Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Mixed doubles; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
	Tennis court at the 2020 Olympics
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Dates	28 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors	32 from 14 nations
Teams	16
Medalists
	← 2016 2024 →

Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ROC); Andrey Rublev (ROC)
Runners-up	Elena Vesnina (ROC); Aslan Karatsev (ROC)
Score	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [13–11]
Events
	Qualification
	Qualification

Last updated July 10, 2025

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Andrey Rublev of the Russian Olympic Committee defeated compatriots Elena Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev in the final, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [13–11] to win the gold medal in Mixed Doubles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2] Australia's Ashleigh Barty and John Peers won the bronze medal following a withdrawal from Serbia's Nina Stojanović and Novak Djokovic.^[3] 32 competitors (16 pairs) from 14 countries participated.^[4]

Background

This was the 7th (medal) appearance of the mixed doubles tennis event. 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.^[4]

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock won the title in 2016, but Sock did not qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Mattek-Sands participated with Rajeev Ram, but they lost in the first round to Laura Siegemund and Kevin Krawietz.^[5]

Canada, Croatia, Japan, and Kazakhstan made their mixed doubles debut; Russian athletes competed under the ROC name and flag due to World Anti-Doping Agency sanctions. France competed for the sixth time, the most among all nations.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to two pairs (four players). There are 16 pairs places (32 players) in the event. Qualification is based primarily on the ranking lists of 14 June 2021.^[6] Mixed Doubles teams will be selected from athletes that have been accepted for the singles and/or the doubles events. 15 places are allocated to the highest ranked teams based on the combined ranking of each team. One place goes to the highest ranked nominated team from the host nation.

The entries for the competition must be made on-site by 11:00 local time on 27 July.^[6]

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze-medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except that the third set was a match tiebreak (first to 10 points) instead of a typical set. A tiebreak was played if one of the first two sets reached 6–6.

Schedule

The competition was held over five days from 28 July to 1 August 2021. Times given are the start of tennis sessions, though the mixed doubles shared courts with other tennis events.^[7]

July				August
28	29	30	31	1
11:00	15:00	15:00	15:00	15:00
Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Bronze medal match	Gold medal match

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Seeds

1.

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) /

Nicolas Mahut (FRA)(first round)

2.

Maria Sakkari (GRE) /

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)(quarterfinals)

3.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) /

Rajeev Ram (USA)(first round)

4. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) / Andrey Rublev (ROC) (champions, gold medalists)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Bracket

Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final (gold medal)

1	K Mladenovic (FRA) N Mahut (FRA)	4	2
PR	E Vesnina (ROC) A Karatsev (ROC)	6	6		PR	E Vesnina (ROC) A Karatsev (ROC)	6	6
Alt	F Ferro (FRA) P-H Herbert (FRA)	3	6³			I Świątek (POL) Ł Kubot (POL)	4	4
	I Świątek (POL) Ł Kubot (POL)	6	7⁷							PR	E Vesnina (ROC) A Karatsev (ROC)	7⁷	7
3	B Mattek-Sands (USA) R Ram (USA)	4	7	[8]							N Stojanović (SRB) N Djokovic (SRB)	6⁴	5
	L Siegemund (GER) K Krawietz (GER)	6	5	[10]		L Siegemund (GER) K Krawietz (GER)	1	2
	N Stojanović (SRB) N Djokovic (SRB)	6	6			N Stojanović (SRB) N Djokovic (SRB)	6	6
	L Stefani (BRA) M Melo (BRA)	3	4												PR	E Vesnina (ROC) A Karatsev (ROC)	3	7⁷	[11]
PR	Y Shvedova (KAZ) A Golubev (KAZ)	3	6³												4	A Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) A Rublev (ROC)	6	6⁵	[13]
ITF	E Shibahara (JPN) B McLachlan (JPN)	6	7⁷		ITF	E Shibahara (JPN) B McLachlan (JPN)	5	7⁷	[8]
	D Jurak (CRO) I Dodig (CRO)	7	4	[9]	4	A Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) A Rublev (ROC)	7	6⁰	[10]
4	A Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) A Rublev (ROC)	5	6	[11]						4	A Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) A Rublev (ROC)	5	6	[13]	Bronze medal
	A Barty (AUS) J Peers (AUS)	6	7⁷								A Barty (AUS) J Peers (AUS)	7	4	[11]
	N Podoroska (ARG) H Zeballos (ARG)	1	6³			A Barty (AUS) J Peers (AUS)	6	4	[10]							N Stojanović (SRB) N Djokovic (SRB)
	G Dabrowski (CAN) F Auger-Aliassime (CAN)	3	4		2	M Sakkari (GRE) S Tsitsipas (GRE)	4	6	[6]							A Barty (AUS) J Peers (AUS)	w/o
2	M Sakkari (GRE) S Tsitsipas (GRE)	6	6

References

↑ "Rublev/ Pavlyuchenkova come from match point down to claim mixed doubles gold at Tokyo Olympics". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
↑ "Tokyo 2020: Pavlyuchenkova and Rublev save match point to win Olympic gold in mixed doubles". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
↑ "Novak Djokovic Withdraws From Mixed Doubles Bronze Match After Singles Loss". Sports Illustrated. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
1 2 "Doubles, Mixed". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
↑ "Entries by Event - Mixed Doubles". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
1 2 "Tokyo 2020 – ITF Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITF . Retrieved 26 July 2021.
↑ "Tennis Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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[1] "Rublev/ Pavlyuchenkova come from match point down to claim mixed doubles gold at Tokyo Olympics". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[2] "Tokyo 2020: Pavlyuchenkova and Rublev save match point to win Olympic gold in mixed doubles". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[3] "Novak Djokovic Withdraws From Mixed Doubles Bronze Match After Singles Loss". Sports Illustrated. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[Olympedia-4] 1 2 "Doubles, Mixed". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[5] "Entries by Event - Mixed Doubles". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

[Qualifying-6] 1 2 "Tokyo 2020 – ITF Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITF . Retrieved 26 July 2021.

[Dates-7] "Tennis Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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v t e Olympic tennis mixed doubles champions
Demonstration	1968: Julie Heldman & Herbert Fitzgibbon (USA)
Indoor	1912: Edith Hannam & Charles P. Dixon (GBR)
Outdoor	1900: Charlotte Cooper & Reginald Doherty (GBR) 1912: Dorothea Köring & Heinrich Schomburgk (GER) 1920: Suzanne Lenglen & Max Decugis (FRA) 1924: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman & R. Norris Williams (USA) 2012: Victoria Azarenka & Max Mirnyi (BLR) 2016: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Jack Sock (USA) 2020: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova & Andrey Rublev (ROC) 2024: Kateřina Siniaková & Tomáš Macháč (CZE)