2022 US Open – Men's doubles

Defending champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury defeated Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski in the final, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2022 US Open.^[1] They became the second team in the Open Era to defend the US Open title, after Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in 1996.^[2] It was both men's fifth major title.

Men's doubles
2022 US Open
Final
Champions	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury
Runners-up	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski
Score	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
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Salisbury retained his ATP number 1 doubles ranking by winning the championship.^[3] Michael Venus, Horacio Zeballos, Mate Pavić, Jean-Julien Rojer, and Skupski were also in contention for the top ranking.

This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former doubles world No. 2 and six-time doubles major champion Bruno Soares; partnering with Jamie Murray, he lost in the second round to Hugo Nys and Jan Zieliński.^[4]

This is the first edition of US Open to feature a 10-point tie-break, when the score reaches six games all in the deciding set.^[5] Marcelo Demoliner and João Sousa defeated Marcel Granollers and Zeballos in the first round in the first main-draw 10-point tie-break at US Open.

Seeds

01.     Rajeev Ram /   Joe Salisbury (champions)

02.     Wesley Koolhof /   Neal Skupski (final)

03.     Marcelo Arévalo /   Jean-Julien Rojer (semifinals)

04.     Tim Pütz /   Michael Venus (third round)

05.     Marcel Granollers /   Horacio Zeballos (first round)

06.     Nikola Mektić /   Mate Pavić (quarterfinals)

07.     Ivan Dodig /   Austin Krajicek (second round)

08.     Thanasi Kokkinakis /   Nick Kyrgios (third round)

09.     Rohan Bopanna /   Matwé Middelkoop (first round)

10.     Jamie Murray /   Bruno Soares (second round)

11.     Lloyd Glasspool /   Harri Heliövaara (quarterfinals)

12.     Kevin Krawietz /   Andreas Mies (second round)

13.     Juan Sebastián Cabal /   Robert Farah (semifinals)

14.     Santiago González /   Andrés Molteni (first round)

15.     Simone Bolelli /   Fabio Fognini (third round)

16.     Nicolas Mahut /   Édouard Roger-Vasselin (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Rajeev Ram   Joe Salisbury	6	6^3	6
		Hugo Nys   Jan Zieliński	4	7^7	4
								1	Rajeev Ram   Joe Salisbury	7	4	7^10
								13	Juan Sebastián Cabal   Robert Farah	5	6	6^6
	13	Juan Sebastián Cabal   Robert Farah	7^7	6
	11	Lloyd Glasspool   Harri Heliövaara	6^5	2
															1	Rajeev Ram   Joe Salisbury	7^7	7
															2	Wesley Koolhof   Neal Skupski	6^4	5
	6	Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić	3	4
	3	Marcelo Arévalo   Jean-Julien Rojer	6	6
								3	Marcelo Arévalo   Jean-Julien Rojer	4	5
								2	Wesley Koolhof   Neal Skupski	6	7
	PR	Marcelo Demoliner   João Sousa	3	1
	2	Wesley Koolhof   Neal Skupski	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	R Ram   J Salisbury	6	6
		F Coria   C Rodríguez	4	4				1	R Ram   J Salisbury	6	6
	PR	S Gillé   Ł Kubot	7^7	6^7	2				A Karatsev   L Saville	4	3
		A Karatsev   L Saville	6^4	7^9	6										1	R Ram   J Salisbury	6	7
	WC	N Monroe   K Smith	7^8	6											15	S Bolelli   F Fognini	1	5
		M Fucsovics   A Molčan	6^6	3				WC	N Monroe   K Smith	6^4	2
		N Ćaćić   R Ramanathan	4	4				15	S Bolelli   F Fognini	7^7	6
	15	S Bolelli   F Fognini	6	6																		1	R Ram   J Salisbury	6	6^3	6
	10	J Murray   B Soares	6	6																			H Nys   J Zieliński	4	7^7	4
	WC	H Reese   M Schnur	3	3				10	J Murray   B Soares	6^2	6^6
		H Nys   J Zieliński	7^8	6					H Nys   J Zieliński	7^7	7^8
		F Martin   J O'Mara	6^6	1												H Nys   J Zieliński	6	6
		A Ramos Viñolas   B Zapata Miralles	4	0												A Behar   G Escobar	1	4
		A Behar   G Escobar	6	6					A Behar   G Escobar	1	7^7	7^10
	Alt	D Altmaier   T Monteiro	6^5	2				7	I Dodig   A Krajicek	6	6^5	6^5
	7	I Dodig   A Krajicek	7^7	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	T Pütz   M Venus	6^4	6	6
		A Golubev   P Martínez	7^7	2	4			4	T Pütz   M Venus	6	7^7
		N Borges   F Cabral	6	6					N Borges   F Cabral	4	6^3
		N Barrientos   MÁ Reyes-Varela	4	2											4	T Pütz   M Venus	7^7	4	3
		D Hidalgo   F Reboul	3	7^7	7^10										13	JS Cabal   R Farah	6^2	6	6
		R Matos   D Vega Hernández	6	6^4	6^7				D Hidalgo   F Reboul	6^2	7^7	6^7
	WC	S Gorzny   A Michelsen	5	2				13	JS Cabal   R Farah	7^7	6^5	7^10
	13	JS Cabal   R Farah	7	6																		13	JS Cabal   R Farah	7^7	6
	11	L Glasspool   H Heliövaara	6	6																		11	L Glasspool   H Heliövaara	6^5	2
		W Blumberg   M Kecmanović	3	3				11	L Glasspool   H Heliövaara	6	7^8
		T Brkić   M González	7^7	6^3	1				R Klaasen   M Melo	4	6^6
		R Klaasen   M Melo	6^4	7^7	6										11	L Glasspool   H Heliövaara	3	7^8	7^10
	PR	B McLachlan   F Škugor	7^8	3	6^7										8	T Kokkinakis   N Kyrgios	6	6^6	6^8
		A Göransson   Y Nishioka	6^6	6	7^10				A Göransson   Y Nishioka	4	6^3
		H Gaston   L Musetti	6	3	4			8	T Kokkinakis   N Kyrgios	6	7^7
	8	T Kokkinakis   N Kyrgios	4	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	6	N Mektić   M Pavić	6	6
	WC	B Holt   G Nanda	3	4				6	N Mektić   M Pavić	6	6
	WC	N Godsick   E Quinn	7^7	6				WC	N Godsick   E Quinn	1	3
		N Basilashvili   H Hach Verdugo	6^1	4											6	N Mektić   M Pavić	6	6
		I Ivashka   S-w Kwon	4	5												R Haase   P Oswald	3	4
		R Haase   P Oswald	6	7					R Haase   P Oswald	7^7	6^4	6
		M Giron   M McDonald	3	6^5				12	K Krawietz   A Mies	6^4	7^7	3
	12	K Krawietz   A Mies	6	7^7																		6	N Mektić   M Pavić	3	4
	16	N Mahut   É Roger-Vasselin	1	6	3																	3	M Arévalo   J-J Rojer	6	6
		Q Halys   A Mannarino	6	3	6				Q Halys   A Mannarino	6	5	7^10
		A Bublik   H Rune	6	3	6				A Bublik   H Rune	3	7	6^8
		D Kudla   F Tiafoe	2	6	1											Q Halys   A Mannarino	4	6^9
		S Báez   TM Etcheverry	1	5											3	M Arévalo   J-J Rojer	6	7^11
		A Nedovyesov   A-u-H Qureshi	6	7					A Nedovyesov   A-u-H Qureshi	0	3
		J Peers   A Popyrin	3	6^2				3	M Arévalo   J-J Rojer	6	6
	3	M Arévalo   J-J Rojer	6	7^7

