2020 ATP Finals – Doubles

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions, but did not qualify this year.[1]

Doubles
2020 ATP Finals
Champion Wesley Koolhof
Nikola Mektić
Runner-up Jürgen Melzer
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Final score6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
Main article: 2020 ATP Finals

Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić won the title, defeating Jürgen Melzer and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [10–5]. This victory was their first ATP Tour title together.[2]

After the conclusion of round robin play, Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury were in contention to finish the season as the year-end world No. 1 doubles team.[3] They lost to Melzer and Roger-Vasselin in the semifinals and as a result, top seeds Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares finished 2020 as the year-end world No. 1 doubles team.[4]

Seeds
  1. Mate Pavić / Bruno Soares (Round robin)
  2. Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (Semifinals)
  3. Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies (Round robin)
  4. Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos (Semifinals)
  5. Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić (Champions)
  6. John Peers / Michael Venus (Round robin)
  7. Jürgen Melzer / Édouard Roger-Vasselin (Final)
  8. Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo (Round robin)

Alternates
  1. Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski (Did not play)
  2. Max Purcell / Luke Saville (Did not play)

Draw

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
7 Jürgen Melzer
Édouard Roger-Vasselin 		64 6 [11]
2 Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury 		77 3 [9]
7 Jürgen Melzer
Édouard Roger-Vasselin 		2 6 [5]
5 Wesley Koolhof
Nikola Mektić 		6 3 [10]
5 Wesley Koolhof
Nikola Mektić 		6 6
4 Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos 		3 4

Group Bob Bryan
Pavić
Soares		 Granollers
Zeballos		 Peers
Venus		 Melzer
Roger-Vasselin		 RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
1 Mate Pavić
Bruno Soares		 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [8–10] 6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–8] 6–7(6–8), 6–1, [10–4] 2–1 5–4 (55%) 39–32 (55%) 3
4 Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos		 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), [10–8] 7–6(7–2), 7–5 6–6(0–1) ret.[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 4–3 (57%) 34–30 (53%) 2
6 John Peers
Michael Venus		 7–6(7–2), 3–6, [8–10] 6–7(2–7), 5–7 6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–12] 0–3 2–6 (25%) 33–37 (47%) 4
7 Jürgen Melzer
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		 7–6(8–6), 1–6, [4–10] 6–6(1–0) ret.[lower-alpha 1] 2–6, 7–6(7–4), [12–10] 2–1 5–3 (63%) 24–31 (44%) 1
  1. Melzer/Roger-Vasselin's retirement victory over Granollers/Zeballos counted as a 2–0 set win.

Group Mike Bryan
Ram
Salisbury		 Krawietz
Mies		 Koolhof
Mektić		 Kubot
Melo		 RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
2 Rajeev Ram
Joe Salisbury		 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [10–4] 6–7(5–7), 0–6 7–5, 3–6, [10–5] 2–1 4–4 (50%) 31–37 (46%) 2
3 Kevin Krawietz
Andreas Mies		 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), [4–10] 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), [7–10] 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 1–2 4–4 (50%) 39–36 (52%) 3
5 Wesley Koolhof
Nikola Mektić		 7–6(7–5), 6–0 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–7] 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [8–10] 2–1 5–3 (63%) 38–32 (54%) 1
8 Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo		 5–7, 6–3, [5–10] 2–6, 6–7(5–7) 6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–8] 1–2 3–5 (38%) 32–35 (48%) 4

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won, then head-to-head records; 5) ATP rankings[5]

References
  1. "Nitto ATP Finals Doubles Draw Revealed". ATP Tour. 13 November 2020.
  2. "Koolhof/Mektic End Team Debut Season With London Crown". ATP Tour. 22 November 2020.
  3. "Doubles Year-End No. 1 Is Down To One Match..." ATP Tour. 21 November 2020.
  4. "Pavic & Soares Clinch Year-End No. 1 ATP Doubles Team Ranking". ATP Tour. 21 November 2020.
  5. "Semi-final Qualifying Procedure". Nitto ATP Finals.
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