Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Champions	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Runners-up	Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Final score	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)

Men's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad

Gold medalists

Venue

All England Club, Wimbledon

Date

28 July to 4 August

Competitors

64 from 26 nations

Medalists

	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	United States
	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Michaël Llodra	France
	Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet	France

The men's doubles tennis tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon.

Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka were the defending champions, having won gold in Beijing in 2008, but they were eliminated in the second round by Israelis Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.

The American duo of Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won the gold in this tournament, with a straight-set victory over France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michaël Llodra. The Bryan brothers have now completed the career golden slam, the second men's doubles team to do so. Their victory also marked the first (and only) time both Olympic tennis doubles titles were claimed by siblings; fellow Americans Venus and Serena Williams won the female doubles competition.

Calendar

July				August
28	29	30	31	1	2	3	4
11:30	11:30	11:30	11:30	11:30	11:30	12:00	12:00
Round of 32		Round of 32 Round of 16	Round of 16		Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Bronze medal match Gold medal match

Seeds

Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) (Winners, gold medalists)
Michaël Llodra (FRA) / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (Final, silver medalists)
Janko Tipsarević (SRB) / Nenad Zimonjić (SRB) (Quarterfinals)
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (First round)
Tomáš Berdych (CZE) / Radek Štěpánek (CZE) (Second round)
Roger Federer (SUI) / Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (Second round)
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Rohan Bopanna (IND) (Second round)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) / Viktor Troicki (SRB) (First round)

Draw

Key

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

1	Bob Bryan (USA) Mike Bryan (USA)	6	6
	Julien Benneteau (FRA) Richard Gasquet (FRA)	4	4
					1	Bob Bryan (USA) Mike Bryan (USA)	6	7⁷

					2	Michaël Llodra (FRA) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)	4	6²
	David Ferrer (ESP) Feliciano López (ESP)	3	6	16

2	Michaël Llodra (FRA) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)	6	4	18	Bronze medal match
						Julien Benneteau (FRA) Richard Gasquet (FRA)	7⁷	6
						David Ferrer (ESP) Feliciano López (ESP)	6⁴	2

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals

1	B Bryan (USA) M Bryan (USA)	7⁷	6⁵	6
IP	T Bellucci (BRA) A Sá (BRA)	6⁵	7⁷	3	1	B Bryan (USA) M Bryan (USA)	7⁸	7⁷
	C Kas (GER) P Petzschner (GER)	5	5		IP	N Davydenko (RUS) M Youzhny (RUS)	6⁶	6¹
IP	N Davydenko (RUS) M Youzhny (RUS)	7	7							1	B Bryan (USA) M Bryan (USA)	7⁷	7¹²
	M Granollers (ESP) M López (ESP)	6⁵	6³							IP	J Erlich (ISR) A Ram (ISR)	6⁴	6¹⁰
IP	J Erlich (ISR) A Ram (ISR)	7⁷	7⁷		IP	J Erlich (ISR) A Ram (ISR)	1	7⁷	6
IP	K Nishikori (JPN) G Soeda (JPN)	7⁷	4	4	6	R Federer (SUI) S Wawrinka (SUI)	6	6⁵	3
6	R Federer (SUI) S Wawrinka (SUI)	6⁵	6	6										1	B Bryan (USA) M Bryan (USA)	6	6
3	J Tipsarević (SRB) N Zimonjić (SRB)	6	6												J Benneteau (FRA) R Gasquet (FRA)	4	4
IP	M Kližan (SVK) L Lacko (SVK)	3	3		3	J Tipsarević (SRB) N Zimonjić (SRB)	6	6⁵	11
	D Nestor (CAN) V Pospisil (CAN)	6	7¹¹			D Nestor (CAN) V Pospisil (CAN)	4	7⁷	9
IP	H Tecău (ROU) A Ungur (ROU)	3	6⁹							3	J Tipsarević (SRB) N Zimonjić (SRB)	4	6³
	C Fleming (GBR) R Hutchins (GBR)	5	3								J Benneteau (FRA) R Gasquet (FRA)	6	7⁷
	J Benneteau (FRA) R Gasquet (FRA)	7	6			J Benneteau (FRA) R Gasquet (FRA)	6	6
	A Bury (BLR) M Mirnyi (BLR)	6⁴	7⁷	6	7	M Bhupathi (IND) R Bopanna (IND)	3	4
7	M Bhupathi (IND) R Bopanna (IND)	7⁷	6⁴	8

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals

8	N Djokovic (SRB) V Troicki (SRB)	6⁸	3
	J Brunström (SWE) R Lindstedt (SWE)	7¹⁰	6			J Brunström (SWE) R Lindstedt (SWE)	3	2
	M Čilić (CRO) I Dodig (CRO)	6	6			M Čilić (CRO) I Dodig (CRO)	6	6
IP	JS Cabal (COL) S Giraldo (COL)	3	4								M Čilić (CRO) I Dodig (CRO)	4	4
	J Melzer (AUT) A Peya (AUT)	5	7⁸	7							D Ferrer (ESP) F López (ESP)	6	6
	A Murray (GBR) J Murray (GBR)	7	6⁶	5		J Melzer (AUT) A Peya (AUT)	3	6	9
	D Ferrer (ESP) F López (ESP)	7⁹	6⁶	8		D Ferrer (ESP) F López (ESP)	6	3	11
4	M Fyrstenberg (POL) M Matkowski (POL)	6⁷	7⁸	6											D Ferrer (ESP) F López (ESP)	3	6	16
5	T Berdych (CZE) R Štěpánek (CZE)	4	7⁷	6										2	M Llodra (FRA) J-W Tsonga (FRA)	6	4	18
	D Bracciali (ITA) A Seppi (ITA)	6	6⁵	4	5	T Berdych (CZE) R Štěpánek (CZE)	6	4	22
	J Isner (USA) A Roddick (USA)	2	4			M Melo (BRA) B Soares (BRA)	1	6	24
	M Melo (BRA) B Soares (BRA)	6	6								M Melo (BRA) B Soares (BRA)	4	2
	R Haase (NED) J-J Rojer (NED)	6¹	6	2						2	M Llodra (FRA) J-W Tsonga (FRA)	6	6
	L Paes (IND) V Vardhan (IND)	7⁷	4	6		L Paes (IND) V Vardhan (IND)	6³	6	3
IP	D Nalbandian (ARG) E Schwank (ARG)	3	5		2	M Llodra (FRA) J-W Tsonga (FRA)	7⁷	4	6
2	M Llodra (FRA) J-W Tsonga (FRA)	6	7

References

Men's Doubles Draw

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