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	5	M Granollers   H Zeballos	6	6^3	6^4
	PR	M Demoliner   J Sousa	3	7^7	7^10			PR	M Demoliner   J Sousa	6	6
		F López   J Munar	6	6					F López   J Munar	3	4
		B Bonzi   A Rinderknech	2	4											PR	M Demoliner   J Sousa	7^7	6
	WC	C Eubanks   B Shelton	3	7^10	6											L Sonego   A Vavassori	6^4	4
	Alt	P Tsitsipas   S Tsitsipas	6	6^8	2			WC	C Eubanks   B Shelton	3	7^7	4
		L Sonego   A Vavassori	7^7	6					L Sonego   A Vavassori	6	6^5	6
	9	R Bopanna   M Middelkoop	6^2	2																		PR	M Demoliner   J Sousa	3	1
	14	S González   A Molteni	6^7	7^10	1																	2	W Koolhof   N Skupski	6	6
		M Ebden   M Purcell	7^9	6^8	6				M Ebden   M Purcell	6	6
	WC	R Galloway   A Lawson	6	6				WC	R Galloway   A Lawson	2	2
	PR	A Bedene   E Ruusuvuori	3	3												M Ebden   M Purcell	6^5	6	3
		N Lammons   J Withrow	6	6											2	W Koolhof   N Skupski	7^7	3	6
		J Lehečka   J Veselý	4	4					N Lammons   J Withrow	3	7^7	4
		S Johnson   S Querrey	4	6^5				2	W Koolhof   N Skupski	6	6^5	6
	2	W Koolhof   N Skupski	6	7^7

Other entry information

Wild cards

•   Sebastian Gorzny /   Alex Michelsen
•   Christopher Eubanks /   Ben Shelton
•   Robert Galloway /   Alex Lawson
•   Nicholas Godsick /   Ethan Quinn
•   Brandon Holt /   Govind Nanda
•   Nicholas Monroe /   Keegan Smith
•   Hunter Reese /   Max Schnur

Protected ranking

•   Aljaž Bedene /   Emil Ruusuvuori
•   Marcelo Demoliner /   João Sousa
•   Sander Gillé /   Łukasz Kubot
•   Ben McLachlan /   Franko Škugor

Alternates

•   Daniel Altmaier /   Thiago Monteiro
•   Petros Tsitsipas /   Stefanos Tsitsipas

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

•   Pedro Cachin /   Francisco Cerúndolo → replaced by   Petros Tsitsipas /   Stefanos Tsitsipas
•   Roberto Carballés Baena /   Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by   Federico Coria /   Cristian Rodríguez
•   Sadio Doumbia /   Fabien Reboul → replaced by   Diego Hidalgo /   Fabien Reboul
•   Tommy Paul /   Jack Sock → replaced by   Daniel Altmaier /   Thiago Monteiro
•   Diego Schwartzman /   Camilo Ugo Carabelli → replaced by   Nikoloz Basilashvili /   Hans Hach Verdugo

See also

• 2022 US Open – Day-by-day summaries

References

1. "Rajeev Ram & Joe Salisbury Capture First US Open Title". Association of Tennis Professionals. September 10, 2021. from the original on September 11, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
2. "Ram and Salisbury retain U.S. Open men's doubles title". Reuters. September 9, 2022. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022.
3. "Ram/Salisbury & Koolhof/Skupski Set Blockbuster US Open Doubles Final | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. from the original on September 9, 2022.
4. "Thank You, Bruno! Locker-Room Favourite Soares Retires". atptour.com. September 5, 2022.
5. "US Open to join all Grand Slams in playing 10-point final set tiebreak". US Open. March 16, 2022. Archived from the original on September 1, 2022.

External links

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