Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Final
ChampionsFlag of Switzerland.svg  Roger Federer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka  (SUI)
Runners-upFlag of Sweden.svg  Simon Aspelin
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson  (SWE)
Score6–3, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
Qualification
  2004  · Summer Olympics ·  2012  

Men's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Olympic Green Tennis Centre Interior.jpg
Tennis at the 2008 Olympics
Venue Olympic Green Tennis Centre
Dates10–16 August 2008
Competitors64 from 24 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Roger Federer
Stan Wawrinka
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Simon Aspelin
Thomas Johansson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2004
2012  

Switzerland's Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Sweden's Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 to win the gold medal in men's doubles tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, the United States' Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated France's Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. It was Sweden's and the United States' first medals in the event since 1988.

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The tournament was held from August 10 to August 16 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre, in Beijing, China. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament. There were 32 pairs from 24 nations. [1]

Chile's Fernando González and Nicolas Massú were the reigning gold medalists from 2004, but they lost in the first round to Russia's Dmitry Tursunov and Mikhail Youzhny.

Background

This was the 13th 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 the Bryan brothers, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, were the top seed in 2004 but had exited in the quarterfinals. They were again the number one seed in Beijing. [1] The 2004 gold winning pair of Fernando González and Nicolás Massú returned, as did German silver medalists Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schüttler and Indian fourth-place finishers Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes. 2000 gold medalist Daniel Nestor of Canada competed once again with his 2004 partner, Frédéric Niemeyer. Each of the Big Four competed, but expectations of them in the doubles were not particularly high.

Serbia made its debut in the event. France and Great Britain each made their 10th appearance in the event, tied for most of all nations.

Qualification

Qualification for the men's doubles was primarily through the ATP ranking list of 9 June 2008. Nations had been able to enter two pairs (four players) 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. There were 10 quota places for direct qualification to the doubles event, based on world ranking. The ITF allocated 12 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. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except for the final which was best-of-5 sets. Tiebreakers were not played in the final set.

Schedule

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Morning10.3010.30
Afternoon17.0017.0016.0018.00
(rain delay)
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First roundFirst roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze medal match
Gold medal match

Seeds

  1. Flag of the United States.svg  Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan  (USA)(semifinals, bronze medalists)
  2. Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Novak Djokovic / Nenad Zimonjić  (SRB)(first round)
  3. Flag of Israel.svg  Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram  (ISR)(first round)
  4. Flag of Switzerland.svg  Roger Federer / Stan Wawrinka  (SUI) (champions, gold medalists)
  5. Flag of Spain.svg  Nicolás Almagro / David Ferrer  (ESP)(second round)
  6. Flag of Spain.svg  Rafael Nadal / Tommy Robredo  (ESP)(second round)
  7. Flag of India.svg  Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes  (IND)(quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of Russia.svg  Igor Andreev / Nikolay Davydenko  (RUS)(quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final (gold medal match)
            
1 Flag of the United States.svg  Bob Bryan  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Bryan  (USA)
664  
4 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Roger Federer  (SUI)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Stan Wawrinka  (SUI)
786 
4 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Roger Federer  (SUI)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Stan Wawrinka  (SUI)
66646 
 Flag of Sweden.svg  Simon Aspelin  (SWE)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Thomas Johansson  (SWE)
3 4 773  
 Flag of France.svg  Arnaud Clément  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  Michaël Llodra  (FRA)
66617
 Flag of Sweden.svg  Simon Aspelin  (SWE)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Thomas Johansson  (SWE)
784 19Bronze medal match
1 Flag of the United States.svg  Bob Bryan  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Bryan  (USA)
3 66
 Flag of France.svg  Arnaud Clément  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  Michaël Llodra  (FRA)
63 4

