Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

The men's doubles tennis tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon.

Men's doubles
Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Champions
Runners-up
Final score6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Men's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Gold medalists
VenueAll England Club, Wimbledon
Dates28 July – 4 August
Competitors64 from 25 nations
Medalists
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		  United States
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Michaël Llodra		  France
Julien Benneteau
Richard Gasquet		  France

Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka were the defending champions, having won gold in Beijing in 2008, but they were eliminated in the second round by Israelis Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.

The American duo of Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won the gold in this tournament, with a straight-set victory over France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michaël Llodra. This completed a career golden slam for the Bryan brothers, making them the second men's doubles team to do so (after the Woodies of Australia; Canada's Daniel Nestor also had a career golden slam but with multiple partners). Their victory also marked the first (and only) time both Olympic tennis doubles titles were claimed by siblings; fellow Americans Venus and Serena Williams won the female doubles competition. It was the fourth gold medal for the United States in the men's doubles, moving the nation into sole possession of most all-time (previously tied with Great Britain at three). France took the silver and bronze, the first time since 1924 (albeit with limited opportunities) that one nation had taken multiple medals in the event.

Background

This was the 14th appearance of men's doubles tennis. 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.

The American pair of Bryan brothers, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, had been the top seed in 2004 but exited in the quarterfinals. They were again the number one seed in Beijing, but were defeated in the semifinals and took bronze. For a third Games, they were the top seed.[1] Defending champions also Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka returned. One of the French fourth-place team members, Michaël Llodra, also competed again, this time paired with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. 2000 gold medalist Daniel Nestor (and career golden slam winner) of Canada competed for a fourth Games with his third different partner.

Colombia made its debut in the event. France and Great Britain each made their 11th appearance in the event, tied for most of all nations.

Qualification
Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification for the men's doubles was primarily through the ATP ranking list of 11 June 2012. An additional restriction was that players had to have been available for two Davis Cup events between 2009 and 2012. Nations had been able to enter four players (two pairs) in the event since the 2004 Games. Each nation was limited to a total of 6 male players in the singles and doubles events combined, so nations with 4 singles players could add only 2 more in doubles. The men's doubles draw was 32 pairs (64 players), with most of the pairs coming from the singles event where nations had 2 or 4 players. Doubles players ranked 10 or better qualified directly and could bring any ranked singles or doubles player from their nation as their partner. The ITF allocated places based on ranking and continental and national representation (bringing the total number of male tennis players to 86).

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. All matches were best-of-three sets; the final was reduced from best-of-five in prior Games. Tiebreaks were used for any set before the third (fifth in the final) that reached 6–6.

Schedule
July August
28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4
11:30 11:30 11:30 11:30 11:30 11:30 12:00 12:00
Round of 32 Round of 32
Round of 16		 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match
Gold medal match

Seeds
  1.  Bob Bryan (USA) /  Mike Bryan (USA) (Winners, gold medalists)
  2.  Michaël Llodra (FRA) /  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (Final, silver medalists)
  3.  Janko Tipsarević (SRB) /  Nenad Zimonjić (SRB) (Quarterfinals)
  4.  Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) /  Marcin Matkowski (POL) (First round)
  5.  Tomáš Berdych (CZE) /  Radek Štěpánek (CZE) (Second round)
  6.  Roger Federer (SUI) /  Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (Second round)
  7.  Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) /  Rohan Bopanna (IND) (Second round)
  8.  Novak Djokovic (SRB) /  Viktor Troicki (SRB) (First round)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semi-finals Final (Gold Medal Match)
          
1  Bob Bryan (USA)
 Mike Bryan (USA) 		6 6
   Julien Benneteau (FRA)
 Richard Gasquet (FRA) 		4 4
1  Bob Bryan (USA)
 Mike Bryan (USA) 		6 77
2  Michaël Llodra (FRA)
 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 		4 62
   David Ferrer (ESP)
 Feliciano López (ESP) 		3 6 16
2  Michaël Llodra (FRA)
 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 		6 4 18 Bronze medal match
   Julien Benneteau (FRA)
 Richard Gasquet (FRA) 		77 6
   David Ferrer (ESP)
 Feliciano López (ESP) 		64 2

