Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková
Runners-up Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Belinda Bencic
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Viktorija Golubic
Score7–5, 6–1
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
Qualification
  2016  · Summer Olympics ·  2024  

Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Tennis pictogram.svg
Olympic tennis pictogram
Venue Ariake Coliseum
Dates24 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors32 teams from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Silver medal icon.svg Belinda Bencic
Viktorija Golubic
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Laura Pigossi
Luisa Stefani
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
  2016
2024  

The Czech Republic's Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the gold medal in women's doubles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] It was the Czech Republic's first victory in women's doubles, [3] and its third consecutive medal. In the bronze medal match, Brazil's Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani defeated Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina of the Russian Olympic Committee, 4–6, 6–4, [11–9]. [4] It was Brazil's first Olympic tennis medal. [5]

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Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani from Brazil, winners of the bronze medal. TENFEM WR 01.08.21-3244.jpg
Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani from Brazil, winners of the bronze medal.

Ekaterina Makarova and Vesnina were the reigning gold medalists from 2016, but Makarova retired from tennis in 2020. [6] Vesnina attempted to defend the title with Kudermetova, but they lost in the semifinals.

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze-medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except that the third set is a match tiebreak (first to 10 points) instead of a typical set. [7] A tiebreak was played if one of the first two sets reaches 6–6.

This tournament marked the final appearance of former world No. 4 Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands before her retirement. She partnered with Demi Schuurs; they lost in the second round to Kudermetova and Vesnina.

Schedule

The competition was held over nine days from 24 July to 1 August. Times given were the start of tennis sessions, though the women's doubles shared courts with other tennis events. [8]

JulyAugust
24252627282930311
11:0011:0011:0011:0011:0015:0015:0015:00
Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsBronze medal matchGold medal match

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Seeds

1.  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Krejčíková  (CZE) / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Kateřina Siniaková  (CZE) (champions, gold medalists)
2.  Flag of Japan.svg  Shuko Aoyama  (JPN) / Flag of Japan.svg  Ena Shibahara  (JPN)(first round)
3.  Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kiki Bertens  (NED) / Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Demi Schuurs  (NED)(second round)
4.  Flag of the United States.svg  Bethanie Mattek-Sands  (USA) / Flag of the United States.svg  Jessica Pegula  (USA)(quarterfinals)
5.  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chan Hao-ching  (TPE) / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Latisha Chan  (TPE)(first round)
6.  Flag of Australia.svg  Ashleigh Barty  (AUS) / Flag of Australia.svg  Storm Sanders  (AUS)(quarterfinals)
7.  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Gabriela Dabrowski  (CAN) / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sharon Fichman  (CAN)(first round)
8.  Flag of the United States.svg  Nicole Melichar  (USA) / Flag of the United States.svg  Alison Riske  (USA)(first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final (gold-medal match)
          
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Krejčíková  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Kateřina Siniaková  (CZE)
63 [10]
PR Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Veronika Kudermetova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Elena Vesnina  (ROC)
3 6[6]
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Krejčíková  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Kateřina Siniaková  (CZE)
76
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Belinda Bencic  (SUI)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Viktorija Golubic  (SUI)
5 1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Laura Pigossi  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Luisa Stefani  (BRA)
5 3
 Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Belinda Bencic  (SUI)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Viktorija Golubic  (SUI)
76Bronze-medal match
PR Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Veronika Kudermetova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Elena Vesnina  (ROC)
64 [9]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Laura Pigossi  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Luisa Stefani  (BRA)
4 6[11]

