC) (First round)

05.

Hubert Hurkacz (POL) /

Łukasz Kubot (POL) (First round)

06.

Karen Khachanov (ROC) /

Andrey Rublev (ROC) (First round)

07.

Jamie Murray (GBR) /

Neal Skupski (GBR) (Second round)

08.

Wesley Koolhof (NED) /

Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (Second round, withdrew due to a positive test for COVID-19)

Draw[]

Key[]

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

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Finals[]

Semi-finals				Final

1	Nikola Mektić (CRO) Mate Pavić (CRO)	6	6

	Austin Krajicek (USA) Tennys Sandgren (USA)	4	4
				1	Nikola Mektić (CRO) Mate Pavić (CRO)	6	3	[10]

					Marin Čilić (CRO) Ivan Dodig (CRO)	4	6	[6]
	Marcus Daniell (NZL) Michael Venus (NZL)	2	2

	Marin Čilić (CRO) Ivan Dodig (CRO)	6	6	Bronze medal


					Austin Krajicek (USA) Tennys Sandgren (USA)	6³	2

					Marcus Daniell (NZL) Michael Venus (NZL)	7⁷	6

Top half[]

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals

1	N Mektić (CRO) M Pavić (CRO)	7⁸	6
	M Demoliner (BRA) M Melo (BRA)	6⁶	4		1	N Mektić (CRO) M Pavić (CRO)	7	6⁵	[10]
	P Andújar (ESP) R Carballés Baena (ESP)	5	4			L Musetti (ITA) L Sonego (ITA)	5	7⁷	[7]
	L Musetti (ITA) L Sonego (ITA)	7	6							1	N Mektić (CRO) M Pavić (CRO)	6	6
ITF	B McLachlan (JPN) K Nishikori (JPN)	6	6							ITF	B McLachlan (JPN) K Nishikori (JPN)	3	3
	J Sousa (POR) P Sousa (POR)	1	4		ITF	B McLachlan (JPN) K Nishikori (JPN)	6	6
	A Molteni (ARG) H Zeballos (ARG)	7⁷	4	[11]	7	J Murray (GBR) N Skupski (GBR)	3	4
7	J Murray (GBR) N Skupski (GBR)	6³	6	[13]										1	N Mektić (CRO) M Pavić (CRO)	6	6
4	A Karatsev (ROC) D Medvedev (ROC)	5	4												A Krajicek (USA) T Sandgren (USA)	4	4
	L Klein (SVK) F Polášek (SVK)	7	6			L Klein (SVK) F Polášek (SVK)	7⁷	2	[5]
	J Peers (AUS) M Purcell (AUS)	6	6⁵	[5]		A Krajicek (USA) T Sandgren (USA)	6²	6	[10]
	A Krajicek (USA) T Sandgren (USA)	3	7⁷	[10]							A Krajicek (USA) T Sandgren (USA)	6	7⁷
	A Bublik (KAZ) A Golubev (KAZ)	7⁷	6³	[8]							J-L Struff (GER) A Zverev (GER)	3	6⁴
	J Chardy (FRA) G Monfils (FRA)	6⁴	7⁷	[10]		J Chardy (FRA) G Monfils (FRA)	4	5
	J-L Struff (GER) A Zverev (GER)	6	7⁷			J-L Struff (GER) A Zverev (GER)	6	7
5	H Hurkacz (POL) Ł Kubot (POL)	2	6⁵

Bottom half[]

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals					Semi-finals

8	W Koolhof (NED) J-J Rojer (NED)	6	7⁷
	S Gillé (BEL) J Vliegen (BEL)	3	6⁵		8	W Koolhof (NED) J-J Rojer (NED)
	E Gerasimov (BLR) I Ivashka (BLR)	3	6⁶			M Daniell (NZL) M Venus (NZL)	w/o
	M Daniell (NZL) M Venus (NZL)	6	7⁸							M Daniell (NZL) M Venus (NZL)	6	3	[10]
	J Millman (AUS) L Saville (AUS)	5	2						3	JS Cabal (COL) R Farah (COL)	3	6	[7]
	O Marach (AUT) P Oswald (AUT)	7	6			O Marach (AUT) P Oswald (AUT)	4	1
	P Carreño Busta (ESP) A Davidovich Fokina (ESP)	2	4		3	JS Cabal (COL) R Farah (COL)	6	6
3	JS Cabal (COL) R Farah (COL)	6	6												M Daniell (NZL) M Venus (NZL)	2	2
6	K Khachanov (ROC) A Rublev (ROC)	7⁷	6⁵	[10]											M Čilić (CRO) I Dodig (CRO)	6	6
	R Ram (USA) F Tiafoe (USA)	6³	7⁷	[12]		R Ram (USA) F Tiafoe (USA)	3	5
	T Daniel (JPN) Y Nishioka (JPN)	2	4			M Čilić (CRO) I Dodig (CRO)	6	7
	M Čilić (CRO) I Dodig (CRO)	6	6							M Čilić (CRO) I Dodig (CRO)	4	7⁷	[10]
	K Krawietz (GER) T Pütz (GER)	6	6							A Murray (GBR) J Salisbury (GBR)	6	6²	[7]
	F Bagnis (ARG) D Schwartzman (ARG)	2	1			K Krawietz (GER) T Pütz (GER)	2	6²
	A Murray (GBR) J Salisbury (GBR)	6	6			A Murray (GBR) J Salisbury (GBR)	6	7⁷
2	P-H Herbert (FRA) N Mahut (FRA)	3	2

References[]

^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/47807003
^ "Olympic Tennis Event - Tokyo 2020". event.itftennis.com.
^ "Tennis | Olympic Sport". Tokyo 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tokyo 2020 – ITF Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITF. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^ "Tennis - Men's Doubles Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

External links[]

Draw

[1] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/47807003

[2] "Olympic Tennis Event - Tokyo 2020". event.itftennis.com.

[3] "Tennis | Olympic Sport". Tokyo 2020.

[Qualifying-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tokyo 2020 – ITF Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITF. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

[Dates-5] "Tennis - Men's Doubles Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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show v t Olympic Tennis Champions in men's doubles
Demonstration	1968: Rafael Osuna & Vicente Zarazua (MEX)
Indoor	1908: Herbert Barrett & Arthur Gore (GBR) 1912: Maurice Germot & André Gobert (FRA)
Outdoor	1896: John Pius Boland (GBR) & Friedrich Traun (GER) 1900: Laurence Doherty & Reginald Doherty (GBR) 1904: Edgar Leonard & Beals Wright (USA) 1908: Reginald Doherty & George Hillyard (GBR) 1912: Harold Kitson & Charles Winslow (RSA) 1920: Oswald Turnbull & Max Woosnam (GBR) 1924: Francis Hunter & Vincent Richards (USA) 1988: Ken Flach & Robert Seguso (USA) 1992: Boris Becker & Michael Stich (GER) 1996: Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (AUS) 2000: Sébastien Lareau & Daniel Nestor (CAN) 2004: Fernando González & Nicolás Massú (CHI) 2008: Roger Federer & Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 2012: Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (USA) 2016: Marc López & Rafael Nadal (ESP) 2020: Nikola Mektić & Mate Pavić (CRO)