Gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
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2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
Champions | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Runners-up | James Blake Lleyton Hewitt |
Score | 6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
The 2023 Wimbledon Championships features the 32nd edition of the gentlemen's invitational doubles event, an exhibition event pitting former professional tennis players against one another.
Bob and Mike Bryan successfully defended their title, defeating James Blake and Lleyton Hewitt in the final, 6–4, 3–6, [10–6] to win the gentlemen's invitation doubles tennis title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
Sixteen former professional tennis players will compete in a round-robin stage in pairs of two distributed over two groups. The winners of each group will face each other in the final.
Final | ||||||
A1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6 | 3 | [10] | ||
B2 | James Blake Lleyton Hewitt | 4 | 6 | [6] |
Bryan Bryan | Grosjean Štepánek | Haas Philippoussis | Sá Black Soares | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
A1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7–5, 6–3 | 6–4, 6–2 | 6–2, 6–3 (w/ Black) | 3–0 | 6–0 | 37–19 | 1 | |
A2 | Sébastien Grosjean Radek Štepánek | 5–7, 3–6 | 4–6, 3–6 | 6–4, 6–4 (w/ Black) | 1–2 | 2–4 | 27–33 | 3 | |
A3 | Tommy Haas Mark Philippoussis | 4–6, 2–6 | 6–4, 6–3 | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), [8–10] (w/ Sá) | 1–2 | 3–4 | 30–30 | 2 | |
A4 | André Sá Wayne Black Bruno Soares | 2–6, 3–6 (w/ Black) | 4–6, 4–6 (w/ Black) | 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–8] (w/ Sá) | 1–2 | 2–5 | 24–36 | 4 |
Baghdatis Inglot Malisse | Blake Hewitt | Delgado Marray | Melzer Müller | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
B1 | Marcos Baghdatis Dominic Inglot Xavier Malisse | 3–6, 4–6 (w/ Baghdatis) | 3–6, 6–3, [10–12] (w/ Baghdatis) | 7–5, 3–6, [8–10] (w/ Inglot) | 0–3 | 2–6 | 26–34 | 4 | |
B2 | James Blake Lleyton Hewitt | 6–3, 6–4 (w/ Baghdatis) | 6–3, 6–4 | 6–3, 4–6, [10–6] | 3–0 | 6–1 | 35–23 | 1 | |
B3 | Jamie Delgado Jonathan Marray | 6–3, 3–6, [12–10] (w/ Baghdatis) | 3–6, 4–6 | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) | 1–2 | 2–5 | 27–34 | 3 | |
B4 | Jürgen Melzer Gilles Müller | 5–7, 6–3, [10–8] (w/ Inglot) | 3–6, 6–4, [6–10] | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | 2–1 | 5–3 | 34–31 | 2 |
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