Men's doubles at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Stade Roland Garros | ||||||||||||
Dates | 27 July – 3 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 64 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 32 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Men's doubles | |
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Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
Champions | Matthew Ebden John Peers |
Runners-up | Austin Krajicek Rajeev Ram |
Score | 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), [10–8] |
Australia's Matthew Ebden and John Peers defeated the United States' Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), [10–8] to win the gold medal in men's doubles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [1] It was Australia's first Olympic gold medal in tennis since 1996. [2] Ebden and Peers were the first unseeded pair to win the gold medal since Fernando González and Nicolás Massú in 2004. [lower-alpha 1] In the bronze medal match, Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul of the United States defeated Czechia's Tomáš Macháč and Adam Pavlásek, 6–3, 6–4. [3]
The men's doubles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 3 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France. [4] In the event, 64 players (32 teams) from 23 nations participated in the draw. [5]
Croatia's Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić were the defending champions from 2021, but they lost in the first round to Dominik Koepfer and Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany. [6]
This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former singles world No. 1, two-time singles gold medalist, and three-time major champion Andy Murray of Great Britain. [7] Partnering Dan Evans, he lost in the quarterfinals to Fritz and Paul. [8] [9]
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to two teams. Qualification for the men's doubles is primarily through the ATP ranking list. There are 32 quota places available for men's doubles. [5]
The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches are best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak was played in the first two sets reaching 6–6, while the third set will be a single tiebreak until one team scores ten points, while being two points clear. [10]
The schedule is as follows. [11]
R64 | Round of 64 | R32 | Round of 32 | R16 | Round of 16 | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | BM | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | |
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R32 | R16 | ¼ | ½ | BM | F |
The seeds were released on 23 July 2024. [12]
The draw was held on 25 July 2024. [13] [14]
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Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
Matthew Ebden (AUS) John Peers (AUS) | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
3 | Taylor Fritz (USA) Tommy Paul (USA) | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
Matthew Ebden (AUS) John Peers (AUS) | 66 | 77 | [10] | ||||||||||
4 | Austin Krajicek (USA) Rajeev Ram (USA) | 78 | 61 | [8] | |||||||||
4 | Austin Krajicek (USA) Rajeev Ram (USA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Tomáš Macháč (CZE) Adam Pavlásek (CZE) | 2 | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
3 | Taylor Fritz (USA) Tommy Paul (USA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Tomáš Macháč (CZE) Adam Pavlásek (CZE) | 3 | 4 |
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Matthew Ebden is an Australian professional tennis player who reached a career high of world No. 1 in doubles. Ebden is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and 2024 Australian Open in doubles with Max Purcell and Rohan Bopanna respectively, and the 2013 Australian Open in mixed doubles alongside Jarmila Gajdošová. Ebden won an Olympic gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics with John Peers.
Nikola Mektić is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
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The 2024 Summer Olympics order of play for matches on the main courts, played from 27 July until 4 August.