This was the 14th appearance of men's doubles tennis. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics where tennis has been on the program: from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 to the current program. A demonstration event was held in 1968.
The American pair of Bryan brothers, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, had been the top seed in 2004 but exited in the quarterfinals. They were again the number one seed in Beijing, but were defeated in the semifinals and took bronze. For a third Games, they were the top seed.[4] Defending champions Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka also returned. One of the French fourth-place team members, Michaël Llodra, also competed again, this time paired with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. 2000 gold medalist Daniel Nestor (and career golden slam winner) of Canada competed for a fourth Games with his third different partner.
Colombia made its debut in the event. France and Great Britain each made their 11th appearance in the event, tied for most of all nations.
Qualification for the men's doubles was primarily through the ATP ranking list of 11 June 2012. An additional restriction was that players had to have been available for two Davis Cup events between 2009 and 2012. Nations had been able to enter four players (two pairs) in the event since the 2004 Games. Each nation was limited to a total of 6 male players in the singles and doubles events combined, so nations with 4 singles players could add only 2 more in doubles. The men's doubles draw was 32 pairs (64 players), with most of the pairs coming from the singles event where nations had 2 or 4 players. Doubles players ranked 10 or better qualified directly and could bring any ranked singles or doubles player from their nation as their partner. The ITF allocated places based on ranking and continental and national representation (bringing the total number of male tennis players to 86).
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The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze-medal match. All matches were best-of-three sets; the final was reduced from best-of-five in prior Games. Tiebreaks were used for any set before the third (fifth in the final) that reached 6–6.
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Men's Doubles Draw
April 14, 2024
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The United States Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated France s Michael Llodra and Jo Wilfried Tsonga in the final 6 4 7 6 7 2 to win the gold medal in Men s Doubles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics This completed a career Golden Slam for the Bryan brothers making them the second men s doubles team to do so after The Woodies of Australia Canada s Daniel Nestor also won a career Golden Slam but with multiple partners Their victory marked the first instance that both Olympic tennis doubles titles were claimed by siblings fellow Americans Serena and Venus Williams won the women s doubles title It was the record fourth gold medal for the United States in men s doubles In the bronze medal match France s Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet defeated Spain s David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez 7 6 7 4 6 2 With France s silver and bronze this was the first time since 1924 that one nation won multiple medals in the men s doubles Men s doublesTennis at the 2012 Summer OlympicsFinalChampionsBob Bryan Mike BryanRunners upMichael Llodra Jo Wilfried TsongaScore6 4 7 6 7 2 EventsSingles men womenDoubles men women mixedQualification 2008 Summer Olympics 2016 Men s doubles tennisat the Games of the XXX OlympiadGold medalistsVenueAll England Club WimbledonDates28 July 4 August 2012Competitors64 from 25 nationsMedalistsBob BryanMike Bryan United StatesJo Wilfried TsongaMichael Llodra FranceJulien BenneteauRichard Gasquet France 20082016 Main article Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics The tournament was held at the All England Club in Wimbledon London from 28 July to 4 August making it the first Olympic grass court tournament since tennis was re introduced to the Games 1 2 The event was run and organised by the International Olympic Committee IOC and the International Tennis Federation ITF and was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour Matches were the best of three sets and tie breaks were in use for all sets except the third set 3 There were 32 teams from 25 countries 4 Switzerland s Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka were the reigning gold medalists from 2008 but they lost in the second round to Israel s Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram Contents 1 Background 2 Qualification 3 Competition format 4 Schedule 5 Seeds 6 Draw 6 1 Key 6 2 Finals 6 3 Top half 6 4 Bottom