Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Events
Singles men women
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Qualification
  2020  · Summer Olympics ·  2028  

Men's doubles
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
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Venue Stade Roland Garros
Dates27 July – 3 August
Competitors64 from 23 nations
Teams32
  2020
2028  

The men's doubles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place from 27 July to 3 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France. [1] There will be 64 players (32 teams) from 23 nations. [2]

Contents

Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić are the reigning champions from 2020. [3]

This tournament will mark the final professional appearance of former singles world No. 1, two-time singles gold medalist, and three-time major champion Andy Murray. [4]

Qualification

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. [2]

Competition format

The competition is a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches are best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak is 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. [5]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows. [6]

Legend
R64Round of 64R32Round of 32R16Round of 16¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBMBronze medal matchFFinal
Schedule
Sat 27Sun 28Mon 29Tue 30Wed 31Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3
R32R16¼½BMF

Seeds

The seeds were released on 23 July 2024. [7]

01.  Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Bolelli  (ITA) / Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Vavassori  (ITA)
02.  Flag of Germany.svg  Kevin Krawietz  (GER) / Flag of Germany.svg  Tim Pütz  (GER)
03.  Flag of the United States.svg  Taylor Fritz  (USA) / Flag of the United States.svg  Tommy Paul  (USA)
04.  Flag of the United States.svg  Austin Krajicek  (USA) / Flag of the United States.svg  Rajeev Ram  (USA)
05.  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Joe Salisbury  (GBR) / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Neal Skupski  (GBR)
06.  Flag of Argentina.svg  Máximo González  (ARG) / Flag of Argentina.svg  Andrés Molteni  (ARG)(first round)
07.  Flag of Croatia.svg  Nikola Mektić  (CRO) / Flag of Croatia.svg  Mate Pavić  (CRO)
08.  Flag of France.svg  Arthur Fils  (FRA) / Flag of France.svg  Ugo Humbert  (FRA)

Draw

The draw was held on 25 July 2024. [8] [9]

Key

Flag icon key List of National Flags

Finals

Semifinals Gold medal match
          
  
 
  
 
  
 Bronze medal match
  
 

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Italy.svg  S Bolelli  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  A Vavassori  (ITA)
PR Flag of Spain.svg  P Carreño Busta  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  M Granollers  (ESP)
  
 Flag of Lebanon.svg  H Habib  (LBN)
Flag of Lebanon.svg  B Hassan  (LBN)
 
Flag of Australia.svg  M Ebden  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  J Peers  (AUS)
  
 Flag of Greece.svg  S Tsitsipas  (GRE)
Flag of Greece.svg  P Tsitsipas  (GRE)
 
Flag of Portugal.svg  N Borges  (POR)
Flag of Portugal.svg  F Cabral  (POR)
  
Flag of Germany.svg  D Koepfer  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  J-L Struff  (GER)
 
7 Flag of Croatia.svg  N Mektić  (CRO)
Flag of Croatia.svg  M Pavić  (CRO)
  
3 Flag of the United States.svg  T Fritz  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  T Paul  (USA)
 
PR Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  F Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  M Raonic  (CAN)
  
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  R Haase  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  J-J Rojer  (NED)
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  F Cerúndolo  (ARG)
Flag of Argentina.svg  TM Etcheverry  (ARG)
  
Alt Flag of Japan.svg  T Daniel  (JPN)
Flag of Japan.svg  K Nishikori  (JPN)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  D Evans  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Murray  (GBR)
  
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  S Gillé  (BEL)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  J Vliegen  (BEL)
 
8 Flag of France.svg  A Fils  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  U Humbert  (FRA)

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Flag of Argentina.svg  M González  (ARG)
Flag of Argentina.svg  A Molteni  (ARG)
644
PR Flag of Spain.svg  C Alcaraz  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)
776PR Flag of Spain.svg  C Alcaraz  (ESP)
Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  T Griekspoor  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  W Koolhof  (NED)
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  M Fucsovics  (HUN)
Flag of Hungary.svg  F Marozsán  (HUN)
  
 Flag of Brazil.svg  T Monteiro  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  T Seyboth Wild  (BRA)
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  A Bublik  (KAZ)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  A Nedovyesov  (KAZ)
  
Flag of Australia.svg  A de Minaur  (AUS)
Flag of Australia.svg  A Popyrin  (AUS)
 
4 Flag of the United States.svg  A Krajicek  (USA)
Flag of the United States.svg  R Ram  (USA)
  
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  J Salisbury  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  N Skupski  (GBR)
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  T Macháč  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  A Pavlásek  (CZE)
  
 Flag of Italy.svg  L Darderi  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  L Musetti  (ITA)
 
Flag of Chile.svg  N Jarry  (CHI)
Flag of Chile.svg  A Tabilo  (CHI)
  
 Flag of India.svg  S Balaji  (IND)
Flag of India.svg  R Bopanna  (IND)
 
Alt Flag of France.svg  G Monfils  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  É Roger-Vasselin  (FRA)
  
Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  D Medvedev  (AIN)
Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  R Safiullin  (AIN)
 
2 Flag of Germany.svg  K Krawietz  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  T Pütz  (GER)

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