Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics
ChampionsCzech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
Runners-upSwitzerland Belinda Bencic
Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
Final score7–5, 6–1
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
Qualification
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Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
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VenueAriake Coliseum
Dates24 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors32 teams from 23 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
 Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Belinda Bencic
Viktorija Golubic
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Laura Pigossi
Luisa Stefani
 Brazil
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Main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The Czech Republic's Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was the Czech Republic's first victory in women's doubles, and its third consecutive medal. In the bronze medal match, Brazil's Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani defeated Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina of the Russian Olympic Committee, 4–6, 6–4, [11–9]. It was Brazil's first Olympic tennis medal.

Ekaterina Makarova and Vesnina were the reigning gold medalists from 2016, but Makarova retired from tennis in 2020.[1] Vesnina attempted to defend the title with Kudermetova, but they lost in the semifinals.

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

This tournament marked the final appearance of former world No. 4 Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands before her retirement. She partnered with Demi Schuurs; they lost in the second round to Kudermetova and Vesnina.

Schedule[]

The competition was held over nine days from 24 July to 1 August. Times given were the start of tennis sessions, though the women's doubles shared courts with other tennis events.[3]

July August
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1
11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 15:00 15:00 15:00
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Seeds[]

01.    Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) /  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) (Champions, gold medalists)
02.    Shuko Aoyama (JPN) /  Ena Shibahara (JPN) (First round)
03.    Kiki Bertens (NED) /  Demi Schuurs (NED) (Second round)
04.    Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) /  Jessica Pegula (USA) (Quarterfinals)
05.    Chan Hao-ching (TPE) /  Latisha Chan (TPE) (First round)
06.    Ashleigh Barty (AUS) /  Storm Sanders (AUS) (Quarterfinals)
07.    Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) /  Sharon Fichman (CAN) (First round)
08.    Nicole Melichar (USA) /  Alison Riske (USA) (First round)

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[]

Semifinals Final (Gold medal match)
          
1  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)
 Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 		6 3 [10]
PR  Veronika Kudermetova (ROC)
 Elena Vesnina (ROC) 		3 6 [6]
1  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)
 Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 		7 6
 Belinda Bencic (SUI)
 Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 		5 1
 Laura Pigossi (BRA)
 Luisa Stefani (BRA) 		5 3
   Belinda Bencic (SUI)
 Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 		7 6 Bronze medal match
PR  Veronika Kudermetova (ROC)
 Elena Vesnina (ROC) 		6 4 [9]
 Laura Pigossi (BRA)
 Luisa Stefani (BRA) 		4 6 [11]

Top half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1  B Krejčíková (CZE)
 K Siniaková (CZE) 		6 6
 Y-c Hsieh (TPE)
 C-y Hsu (TPE) 		2 1 1  B Krejčíková (CZE)
 K Siniaková (CZE) 		6 5 [10]
 G Olmos (MEX)
 R Zarazúa (MEX) 		2 77 [7]  P Badosa (ESP)
 S Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 		2 7 [5]
 P Badosa (ESP)
 S Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 		6 64 [10] 1  B Krejčíková (CZE)
 K Siniaková (CZE) 		3 6 [10]
 Y Xu (CHN)
 Z Yang (CHN) 		4 6 [18] 6  A Barty (AUS)
 S Sanders (AUS) 		6 4 [7]
 A Krunić (SRB)
 N Stojanović (SRB) 		6 4 [16]  Y Xu (CHN)
 Z Yang (CHN) 		4 4
 N Hibino (JPN)
 M Ninomiya (JPN) 		1 2 6  A Barty (AUS)
 S Sanders (AUS) 		6 6
6  A Barty (AUS)
 S Sanders (AUS) 		6 6 1  B Krejčíková (CZE)
 K Siniaková (CZE) 		6 3 [10]
3  K Bertens (NED)
 D Schuurs (NED) 		77 5 [11] PR  V Kudermetova (ROC)
 E Vesnina (ROC) 		3 6 [6]
 C Garcia (FRA)
 K Mladenovic (FRA) 		64 7 [9] 3  K Bertens (NED)
 D Schuurs (NED) 		2 6 [7]
PR  V Kudermetova (ROC)
 E Vesnina (ROC) 		6 7 PR  V Kudermetova (ROC)
 E Vesnina (ROC) 		6 3 [10]
 A-L Friedsam (GER)
 L Siegemund (GER) 		2 5 PR  V Kudermetova (ROC)
 E Vesnina (ROC) 		6 6
 L Kichenok (UKR)
 N Kichenok (UKR) 		0 77 [10]  L Kichenok (UKR)
 N Kichenok (UKR) 		2 1
PR  S Mirza (IND)
 A Raina (IND) 		6 60 [8]  L Kichenok (UKR)
 N Kichenok (UKR) 		77 6
Alt  S Errani (ITA)
 J Paolini (ITA) 		6 5 [10] Alt  S Errani (ITA)
 J Paolini (ITA) 		64 2
8  N Melichar (USA)
 A Riske (USA) 		3 7 [2]

Bottom half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7  G Dabrowski (CAN)
 S Fichman (CAN) 		63 4
 L Pigossi (BRA)
 L Stefani (BRA) 		77 6  L Pigossi (BRA)
 L Stefani (BRA) 		2 6 [13]
 Ka Plíšková (CZE)
 M Vondroušová (CZE) 		6 6  Ka Plíšková (CZE)
 M Vondroušová (CZE) 		6 4 [11]
 Y Duan (CHN)
 S Zheng (CHN) 		2 1  L Pigossi (BRA)
 L Stefani (BRA) 		1 6 [10]
 A Cornet (FRA)
 F Ferro (FRA) 		6 6 4  B Mattek-Sands (USA)
 J Pegula (USA) 		6 3 [6]
 E Svitolina (UKR)
 D Yastremska (UKR) 		2 4  A Cornet (FRA)
 F Ferro (FRA) 		1 4
 M Linette (POL)
 A Rosolska (POL) 		1 3 4  B Mattek-Sands (USA)
 J Pegula (USA) 		6 6
4  B Mattek-Sands (USA)
 J Pegula (USA) 		6 6  L Pigossi (BRA)
 L Stefani (BRA) 		5 3
5  H-c Chan (TPE)
 L Chan (TPE) 		5 6 [6]  B Bencic (SUI)
 V Golubic (SUI) 		7 6
 M Niculescu (ROU)
 R Olaru (ROU) 		7 1 [10]  M Niculescu (ROU)
 R Olaru (ROU) 		63 5
 E Perez (AUS)
 S Stosur (AUS) 		4 6 [10]  E Perez (AUS)
 S Stosur (AUS) 		77 7
 J Ostapenko (LAT)
 A Sevastova (LAT) 		6 1 [5]  E Perez (AUS)
 S Stosur (AUS) 		4 4
PR  G Muguruza (ESP)
 C Suárez Navarro (ESP) 		6 77  B Bencic (SUI)
 V Golubic (SUI) 		6 6
 E Mertens (BEL)
 A Van Uytvanck (BEL) 		3 64 PR  G Muguruza (ESP)
 C Suárez Navarro (ESP) 		6 1 [9]
 B Bencic (SUI)
 V Golubic (SUI) 		6 65 [10]  B Bencic (SUI)
 V Golubic (SUI) 		3 6 [11]
2/ITF  S Aoyama (JPN)
 E Shibahara (JPN) 		4 77 [5]

References[]

  1. ^ Chiesa, Victoria (28 January 2020). "Ekaterina Makarova announces retirement from tennis". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Olympics: Men's final reduced to three sets for Tokyo 2020". BBC. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Tennis Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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