Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions Flag of Spain.svg Marc López
Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal
Runners-up Flag of Romania.svg Florin Mergea
Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău
Score6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
Qualification
  2012  · Summer Olympics ·  2020  

Men's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Rafael Nadal y Marc Lopez - Rio 2016.jpg
Rafael Nadal, Marc López and Florin Mergea
Venue Olympic Tennis Centre
Dates6–12 August 2016
Competitors32 teams (64 players) from 26 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marc López
Rafael Nadal
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg Florin Mergea
Horia Tecău
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Steve Johnson
Jack Sock
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2012
2020  

Spain's Marc López and Rafael Nadal defeated Romania's Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Men's Doubles tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was Spain's first victory in men's doubles and its first medal in the event since 2000. Romania won its first men's doubles medal. In the bronze-medal match, the United States' Steve Johnson and Jack Sock (unseeded) defeated Canada's Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil, 6–2, 6–4. It was the United States' third consecutive medal in the event.

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The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6–12 August 2016. There were 32 pairs from 26 nations. [1]

The Bryan brothers (Bob and Mike) of the United States were the reigning gold medalists from 2012, but they withdrew before the competition due to health concerns. [2]

Background

This was the 15th 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 reigning champion pair of Bryan brothers, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, had been the top seed in the past three Games and would have been again in 2016, but they withdrew. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, silver medal winner in 2012 with Michaël Llodra, returned with a new partner in Gaël Monfils. 2000 gold medalist Daniel Nestor (and career golden slam winner) of Canada competed for a fifth Games with his third different partner. The number one seed thus went to Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut of France, with the British Murray brothers Andy Murray and Jamie Murray the number two seed. [1]

Thailand and Ukraine both made their debut in the event. France and Great Britain each made their 12th appearance in the event, tied for most of all nations.

Qualification

Qualification for the men's singles was primarily through the ATP ranking list of 11 June 2016. An additional restriction was that players had to have been part of a nominated team for three Davis Cup events between 2013 and 2016 (with some exceptions). 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).

Doubles players ranked 10 or better qualified directly and could bring any ranked singles or doubles player from their nation as their partner. This resulted in 6 pairs being filled, as 2 pairs consisted of both players in the top 10 and the Bryan brothers declined to use their qualification places.

The draw was then filled to 24 pairs (that is, 18 new pairs) through combined ranking. The better of a player's singles or doubles ranking was used, and the two rankings of a pair of players were added to give a combined ranking, with the lowest rankings earning qualifying spots. (For example, Rafael Nadal was ranked #4 in singles and #144 in doubles and Marc López had no singles ranking and was ranked #18 in doubles; they had a combined ranking of 22, earning the first quota spot through this method.)

The final 8 pairs were selected by the ITF considering both combined ranking (as above) as well as continental and national representation, including host nation places if not qualified (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. Tiebreaks were used for any set before the third (fifth in the final) that reached 6–6.

Schedule

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Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsplay cancelled due to rainSemi-finalsBronze medal match
Gold medal match

Seeds

01.  Flag of France.svg  Pierre-Hugues Herbert  (FRA) / Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Mahut  (FRA)(first round)
02.  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Andy Murray  (GBR) / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jamie Murray  (GBR)(first round)
03.  Flag of Brazil.svg  Marcelo Melo  (BRA) / Flag of Brazil.svg  Bruno Soares  (BRA)(quarterfinals)
04.  Flag of France.svg  Gaël Monfils  (FRA) / Flag of France.svg  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  (FRA)(first round)
05.  Flag of Romania.svg  Florin Mergea  (ROU) / Flag of Romania.svg  Horia Tecău  (ROU)(final, silver medalists)
06.  Flag of Spain.svg  Marc López  (ESP) / Flag of Spain.svg  Rafael Nadal  (ESP) (champions, gold medalists)
07.  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Daniel Nestor  (CAN) / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Vasek Pospisil  (CAN)(semifinals, fourth place)
08.  Flag of Spain.svg  Roberto Bautista Agut  (ESP) / Flag of Spain.svg  David Ferrer  (ESP)(quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final (gold medal match)
          
 Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Johnson  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Jack Sock  (USA)
3 5
5 Flag of Romania.svg  Florin Mergea  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  Horia Tecău  (ROU)
67
5 Flag of Romania.svg  Florin Mergea  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  Horia Tecău  (ROU)
2 64
6 Flag of Spain.svg  Marc López  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  Rafael Nadal  (ESP)
63 6
6 Flag of Spain.svg  Marc López  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  Rafael Nadal  (ESP)
7777
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Daniel Nestor  (CAN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Vasek Pospisil  (CAN)
6164Bronze medal match
 Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Johnson  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Jack Sock  (USA)
66
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Daniel Nestor  (CAN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Vasek Pospisil  (CAN)
2 4