Top half
First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1  B Bryan (USA)
 M Bryan (USA) 		77 65 6
IP  T Bellucci (BRA)
 A Sá (BRA) 		65 77 3 1  B Bryan (USA)
 M Bryan (USA) 		78 77
 C Kas (GER)
 P Petzschner (GER) 		5 5 IP  N Davydenko (RUS)
 M Youzhny (RUS) 		66 61
IP  N Davydenko (RUS)
 M Youzhny (RUS) 		7 7 1  B Bryan (USA)
 M Bryan (USA) 		77 712
 M Granollers (ESP)
 M López (ESP) 		65 63 IP  J Erlich (ISR)
 A Ram (ISR) 		64 610
IP  J Erlich (ISR)
 A Ram (ISR) 		77 77 IP  J Erlich (ISR)
 A Ram (ISR) 		1 77 6
IP  K Nishikori (JPN)
 G Soeda (JPN) 		77 4 4 6  R Federer (SUI)
 S Wawrinka (SUI) 		6 65 3
6  R Federer (SUI)
 S Wawrinka (SUI) 		65 6 6 1  B Bryan (USA)
 M Bryan (USA) 		6 6
3  J Tipsarević (SRB)
 N Zimonjić (SRB) 		6 6  J Benneteau (FRA)
 R Gasquet (FRA) 		4 4
IP  M Kližan (SVK)
 L Lacko (SVK) 		3 3 3  J Tipsarević (SRB)
 N Zimonjić (SRB) 		6 65 11
 D Nestor (CAN)
 V Pospisil (CAN) 		6 711  D Nestor (CAN)
 V Pospisil (CAN) 		4 77 9
IP  H Tecău (ROU)
 A Ungur (ROU) 		3 69 3  J Tipsarević (SRB)
 N Zimonjić (SRB) 		4 63
 C Fleming (GBR)
 R Hutchins (GBR) 		5 3  J Benneteau (FRA)
 R Gasquet (FRA) 		6 77
 J Benneteau (FRA)
 R Gasquet (FRA) 		7 6  J Benneteau (FRA)
 R Gasquet (FRA) 		6 6
 A Bury (BLR)
 M Mirnyi (BLR) 		64 77 6 7  M Bhupathi (IND)
 R Bopanna (IND) 		3 4
7  M Bhupathi (IND)
 R Bopanna (IND) 		77 64 8

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
8  N Djokovic (SRB)
 V Troicki (SRB) 		68 3
 J Brunström (SWE)
 R Lindstedt (SWE) 		710 6  J Brunström (SWE)
 R Lindstedt (SWE) 		3 2
 M Čilić (CRO)
 I Dodig (CRO) 		6 6  M Čilić (CRO)
 I Dodig (CRO) 		6 6
IP  JS Cabal (COL)
 S Giraldo (COL) 		3 4  M Čilić (CRO)
 I Dodig (CRO) 		4 4
 J Melzer (AUT)
 A Peya (AUT) 		5 78 7  D Ferrer (ESP)
 F López (ESP) 		6 6
 A Murray (GBR)
 J Murray (GBR) 		7 66 5  J Melzer (AUT)
 A Peya (AUT) 		3 6 9
 D Ferrer (ESP)
 F López (ESP) 		79 66 8  D Ferrer (ESP)
 F López (ESP) 		6 3 11
4  M Fyrstenberg (POL)
 M Matkowski (POL) 		67 78 6  D Ferrer (ESP)
 F López (ESP) 		3 6 16
5  T Berdych (CZE)
 R Štěpánek (CZE) 		4 77 6 2  M Llodra (FRA)
 J-W Tsonga (FRA) 		6 4 18
 D Bracciali (ITA)
 A Seppi (ITA) 		6 65 4 5  T Berdych (CZE)
 R Štěpánek (CZE) 		6 4 22
 J Isner (USA)
 A Roddick (USA) 		2 4  M Melo (BRA)
 B Soares (BRA) 		1 6 24
 M Melo (BRA)
 B Soares (BRA) 		6 6  M Melo (BRA)
 B Soares (BRA) 		4 2
 R Haase (NED)
 J-J Rojer (NED) 		61 6 2 2  M Llodra (FRA)
 J-W Tsonga (FRA) 		6 6
 L Paes (IND)
 V Vardhan (IND) 		77 4 6  L Paes (IND)
 V Vardhan (IND) 		63 6 3
IP  D Nalbandian (ARG)
 E Schwank (ARG) 		3 5 2  M Llodra (FRA)
 J-W Tsonga (FRA) 		77 4 6
2  M Llodra (FRA)
 J-W Tsonga (FRA) 		6 7

References
  1. "Doubles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

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