half 7 ReferencesBackground editThis was the 14th appearance of men s doubles tennis The event has been held at every Summer Olympics where tennis has been on the program from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 to the current program A demonstration event was held in 1968 The American pair of Bryan brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan had been the top seed in 2004 but exited in the quarterfinals They were again the number one seed in Beijing but were defeated in the semifinals and took bronze For a third Games they were the top seed 4 Defending champions Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka also returned One of the French fourth place team members Michael Llodra also competed again this time paired with Jo Wilfried Tsonga 2000 gold medalist Daniel Nestor and career golden slam winner of Canada competed for a fourth Games with his third different partner Colombia made its debut in the event France and Great Britain each made their 11th appearance in the event tied for most of all nations Qualification editMain article Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualification Qualification for the men s doubles was primarily through the ATP ranking list of 11 June 2012 An additional restriction was that players had to have been available for two Davis Cup events between 2009 and 2012 Nations had been able to enter four players two pairs in the event since the 2004 Games Each nation was limited to a total of 6 male players in the singles and doubles events combined so nations with 4 singles players could add only 2 more in doubles The men s doubles draw was 32 pairs 64 players with most of the pairs coming from the singles event where nations had 2 or 4 players Doubles players ranked 10 or better qualified directly and could bring any ranked singles or doubles player from their nation as their partner The ITF allocated places based on ranking and continental and national representation bringing the total number of male tennis players to 86 Competition format editThe competition was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match All matches were best of three sets the final was reduced from best of five in prior Games Tiebreaks were used for any set before the third fifth in the final that reached 6 6 Schedule editJuly August28 29 30 31 1 2 3 411 30 11 30 11 30 11 30 11 30 11 30 12 00 12 00Round of 32 Round of 32Round of 16 Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Bronze medal matchGold medal matchSeeds edit nbsp Bob Bryan USA nbsp Mike Bryan USA winners gold medalists nbsp Michael Llodra FRA nbsp Jo Wilfried Tsonga FRA final silver medalists nbsp Janko Tipsarevic SRB nbsp Nenad Zimonjic SRB quarterfinals nbsp Mariusz Fyrstenberg POL nbsp Marcin Matkowski POL first 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Gasquet FRA 76 nbsp J Benneteau FRA nbsp R Gasquet FRA 66 nbsp A Bury BLR nbsp M Mirnyi BLR 647767 nbsp M Bhupathi IND nbsp R Bopanna IND 347 nbsp M Bhupathi IND nbsp R Bopanna IND 77648Bottom half edit First roundSecond roundQuarter finalsSemi finals8 nbsp N Djokovic SRB nbsp V Troicki SRB 683 nbsp J Brunstrom SWE nbsp R Lindstedt SWE 7106 nbsp J Brunstrom SWE nbsp R Lindstedt SWE 32 nbsp M Cilic CRO nbsp I Dodig CRO 66 nbsp M Cilic CRO nbsp I Dodig CRO 66IP nbsp JS Cabal COL nbsp S Giraldo COL 34 nbsp M Cilic CRO nbsp I Dodig CRO 44 nbsp J Melzer AUT nbsp A Peya AUT 5787 nbsp D Ferrer ESP nbsp F Lopez ESP 66 nbsp A Murray GBR nbsp J Murray GBR 7665 nbsp J Melzer AUT nbsp A Peya AUT 369 nbsp D Ferrer ESP nbsp F Lopez ESP 79668 nbsp D Ferrer ESP nbsp F Lopez ESP 63114 nbsp M Fyrstenberg POL nbsp M Matkowski POL 67786 nbsp D Ferrer ESP nbsp F Lopez ESP 36165 nbsp T Berdych CZE nbsp R Stepanek CZE 47762 nbsp M Llodra FRA nbsp J W Tsonga FRA 6418 nbsp D Bracciali ITA nbsp A Seppi ITA 66545 nbsp T Berdych CZE nbsp R Stepanek CZE 6422 nbsp J Isner USA nbsp A Roddick USA 24 nbsp M Melo BRA nbsp B Soares BRA 1624 nbsp M Melo BRA nbsp B Soares BRA 66 nbsp M Melo BRA nbsp B Soares BRA 42 nbsp R Haase NED nbsp J J Rojer NED 61622 nbsp M Llodra FRA nbsp J W Tsonga FRA 66 nbsp L Paes IND nbsp V Vardhan IND 7746 nbsp L Paes IND nbsp V Vardhan IND 6363IP nbsp D Nalbandian ARG nbsp E Schwank ARG 352 nbsp M Llodra FRA nbsp J W Tsonga FRA 77462 nbsp M Llodra FRA nbsp J W Tsonga FRA 67References edit Dries Kate It s grass for tennis players at the London Olympics for the first time in a long time WBEZ Archived from the original on 25 September 2015 Retrieved 25 August 2012 Tennis London 2012 Organization Committee Archived from the original on 4 December 2012 Retrieved 7 July 2012 Tennis About Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Archived from the original on 4 December 2012 Retrieved 7 July 2012 a b Doubles Men Olympedia Retrieved 28 December 2020 Men s 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