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of the United States.svg  B Bryan  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  M Bryan  (USA)
66 
 Flag of the Bahamas.svg  M Knowles  (BAH)
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  D Mullings  (BAH)
2 1  1 Flag of the United States.svg  B Bryan  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  M Bryan  (USA)
776 
IP Flag of Germany.svg  N Kiefer  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  R Schüttler  (GER)
773 1  Flag of Austria.svg  J Knowle  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  J Melzer  (AUT)
624  
 Flag of Austria.svg  J Knowle  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  J Melzer  (AUT)
63661 Flag of the United States.svg  B Bryan  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  M Bryan  (USA)
66 
IP Flag of Australia.svg  C Guccione  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  L Hewitt  (AUS)
4 7718IP Flag of Australia.svg  C Guccione  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  L Hewitt  (AUS)
4 3  
IP Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  A Calleri  (ARG)
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  J Mónaco  (ARG)
66416 IP Flag of Australia.svg  C Guccione  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  L Hewitt  (AUS)
677 
 Flag of Sweden.svg  J Björkman  (SWE)
Flag of Sweden.svg  R Söderling  (SWE)
3 3  6 Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  T Robredo  (ESP)
2 65 
6 Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  T Robredo  (ESP)
66 1 Flag of the United States.svg  B Bryan  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  M Bryan  (USA)
664  
4 Flag of Switzerland.svg  R Federer  (SUI)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  S Wawrinka  (SUI)
76 4 Flag of Switzerland.svg  R Federer  (SUI)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  S Wawrinka  (SUI)
786 
 Flag of Italy.svg  S Bolelli  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  A Seppi  (ITA)
5 1  4 Flag of Switzerland.svg  R Federer  (SUI)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  S Wawrinka  (SUI)
66 
Alt Flag of Russia.svg  D Tursunov  (RUS)
Flag of Russia.svg  M Youzhny  (RUS)
776 Alt Flag of Russia.svg  D Tursunov  (RUS)
Flag of Russia.svg  M Youzhny  (RUS)
4 3  
IP Flag of Chile.svg  F González  (CHI)
Flag of Chile.svg  N Massú  (CHI)
654  4 Flag of Switzerland.svg  R Federer  (SUI)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  S Wawrinka  (SUI)
66 
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  T Berdych  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  R Štěpánek  (CZE)
72 6 7 Flag of India.svg  M Bhupathi  (IND)
Flag of India.svg  L Paes  (IND)
2 4  
 Flag of Brazil.svg  M Melo  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  A Sá  (BRA)
5 68 Flag of Brazil.svg  M Melo  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  A Sá  (BRA)
4 2  
 Flag of France.svg  G Monfils  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  G Simon  (FRA)
3 3  7 Flag of India.svg  M Bhupathi  (IND)
Flag of India.svg  L Paes  (IND)
66 
7 Flag of India.svg  M Bhupathi  (IND)
Flag of India.svg  L Paes  (IND)
66 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Flag of Russia.svg  I Andreev  (RUS)
Flag of Russia.svg  N Davydenko  (RUS)
66 
 Flag of the United States.svg  J Blake  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  S Querrey  (USA)
3 4  8 Flag of Russia.svg  I Andreev  (RUS)
Flag of Russia.svg  N Davydenko  (RUS)
786 
 Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  G Cañas  (ARG)
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  D Nalbandian  (ARG)
78653 IP Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  S Darcis  (BEL)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  O Rochus  (BEL)
662  
IP Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  S Darcis  (BEL)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  O Rochus  (BEL)
667768 Flag of Russia.svg  I Andreev  (RUS)
Flag of Russia.svg  N Davydenko  (RUS)
2 774
 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Murray  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  J Murray  (GBR)
4 66 Flag of France.svg  A Clément  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  M Llodra  (FRA)
6646
 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  D Nestor  (CAN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  F Niemeyer  (CAN)
63 4  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Murray  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  J Murray  (GBR)
1 3  
 Flag of France.svg  A Clément  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  M Llodra  (FRA)
66  Flag of France.svg  A Clément  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  M Llodra  (FRA)
66 
3 Flag of Israel.svg  J Erlich  (ISR)
Flag of Israel.svg  A Ram  (ISR)
4 4   Flag of France.svg  A Clément  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  M Llodra  (FRA)
66617
5 Flag of Spain.svg  N Almagro  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  D Ferrer  (ESP)
3 66 Flag of Sweden.svg  S Aspelin  (SWE)
Flag of Sweden.svg  T Johansson  (SWE)
784 19
 Flag of South Africa.svg  K Anderson  (RSA)
Flag of South Africa.svg  J Coetzee  (RSA)
63 4 5 Flag of Spain.svg  N Almagro  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  D Ferrer  (ESP)
664  
 Flag of Sweden.svg  S Aspelin  (SWE)
Flag of Sweden.svg  T Johansson  (SWE)
796  Flag of Sweden.svg  S Aspelin  (SWE)
Flag of Sweden.svg  T Johansson  (SWE)
786 
 Flag of Australia.svg  P Hanley  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  J Kerr  (AUS)
673   Flag of Sweden.svg  S Aspelin  (SWE)
Flag of Sweden.svg  T Johansson  (SWE)
776 
 Flag of Poland.svg  M Fyrstenberg  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  M Matkowski  (POL)
66  Flag of Poland.svg  M Fyrstenberg  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  M Matkowski  (POL)
654  
IP Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  X Yu  (CHN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  S Zeng  (CHN)
3 4   Flag of Poland.svg  M Fyrstenberg  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  M Matkowski  (POL)
1 777
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  M Damm  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  P Vízner  (CZE)
3 66 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  M Damm  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  P Vízner  (CZE)
6635
2 Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  N Zimonjić  (SRB)
60 2
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