Date | 6 – 12 August 2016 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Centro Olímpico de Tênis, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro | |
Participants | 64 from 26 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
For the doubles qualification, the world ranking list was used with a maximum of two pairs per nation. The 24 best players qualified for Rio with eight more places being awarded by the International Tennis Federation. No two players from the same country started within the same section of the draw, which consisted of four sections of eight pairs, thus making it impossible for them to meet until the semi-finals.
As Bob and Mike Bryan withdrew from the men’s doubles for health reasons, Spain’s Rafael Nadal won his second Olympic gold medal when he partnered Marc López to victory over the Romanian pair Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. The French pair Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the number one seeds but lost in the first round to Colombians Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. Also, the number two seeds, brothers Andy and Jamie Murray surprisingly lost their first round match to the host nation’s duo of Thomaz Bellucci and André Sá by two tie-breaks.
Winners advanced to round two.
Winners advanced to quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Steve Johnson / Jack Sock | ![]() | Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah | ![]() | 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) | ||
Match #2 | Roberto Bautista / David Ferrer | ![]() | 8 | Łukasz Kubot / Marcin Matkowski | ![]() | 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) | |
Match #3 | Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares | ![]() | 3 | Novak Đoković / Nenad Zimonjić | ![]() | 6-4, 6-4 | |
Match #4 | Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău | ![]() | 5 | Santiago González / Miguel Ángel Reyes | ![]() | 6-3, 7-6 (11-9) | |
Match #5 | Marc López / Rafael Nadal | ![]() | Juan Martín del Potro / Máximo González | ![]() | 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 | ||
Match #6 | Oliver Marach / Alexander Peya | ![]() | Brian Baker / Rajeev Ram | ![]() | 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 | ||
Match #7 | Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil | ![]() | Gastão Elias / João Sousa | ![]() | 6-1, 6-4 | ||
Match #8 | Fabio Fognini / Andreas Seppi | ![]() | Thomaz Bellucci / André Sá | ![]() | 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 |
Winners advanced to semi-finals.
Match #1 | Steve Johnson / Jack Sock | ![]() | Roberto Bautista / David Ferrer | ![]() | 8 | 6-4, 6-2 | |
Match #2 | Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău | ![]() | 5 | Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares | ![]() | 3 | 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 |
Match #3 | Marc López / Rafael Nadal | ![]() | 6 | Oliver Marach / Alexander Peya | ![]() | 6-3, 6-1 | |
Match #4 | Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil | ![]() | 7 | Fabio Fognini / Andreas Seppi | ![]() | 6-3, 6-1 |
Winners advanced to final round.
Match #1 1 | Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău | ![]() | 5 | Steve Johnson / Jack Sock | ![]() | 6-3, 7-5 | |
Match #2 2 | Marc López / Rafael Nadal | ![]() | 6 | Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil | ![]() | 7 | 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-4) |
Match 1/2 | Marc López / Rafael Nadal | ![]() | 6 | Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău | ![]() | 5 | 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 |
Match 3/4 | Steve Johnson / Jack Sock | ![]() | Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil | ![]() | 7 | 6-2, 6-4 |