Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

The mixed doubles tennis tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 1 to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon.

Mixed doubles
Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Champions
Runners-up
Final score2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Mixed doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueAll England Club, Wimbledon
Date1 August to 5 August
Competitors32 from 12 nations
Medalists
Victoria Azarenka
Max Mirnyi		  Belarus
Laura Robson
Andy Murray		  Great Britain
Lisa Raymond
Mike Bryan		  United States

Tie-breaks were used for the first two sets of each match, which was the best of three sets. If the score was tied at one set all, a 'super tie-break' (the first pairing to win at least 10 points by a margin of two points) would be used.[1]

This was the first time mixed doubles was included in the Olympic tennis programme since Paris in 1924, when Hazel Wightman and Richard Williams won gold.

The gold medal was won by Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi, who defeated Laura Robson and Andy Murray in the final 2–6, 6–3, [10–8]. The bronze medal was won by Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan, who defeated Sabine Lisicki and Christopher Kas in the bronze medal match 6–3, 4–6, [10–4].

Calendar

Matches took place between 1 and 5 August.

August
1 2 3 4 5
11:30 11:30 12:00 12:00 12:00
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals
Semi-finals		 Bronze medal match
Gold medal match

Seeds
  1.  Victoria Azarenka (BLR) /  Max Mirnyi (BLR) (Winners, gold medalists)
  2.  Liezel Huber (USA) /  Bob Bryan (USA) (First round)
  3.  Lisa Raymond (USA) /  Mike Bryan (USA) (Semifinals, bronze medalists)
  4.  Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) /  Marcin Matkowski (POL) (First round)

Draw

Key

Bracket
First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1  V Azarenka (BLR)
 M Mirnyi (BLR) 		6 6
 A Kerber (GER)
 P Petzschner (GER) 		2 2 1  V Azarenka (BLR)
 M Mirnyi (BLR) 		7 77
 S Mirza (IND)
 L Paes (IND) 		6 6  S Mirza (IND)
 L Paes (IND) 		5 65
 A Ivanovic (SRB)
 N Zimonjić (SRB) 		2 4 1  V Azarenka (BLR)
 M Mirnyi (BLR) 		3 6 [10]
3  L Raymond (USA)
 M Bryan (USA) 		7 6 3  L Raymond (USA)
 M Bryan (USA) 		6 4 [7]
 S Errani (ITA)
 A Seppi (ITA) 		5 3 3  L Raymond (USA)
 M Bryan (USA) 		6 7
 G Dulko (ARG)
 JM del Potro (ARG) 		6 7  G Dulko (ARG)
 JM del Potro (ARG) 		2 5
IP  E Vesnina (RUS)
 M Youzhny (RUS) 		3 5 1  V Azarenka (BLR)
 M Mirnyi (BLR) 		2 6 [10]
IP  L Robson (GBR)
 A Murray (GBR) 		7 67 [10] IP  L Robson (GBR)
 A Murray (GBR) 		6 3 [8]
 L Hradecká (CZE)
 R Štěpánek (CZE) 		5 79 [7] IP  L Robson (GBR)
 A Murray (GBR) 		6 3 [10]
IP  S Stosur (AUS)
 L Hewitt (AUS) 		6 6 IP  S Stosur (AUS)
 L Hewitt (AUS) 		3 6 [8]
4  A Radwańska (POL)
 M Matkowski (POL) 		3 3 IP  L Robson (GBR)
 A Murray (GBR) 		6 67 [10] Bronze medal match
IP  S Arvidsson (SWE)
 R Lindstedt (SWE) 		3 6 [8]  S Lisicki (GER)
 C Kas (GER) 		1 79 [7]
 R Vinci (ITA)
 D Bracciali (ITA) 		6 4 [10]  R Vinci (ITA)
 D Bracciali (ITA) 		6 62 [7] 3  L Raymond (USA)
 M Bryan (USA) 		6 4 [10]
 S Lisicki (GER)
 C Kas (GER) 		77 65 [10]  S Lisicki (GER)
 C Kas (GER) 		4 77 [10]    S Lisicki (GER)
 C Kas (GER) 		3 6 [4]
2  L Huber (USA)
 B Bryan (USA) 		65 77 [5]

References
  1. "Tennis – About". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.