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Doubles, Men

Date24 – 30 July 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationAriake Tennis Forest Park, Ariake, Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Participants64 from 22 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

Creating the most interest in the men’s doubles were the Croatians Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić. They only paired up together in 2021 with the Olympics in mind, but went to the Games with eight titles to their credit, including Wimbledon, and were the top seeds.

The British partnership, Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury, were an impressive combination and, in their opening match, beat the fancied French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. The Dutch pair Wesley Koolhof and Jean-Julien Rojer had to withdraw from their second-round match after Rojer tested positive for COVID-19.

Murray’s dream of a fourth Olympic medal ended in the quarter-finals when he and Salisbury were beaten 10-7 in a match tie-break by the Croatian pair Marin Čilić and Ivan Dodig. Number one seeds Mektić and Pavić beat the Americans Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren in the semi-final to set up an all-Croatian final after their compatriots Čilić and Dodig disposed of New Zealand’s Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus in two sets.

In the bronze medal match, Daniell and Venus beat the Americans to win the first tennis medal at Tokyo 2020, and also collect New Zealand’s first ever Olympic tennis medal. The all-Croatian final saw Mektić and Pavić beat their fellow countrymen Čilić and Dodig. Not only was it Croatia’s first gold in this event, it was also the first time since 1908 that the final had been contested by four players from the same country.

PosPairNOC
1Nikola Mektić / Mate PavićCROGold
2Marin Čilić / Ivan DodigCROSilver
3Marcus Daniell / Michael VenusNZLBronze
4Austin Krajicek / Tennys SandgrenUSA
=5Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert FarahCOL
=5Andy Murray / Joe SalisburyGBR
=5Ben McLachlan / Kei NishikoriJPN
=5Jan-Lennard Struff / Alexander ZverevGER
=9Jérémy Chardy / Gaël MonfilsFRA
=9Lukáš Klein / Filip PolášekSVK
=9Wesley Koolhof / Jean-Julien RojerNED
=9Kevin Krawietz / Tim PützGER
=9Oliver Marach / Philipp OswaldAUT
=9Neal Skupski / Jamie MurrayGBR
=9Lorenzo Musetti / Lorenzo SonegoITA
=9Rajeev Ram / Frances TiafoeUSA
=17Pablo Andújar / Roberto CarballésESP
=17Facundo Bagnis / Diego SchwartzmanARG
=17Aleksandr Bublik / Andrey GolubevKAZ
=17Pablo Carreño Busta / Alejandro Davidovich FokinaESP
=17Taro Daniel / Yoshihito NishiokaJPN
=17Marcelo Demoliner / Marcelo MeloBRA
=17Yahor Herasimau / Illia IvashkaBLR
=17Sander Gillé / Joran VliegenBEL
=17Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas MahutFRA
=17Hubert Hurkacz / Łukasz KubotPOL
=17Aslan Karatsev / Daniil MedvedevROC
=17Karen Khachanov / Andrey RublyovROC
=17John Millman / Luke SavilleAUS
=17Andrés Molteni / Horacio ZeballosARG
=17John Peers / Max PurcellAUS
=17João Sousa / Pedro SousaPOR

Round One

Date24 – 25 July 2021
FormatWinners advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #1Mektić / PavićCRO7-6 (8-6), 6-4Demoliner / MeloBRA
Match #2Musetti / SonegoITA6-1, 6-4Andújar / CarballésESP
Match #3McLachlan / NishikoriJPN6-1, 6-4Sousa / SousaPOR
Match #4Murray / SkupskiGBR6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 13-11Molteni / ZeballosARG
Match #5Klein / PolášekSVK7-5, 6-4Karatsev / MedvedevROC
Match #6Krajicek / SandgrenUSA3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-5Peers / PurcellAUS
Match #7Chardy / MonfilsFRA6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 10-8Bublik / GolubevKAZ
Match #8Struff / ZverevGER6-2, 7-6 (7-5)Hurkacz / KubotPOL
Match #9Koolhof / RojerNED6-3, 7-6 (7-5)Gillé / VliegenBEL
Match #10Daniell / VenusNZL6-3, 7-6 (8-6)Herasimau / IvashkaBLR
Match #11Marach / OswaldAUT7-5, 6-2Millman / SavilleAUS
Match #12Cabal / FarahCOL6-2, 6-4Carreño Busta / Davidovich FokinaESP
Match #13Ram / TiafoeUSA6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-5), 12-10Khachanov / RublyovROC
Match #14Čilić / DodigCRO6-2, 6-4Daniel / NishiokaJPN
Match #15Krawietz / PützGER6-2, 6-1Bagnis / SchwartzmanARG
Match #16Murray / SalisburyGBR6-3, 6-2Herbert / MahutFRA

Round Two

Date26 July 2021
FormatWinners advanced to quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #126 JulMektić / PavićCRO7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 10-7Musetti / SonegoITA
Match #226 JulMcLachlan / NishikoriJPN6-3, 6-4Murray / SkupskiGBR
Match #326 JulKrajicek / SandgrenUSA6-7 (2-7), 6-2, 10-5Klein / PolášekSVK
Match #426 JulStruff / ZverevGER6-4, 7-5Chardy / MonfilsFRA
Match #526 JulDaniell / VenusNZLKoolhof / RojerNEDwalkover
Match #626 JulCabal / FarahCOL6-4, 6-1Marach / OswaldAUT
Match #726 JulČilić / DodigCRO6-3, 7-5Ram / TiafoeUSA
Match #826 JulMurray / SalisburyGBR6-2, 7-6 (7-2)Krawietz / PützGER

Quarter-Finals

Date27 July 2021
FormatWinners advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #127 JulMektić / PavićCRO6-3, 6-3McLachlan / NishikoriJPN
Match #227 JulKrajicek / SandgrenUSA6-3, 7-6 (7-4)Struff / ZverevGER
Match #327 JulDaniell / VenusNZL6-3, 3-6, 10-7Cabal / FarahCOL
Match #427 JulČilić / DodigCRO4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 10-7Murray / SalisburyGBR

Semi-Finals

Date28 July 2021
FormatWinners advanced to final round.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #128 JulMektić / PavićCRO6-4, 6-4Krajicek / SandgrenUSA
Match #228 JulČilić / DodigCRO6-2, 6-2Daniell / VenusNZL

Final Round

Date30 July 2021
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match 1/230 JulMektić / PavićCRO6-4, 3-6, 10-6Čilić / DodigCRO
Match 3/430 JulDaniell / VenusNZL7-6 (7-3), 6-2Krajicek / SandgrenUSA