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  B Krejčíková  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  K Siniaková  (CZE)
66
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Y-c Hsieh  (TPE)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  C-y Hsu  (TPE)
2 1 1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  B Krejčíková  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  K Siniaková  (CZE)
65 [10]
Flag of Mexico.svg  G Olmos  (MEX)
Flag of Mexico.svg  R Zarazúa  (MEX)
2 77[7] Flag of Spain.svg  P Badosa  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  S Sorribes Tormo  (ESP)
2 7[5]
Flag of Spain.svg  P Badosa  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  S Sorribes Tormo  (ESP)
664[10]1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  B Krejčíková  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  K Siniaková  (CZE)
3 6[10]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Y Xu  (CHN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Z Yang  (CHN)
4 6[18]6 Flag of Australia.svg  A Barty  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  S Sanders  (AUS)
64 [7]
Flag of Serbia.svg  A Krunić  (SRB)
Flag of Serbia.svg  N Stojanović  (SRB)
64 [16] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Y Xu  (CHN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Z Yang  (CHN)
4 4
Flag of Japan.svg  N Hibino  (JPN)
Flag of Japan.svg  M Ninomiya  (JPN)
1 2 6 Flag of Australia.svg  A Barty  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  S Sanders  (AUS)
66
6 Flag of Australia.svg  A Barty  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  S Sanders  (AUS)
661 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  B Krejčíková  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  K Siniaková  (CZE)
63 [10]
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  K Bertens  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  D Schuurs  (NED)
775 [11]PR Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  V Kudermetova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  E Vesnina  (ROC)
3 6[6]
Flag of France.svg  C Garcia  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  K Mladenovic  (FRA)
647[9] 3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  K Bertens  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  D Schuurs  (NED)
2 6[7]
PR Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  V Kudermetova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  E Vesnina  (ROC)
67PR Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  V Kudermetova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  E Vesnina  (ROC)
63 [10]
Flag of Germany.svg  A-L Friedsam  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  L Siegemund  (GER)
2 5 PR Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  V Kudermetova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  E Vesnina  (ROC)
66
Flag of Ukraine.svg  L Kichenok  (UKR)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  N Kichenok  (UKR)
0 77[10]Flag of Ukraine.svg  L Kichenok  (UKR)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  N Kichenok  (UKR)
2 1
PR Flag of India.svg  S Mirza  (IND)
Flag of India.svg  A Raina  (IND)
660[8] Flag of Ukraine.svg  L Kichenok  (UKR)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  N Kichenok  (UKR)
776
Alt Flag of Italy.svg  S Errani  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  J Paolini  (ITA)
65 [10]Alt Flag of Italy.svg  S Errani  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  J Paolini  (ITA)
642
8 Flag of the United States.svg  N Melichar  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  A Riske  (USA)
3 7[2]

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  G Dabrowski  (CAN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  S Fichman  (CAN)
634
Flag of Brazil.svg  L Pigossi  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  L Stefani  (BRA)
776Flag of Brazil.svg  L Pigossi  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  L Stefani  (BRA)
2 6[13]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ka Plíšková  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  M Vondroušová  (CZE)
66Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ka Plíšková  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  M Vondroušová  (CZE)
64 [11]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Y Duan  (CHN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  S Zheng  (CHN)
2 1 Flag of Brazil.svg  L Pigossi  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  L Stefani  (BRA)
1 6[10]
Flag of France.svg  A Cornet  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  F Ferro  (FRA)
664 Flag of the United States.svg  B Mattek-Sands  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Pegula  (USA)
63 [6]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  E Svitolina  (UKR)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  D Yastremska  (UKR)
2 4 Flag of France.svg  A Cornet  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  F Ferro  (FRA)
1 4
Flag of Poland.svg  M Linette  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  A Rosolska  (POL)
1 3 4 Flag of the United States.svg  B Mattek-Sands  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Pegula  (USA)
66
4 Flag of the United States.svg  B Mattek-Sands  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  J Pegula  (USA)
66Flag of Brazil.svg  L Pigossi  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  L Stefani  (BRA)
5 3
5 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  H-c Chan  (TPE)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  L Chan  (TPE)
5 6[6] Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  B Bencic  (SUI)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  V Golubic  (SUI)
76
Flag of Romania.svg  M Niculescu  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  R Olaru  (ROU)
71 [10]Flag of Romania.svg  M Niculescu  (ROU)
Flag of Romania.svg  R Olaru  (ROU)
635
Flag of Australia.svg  E Perez  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  S Stosur  (AUS)
4 6[10]Flag of Australia.svg  E Perez  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  S Stosur  (AUS)
777
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  J Ostapenko  (LAT)
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  A Sevastova  (LAT)
61 [5] Flag of Australia.svg  E Perez  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  S Stosur  (AUS)
4 4
PR Flag of Spain.svg  G Muguruza  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  C Suárez Navarro  (ESP)
677Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  B Bencic  (SUI)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  V Golubic  (SUI)
66
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  E Mertens  (BEL)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  A Van Uytvanck  (BEL)
3 64PR Flag of Spain.svg  G Muguruza  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  C Suárez Navarro  (ESP)
61 [9]
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  B Bencic  (SUI)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  V Golubic  (SUI)
665[10]Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  B Bencic  (SUI)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  V Golubic  (SUI)
3 6[11]
2/ITFFlag of Japan.svg  S Aoyama  (JPN)
Flag of Japan.svg  E Shibahara  (JPN)
4 77[5]

See also

References

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