Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

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Mixed doubles
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram
Score6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–7]
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
Qualification
  2012  · Summer Olympics ·  2020  

Mixed doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Venue Olympic Tennis Centre
Dates11–14 August 2016
Competitors32 from 12 nations
Teams16
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
  2012
2020  

The United States' Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock defeated compatriots Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram in the final, 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–7] to win the gold medal in Mixed Doubles tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] In the bronze-medal match, the Czech Republic's Lucie Hradecká and Radek Štěpánek defeated India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna, 6–1, 7–5. The United States won their first gold medal in the mixed doubles since 1924 and became the first nation to win two gold medals in event, and the Czech Republic won its first 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 10 to 14 August 2016. 30 players (15 pairs) from 12 nations competed (with one Spanish pair withdrawing). [3]

Background

This was the sixth appearance of mixed doubles tennis. The event was first held in 1900 and would not be held again until 1912 (when both outdoor and indoor versions were held); it would then be held the next two Games in 1920 and 1924. Tennis was not a medal sport from 1928 to 1984, though there were demonstration events in 1968 (which included mixed doubles) and 1984 (which did not). Mixed doubles did not return with the rest of the tennis programme in 1988; instead, it was not until 2012 that mixed doubles returned to the programme, where it has been since. [3]

Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but they were not able to defend their title as a result of Azarenka's withdrawal due to pregnancy. [4] There was no clear favourite. [3]

Romania made its mixed doubles debut. France and Great Britain each competed for the fifth time, tied for most among nations.

Qualification

Entries for the 16-team mixed doubles event were determined on-site from those players already participating in singles or doubles, with a maximum of two teams per country. Teams had to be nominated by their National Olympic Committee by the deadline of 9 August. [5]

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze-medal match. All matches were best-of-three sets. Tie-breaks were used for the first two sets of each match. 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. [3]

Schedule

August
1011121314
12:0012:0012:0012:00
play cancelled due to rainRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsBronze medal match
Gold medal match

Seeds

  1. Flag of France.svg  Caroline Garcia  (FRA) / Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Mahut  (FRA)(first round)
  2. Flag of France.svg  Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA) / Flag of France.svg  Pierre-Hugues Herbert  (FRA)(first round)
  3. Flag of Spain.svg  Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP) / Flag of Spain.svg  Rafael Nadal  (ESP)(withdrew)
  4. Flag of India.svg  Sania Mirza  (IND) / Flag of India.svg  Rohan Bopanna  (IND)(semifinals, fourth place)

Draw

Key

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (gold-medal match)
1 Flag of France.svg  C Garcia  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  N Mahut  (FRA)
6461
IP Flag of Brazil.svg  T Pereira  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  M Melo  (BRA)
7777IP Flag of Brazil.svg  T Pereira  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  M Melo  (BRA)
4 4
Flag of the United States.svg  B Mattek-Sands  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Sock  (USA)
66Flag of the United States.svg  B Mattek-Sands  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Sock  (USA)
66
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  J Konta  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  J Murray  (GBR)
4 3 Flag of the United States.svg  B Mattek-Sands  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Sock  (USA)
677
3 Flag of Spain.svg  G Muguruza  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)
IP Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  L Hradecká  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  R Štěpánek  (CZE)
4 63
IP Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  L Hradecká  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  R Štěpánek  (CZE)
w/oIP Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  L Hradecká  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  R Štěpánek  (CZE)
67
Flag of Poland.svg  A Radwańska  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  Ł Kubot  (POL)
661[8] Flag of Romania.svg  I-C Begu  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  H Tecău  (ROU)
4 5
Flag of Romania.svg  I-C Begu  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  H Tecău  (ROU)
4 77[10]Flag of the United States.svg  B Mattek-Sands  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Sock  (USA)
636[10]
Alt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  H Watson  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  A Murray  (GBR)
66IP Flag of the United States.svg  V Williams  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  R Ram  (USA)
771 [7]
Flag of Spain.svg  C Suárez Navarro  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  D Ferrer  (ESP)
3 3 Alt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  H Watson  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  A Murray  (GBR)
4 4
Flag of Australia.svg  S Stosur  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  J Peers  (AUS)
5 4 4 Flag of India.svg  S Mirza  (IND)
Flag of India.svg  R Bopanna  (IND)
66
4 Flag of India.svg  S Mirza  (IND)
Flag of India.svg  R Bopanna  (IND)
764 Flag of India.svg  S Mirza  (IND)
Flag of India.svg  R Bopanna  (IND)
62 [3] Bronze-medal match
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  K Bertens  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  J-J Rojer  (NED)
7763[8] IP Flag of the United States.svg  V Williams  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  R Ram  (USA)
2 6[10]
IP Flag of the United States.svg  V Williams  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  R Ram  (USA)
6477[10]IP Flag of the United States.svg  V Williams  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  R Ram  (USA)
67IP Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  L Hradecká  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  R Štěpánek  (CZE)
67
IP Flag of Italy.svg  R Vinci  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  F Fognini  (ITA)
63 [10]IP Flag of Italy.svg  R Vinci  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  F Fognini  (ITA)
3 5 4 Flag of India.svg  S Mirza  (IND)
Flag of India.svg  R Bopanna  (IND)
1 5
2 Flag of France.svg  K Mladenovic  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  P-H Herbert  (FRA)
4 6[8]

References

  1. "Jack Sock, Bethanie Mattek-Sands win gold in mixed doubles". USA Today. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. "Women's doubles gold for Russians as US pair take mixed honours". olympics.com. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Doubles, Mixed". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  4. "Victoria Azarenka announces pregnancy". Women's Tennis Association. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  5. "Murray and Williams prepare to defend Olympic titles in Rio". ITF. Retrieved 1 August 2016.