Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

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Mixed doubles
Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Final
ChampionsRussian Olympic Committee flag.png  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Andrey Rublev  (ROC)
Runners-upRussian Olympic Committee flag.png  Elena Vesnina  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Aslan Karatsev  (ROC)
Score6–3, 6–7(5–7), [13–11]
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
Qualification
  2016  · Summer Olympics ·  2024  

Mixed doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics - venue.jpg
Tennis court at the 2020 Olympics
Venue Ariake Coliseum
Dates28 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors32 from 14 nations
Teams16
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgRussian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
Silver medal icon.svgRussian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2016
2024  

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. Australia's Ashleigh Barty and John Peers won the bronze medal following a withdrawal from Serbia's Nina Stojanović and Novak Djokovic. [1] 32 competitors (16 pairs) from 14 countries participated. [2]

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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. [2]

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. [3]

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. [4] 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. [4]

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. [5]

JulyAugust
282930311
11:0015:0015:0015:0015:00
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsBronze medal matchGold medal match

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Seeds

01.  Flag of France.svg  Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA) / Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Mahut  (FRA)(first round)
02.  Flag of Greece.svg  Maria Sakkari  (GRE) / Flag of Greece.svg  Stefanos Tsitsipas  (GRE)(quarterfinals)
03.  Flag of the United States.svg  Bethanie Mattek-Sands  (USA) / Flag of the United States.svg  Rajeev Ram  (USA)(first round)
04.  Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  (ROC) / Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Andrey Rublev  (ROC) (champions, gold medalists)

Draw

Key

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (gold medal)
1 Flag of France.svg  K Mladenovic  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  N Mahut  (FRA)
4 2
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  E Vesnina  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Karatsev  (ROC)
66Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  E Vesnina  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Karatsev  (ROC)
66
Alt Flag of France.svg  F Ferro  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  P-H Herbert  (FRA)
3 63Flag of Poland.svg  I Świątek  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  Ł Kubot  (POL)
4 4
Flag of Poland.svg  I Świątek  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  Ł Kubot  (POL)
677Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  E Vesnina  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Karatsev  (ROC)
777
3 Flag of the United States.svg  B Mattek-Sands  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  R Ram  (USA)
4 7[8] Flag of Serbia.svg  N Stojanović  (SRB)
Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)
645
Flag of Germany.svg  L Siegemund  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  K Krawietz  (GER)
65 [10]Flag of Germany.svg  L Siegemund  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  K Krawietz  (GER)
1 2
Flag of Serbia.svg  N Stojanović  (SRB)
Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)
66Flag of Serbia.svg  N Stojanović  (SRB)
Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)
66
Flag of Brazil.svg  L Stefani  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  M Melo  (BRA)
3 4 Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  E Vesnina  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Karatsev  (ROC)
3 77[11]
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Y Shvedova  (KAZ)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  A Golubev  (KAZ)
3 634 Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Pavlyuchenkova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Rublev  (ROC)
665[13]
ITF Flag of Japan.svg  E Shibahara  (JPN)
Flag of Japan.svg  B McLachlan  (JPN)
677ITF Flag of Japan.svg  E Shibahara  (JPN)
Flag of Japan.svg  B McLachlan  (JPN)
5 77[8]
Flag of Croatia.svg  D Jurak  (CRO)
Flag of Croatia.svg  I Dodig  (CRO)
74 [9] 4 Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Pavlyuchenkova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Rublev  (ROC)
760[10]
4 Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Pavlyuchenkova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Rublev  (ROC)
5 6[11]4 Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Pavlyuchenkova  (ROC)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  A Rublev  (ROC)
5 6[13]Bronze medal
Flag of Australia.svg  A Barty  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  J Peers  (AUS)
677Flag of Australia.svg  A Barty  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  J Peers  (AUS)
74 [11]
Flag of Argentina.svg  N Podoroska  (ARG)
Flag of Argentina.svg  H Zeballos  (ARG)
1 63Flag of Australia.svg  A Barty  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  J Peers  (AUS)
64 [10]Flag of Serbia.svg  N Stojanović  (SRB)
Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  G Dabrowski  (CAN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  F Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)
3 4 2 Flag of Greece.svg  M Sakkari  (GRE)
Flag of Greece.svg  S Tsitsipas  (GRE)
4 6[6] Flag of Australia.svg  A Barty  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  J Peers  (AUS)
w/o
2 Flag of Greece.svg  M Sakkari  (GRE)
Flag of Greece.svg  S Tsitsipas  (GRE)
66

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