Men's doubles | |
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Tennis at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe |
The men's doubles was one of four events of the tennis program at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe in Cyprus.
Gold | Jean-René Lisnard / Guillaume Couillard |
Silver | Domenico Vicini / Stefano Galvani |
Bronze | Arnar Sigurdsson / Birkir Gunnarsson |
Jordi Vila-Vila / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier |
First round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Domenico Vicini Stefano Galvani | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Domenico Vicini Stefano Galvani | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Arnar Sigurdsson Birkir Gunnarsson | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Daniel Ceros Mathew Asciak | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Arnar Sigurdsson Birkir Gunnarsson | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Domenico Vicini Stefano Galvani | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Jean-René Lisnard Guillaume Couillard | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Jean-René Lisnard Guillaume Couillard | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Gian Carlo Besimo Jirka Lokaj | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Jean-René Lisnard Guillaume Couillard | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Jordi Vila-Vila Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jordi Vila-Vila Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Photos Kallias Demetrios Leontis | 3 | 4 |
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