Top half

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1 Flag of France.svg  P-H Herbert  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  N Mahut  (FRA)
643
Flag of Colombia.svg  JS Cabal  (COL)
Flag of Colombia.svg  R Farah  (COL)
776Flag of Colombia.svg  JS Cabal  (COL)
Flag of Colombia.svg  R Farah  (COL)
4 61
IP Flag of Chile.svg  J Peralta  (CHI)
Flag of Chile.svg  H Podlipnik-Castillo  (CHI)
2 2 Flag of the United States.svg  S Johnson  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Sock  (USA)
677
Flag of the United States.svg  S Johnson  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Sock  (USA)
66Flag of the United States.svg  S Johnson  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Sock  (USA)
66
Flag of Poland.svg  Ł Kubot  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  M Matkowski  (POL)
6788 Flag of Spain.svg  R Bautista Agut  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  D Ferrer  (ESP)
4 2
Flag of India.svg  R Bopanna  (IND)
Flag of India.svg  L Paes  (IND)
4 66Flag of Poland.svg  Ł Kubot  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  M Matkowski  (POL)
3 65
IP Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  L Rosol  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  R Štěpánek  (CZE)
1 4 8 Flag of Spain.svg  R Bautista Agut  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  D Ferrer  (ESP)
677
8 Flag of Spain.svg  R Bautista Agut  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  D Ferrer  (ESP)
66Flag of the United States.svg  S Johnson  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Sock  (USA)
3 5
3 Flag of Brazil.svg  M Melo  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  B Soares  (BRA)
6775 Flag of Romania.svg  F Mergea  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  H Tecău  (ROU)
67
IP Flag of Thailand.svg  Sa Ratiwatana  (THA)
Flag of Thailand.svg  So Ratiwatana  (THA)
0 613 Flag of Brazil.svg  M Melo  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  B Soares  (BRA)
66
PR Flag of Croatia.svg  M Čilić  (CRO)
Flag of Croatia.svg  M Draganja  (CRO)
2 2 Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)
Flag of Serbia.svg  N Zimonjić  (SRB)
4 4
Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)
Flag of Serbia.svg  N Zimonjić  (SRB)
663 Flag of Brazil.svg  M Melo  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  B Soares  (BRA)
4 72
IP Flag of Mexico.svg  S González  (MEX)
Flag of Mexico.svg  MÁ Reyes-Varela  (MEX)
665 Flag of Romania.svg  F Mergea  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  H Tecău  (ROU)
65 6
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  C Fleming  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  D Inglot  (GBR)
3 0 IP Flag of Mexico.svg  S González  (MEX)
Flag of Mexico.svg  MÁ Reyes-Varela  (MEX)
3 69
Flag of Argentina.svg  F Delbonis  (ARG)
Flag of Argentina.svg  G Durán  (ARG)
3 2 5 Flag of Romania.svg  F Mergea  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  H Tecău  (ROU)
6711
5 Flag of Romania.svg  F Mergea  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  H Tecău  (ROU)
66

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
6 Flag of Spain.svg  M López  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)
66
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  R Haase  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  J-J Rojer  (NED)
4 4 6 Flag of Spain.svg  M López  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)
65 6
PR Flag of Argentina.svg  JM del Potro  (ARG)
Flag of Argentina.svg  M González  (ARG)
67PR Flag of Argentina.svg  JM del Potro  (ARG)
Flag of Argentina.svg  M González  (ARG)
3 72
Flag of Australia.svg  C Guccione  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  J Peers  (AUS)
4 5 6 Flag of Spain.svg  M López  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)
66
Flag of Belarus.svg  A Bury  (BLR)
Flag of Belarus.svg  M Mirnyi  (BLR)
645 Flag of Austria.svg  O Marach  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  A Peya  (AUT)
3 1
Flag of Austria.svg  O Marach  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  A Peya  (AUT)
777Flag of Austria.svg  O Marach  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  A Peya  (AUT)
6626
PR Flag of the United States.svg  B Baker  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  R Ram  (USA)
66PR Flag of the United States.svg  B Baker  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  R Ram  (USA)
4 773
4 Flag of France.svg  G Monfils  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  J-W Tsonga  (FRA)
1 4 6 Flag of Spain.svg  M López  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)
7777
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  D Nestor  (CAN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  V Pospisil  (CAN)
4 6787 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  D Nestor  (CAN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  V Pospisil  (CAN)
6164
IP Flag of New Zealand.svg  M Daniell  (NZL)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  M Venus  (NZL)
63 667 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  D Nestor  (CAN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  V Pospisil  (CAN)
66
Alt Flag of Portugal.svg  G Elias  (POR)
Flag of Portugal.svg  J Sousa  (POR)
66Alt Flag of Portugal.svg  G Elias  (POR)
Flag of Portugal.svg  J Sousa  (POR)
1 4
IP Flag of Slovakia.svg  A Martin  (SVK)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  I Zelenay  (SVK)
4 2 7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  D Nestor  (CAN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  V Pospisil  (CAN)
66
IP Flag of Ukraine.svg  I Marchenko  (UKR)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  D Molchanov  (UKR)
4 3 Flag of Italy.svg  F Fognini  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  A Seppi  (ITA)
3 1
Flag of Italy.svg  F Fognini  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  A Seppi  (ITA)
66Flag of Italy.svg  F Fognini  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  A Seppi  (ITA)
5 76
IP Flag of Brazil.svg  T Bellucci  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  A Sá  (BRA)
78716IP Flag of Brazil.svg  T Bellucci  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  A Sá  (BRA)
75 3
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Murray  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  J Murray  (GBR)
66614

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