Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Champions	Marc López Rafael Nadal
Runners-up	Florin Mergea Horia Tecău
Final score	6–2, 3–6, 6–4

Men's doubles tennis

at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad

Venue

Olympic Tennis Centre

Date

6–12 August

Competitors

32 teams from 26 nations

Medalists

	Marc López Rafael Nadal	Spain
	Florin Mergea Horia Tecău	Romania
	Steve Johnson Jack Sock	United States

Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The men's doubles tennis tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6–12 August 2016.

Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but they withdrew before the competition as a result of health concerns.^[1]

Marc López and Rafael Nadal won the gold medal, defeating Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4.

Schedule

August
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00	—	11:00	12:00
Round of 32		Round of 16	Quarter-finals	play cancelled due to rain	Semi-finals	Bronze medal match Gold medal match

Seeds

01.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) /

Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (First round)

02.

Andy Murray (GBR) /

Jamie Murray (GBR) (First round)

03.

Marcelo Melo (BRA) /

Bruno Soares (BRA) (Quarterfinals)

04.

Gaël Monfils (FRA) /

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (First round)

05.

Florin Mergea (ROU) /

Horia Tecău (ROU) (Final, silver medalists)

06. Marc López (ESP) / Rafael Nadal (ESP) (Champions, gold medalists)

07.

Daniel Nestor (CAN) /

Vasek Pospisil (CAN) (Semifinals, fourth place)

08.

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) /

David Ferrer (ESP) (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Semifinals				Final (Gold medal match)

	Steve Johnson (USA) Jack Sock (USA)	3	5
5	Florin Mergea (ROU) Horia Tecău (ROU)	6	7
				5	Florin Mergea (ROU) Horia Tecău (ROU)	2	6	4

				6	Marc López (ESP) Rafael Nadal (ESP)	6	3	6
6	Marc López (ESP) Rafael Nadal (ESP)	7⁷	7⁷

7	Daniel Nestor (CAN) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)	6¹	6⁴	Bronze medal match
					Steve Johnson (USA) Jack Sock (USA)	6	6
				7	Daniel Nestor (CAN) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)	2	4

Top half

First round				Second round				Quarter-finals					Semi-finals

1	P-H Herbert (FRA) N Mahut (FRA)	6⁴	3
	JS Cabal (COL) R Farah (COL)	7⁷	6		JS Cabal (COL) R Farah (COL)	4	6¹
IP	J Peralta (CHI) H Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)	2	2		S Johnson (USA) J Sock (USA)	6	7⁷
	S Johnson (USA) J Sock (USA)	6	6						S Johnson (USA) J Sock (USA)	6	6
	Ł Kubot (POL) M Matkowski (POL)	6	7⁸					8	R Bautista Agut (ESP) D Ferrer (ESP)	4	2
	R Bopanna (IND) L Paes (IND)	4	6⁶		Ł Kubot (POL) M Matkowski (POL)	3	6⁵
IP	L Rosol (CZE) R Štěpánek (CZE)	1	4	8	R Bautista Agut (ESP) D Ferrer (ESP)	6	7⁷
8	R Bautista Agut (ESP) D Ferrer (ESP)	6	6											S Johnson (USA) J Sock (USA)	3	5
3	M Melo (BRA) B Soares (BRA)	6	7⁷										5	F Mergea (ROU) H Tecău (ROU)	6	7
IP	Sa Ratiwatana (THA) So Ratiwatana (THA)	0	6¹	3	M Melo (BRA) B Soares (BRA)	6	6
PR	M Čilić (CRO) M Draganja (CRO)	2	2		N Djokovic (SRB) N Zimonjić (SRB)	4	4
	N Djokovic (SRB) N Zimonjić (SRB)	6	6					3	M Melo (BRA) B Soares (BRA)	4	7	2
IP	S González (MEX) MÁ Reyes-Varela (MEX)	6	6					5	F Mergea (ROU) H Tecău (ROU)	6	5	6
	C Fleming (GBR) D Inglot (GBR)	3	0	IP	S González (MEX) MÁ Reyes-Varela (MEX)	3	6⁹
	F Delbonis (ARG) G Durán (ARG)	3	2	5	F Mergea (ROU) H Tecău (ROU)	6	7¹¹
5	F Mergea (ROU) H Tecău (ROU)	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals

6	M López (ESP) R Nadal (ESP)	6	6
	R Haase (NED) J-J Rojer (NED)	4	4		6	M López (ESP) R Nadal (ESP)	6	5	6
PR	JM del Potro (ARG) M González (ARG)	6	7		PR	JM del Potro (ARG) M González (ARG)	3	7	2
	C Guccione (AUS) J Peers (AUS)	4	5							6	M López (ESP) R Nadal (ESP)	6	6
	A Bury (BLR) M Mirnyi (BLR)	6⁴	5								O Marach (AUT) A Peya (AUT)	3	1
	O Marach (AUT) A Peya (AUT)	7⁷	7			O Marach (AUT) A Peya (AUT)	6	6²	6
PR	B Baker (USA) R Ram (USA)	6	6		PR	B Baker (USA) R Ram (USA)	4	7⁷	3
4	G Monfils (FRA) J-W Tsonga (FRA)	1	4											6	M López (ESP) R Nadal (ESP)	7⁷	7⁷
7	D Nestor (CAN) V Pospisil (CAN)	4	6	7⁸										7	D Nestor (CAN) V Pospisil (CAN)	6¹	6⁴
IP	M Daniell (NZL) M Venus (NZL)	6	3	6⁶	7	D Nestor (CAN) V Pospisil (CAN)	6	6
Alt	G Elias (POR) J Sousa (POR)	6	6		Alt	G Elias (POR) J Sousa (POR)	1	4
IP	A Martin (SVK) I Zelenay (SVK)	4	2							7	D Nestor (CAN) V Pospisil (CAN)	6	6
IP	I Marchenko (UKR) D Molchanov (UKR)	4	3								F Fognini (ITA) A Seppi (ITA)	3	1
	F Fognini (ITA) A Seppi (ITA)	6	6			F Fognini (ITA) A Seppi (ITA)	5	7	6
IP	T Bellucci (BRA) A Sá (BRA)	7⁸	7¹⁶		IP	T Bellucci (BRA) A Sá (BRA)	7	5	3
2	A Murray (GBR) J Murray (GBR)	6⁶	6¹⁴

References

↑ "Defending gold medalist Bryan brothers withdraw from Rio". USA Today Sports. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

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