| Men's doubles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis at the2008 Summer Olympics | |||||||
| Final | |||||||
| Champions |  Roger Federer Stan Wawrinka (SUI) | ||||||
| Runners-up |  Simon AspelinThomas Johansson (SWE) | ||||||
| Score | 6–3, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 | ||||||
| Events | |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| Men's doubles tennis at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tennis at the 2008 Olympics | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Green Tennis Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10–16 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 64 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Switzerland'sRoger Federer andStanislas Wawrinka defeatedSweden'sSimon Aspelin andThomas Johansson in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 to win the gold medal in men's doublestennis at the2008 Summer Olympics.[1] In the bronze medal match, theUnited States'Bob Bryan andMike Bryan defeatedFrance'sArnaud Clément andMichaël Llodra, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. It was Sweden's and the United States' first medals in the event since1988.
The tournament was held from August 10 to August 16 at theOlympic Green Tennis Centre, inBeijing, China. TheDecoTurf surface rendered the event ahardcourt tournament. There were 32 pairs from 24 nations.[2]
Chile'sFernando González andNicolas Massú were the reigning gold medalists from2004, but they lost in the first round toRussia'sDmitry Tursunov andMikhail Youzhny.
This was the 13th 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 theBryan brothers,Bob Bryan andMike Bryan, were the top seed in 2004 but had exited in the quarterfinals. They were again the number one seed in Beijing.[2] The 2004 gold winning pair ofFernando González andNicolás Massú returned, as did German silver medalistsNicolas Kiefer andRainer Schüttler and Indian fourth-place finishersMahesh Bhupathi andLeander Paes. 2000 gold medalistDaniel Nestor of Canada competed once again with his 2004 partner,Frédéric Niemeyer. Each of theBig Four competed, but expectations of them in the doubles were not particularly high.
Serbia made its debut in the event. France and Great Britain each made their 10th appearance in the event, tied for most of all nations.
Qualification for the men's doubles was primarily through the ATP ranking list of 9 June 2008. Nations had been able to enter two pairs (four players) 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. There were 10 quota places for direct qualification to the doubles event, based on world ranking. The ITF allocated 12 places based on ranking and continental and national representation (bringing the total number of male tennis players to 86).
The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except for the final which was best-of-5 sets.Tiebreakers were not played in the final set.
| August | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | 10.30 | 10.30 | ||||
| Afternoon | 17.00 | 17.00 | 16.00 | 18.00 (rain delay) | 16.00 | 16.00 |
| First round | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal match Gold medal match |
Bob Bryan /Mike Bryan (USA)(semifinals, bronze medalists)
Novak Djokovic /Nenad Zimonjić (SRB)(first round)
Jonathan Erlich /Andy Ram (ISR)(first round) Roger Federer/Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (champions, gold medalists)
Nicolás Almagro /David Ferrer (ESP)(second round) Rafael Nadal /Tommy Robredo (ESP)(second round)
Mahesh Bhupathi /Leander Paes (IND)(quarterfinals)
Igor Andreev /Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)(quarterfinals)
|
|
| Semifinals | Final (gold medal match) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bob Bryan (USA) Mike Bryan (USA) | 66 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Roger Federer (SUI) Stan Wawrinka (SUI) | 78 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Roger Federer (SUI) Stan Wawrinka (SUI) | 6 | 6 | 64 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Simon Aspelin (SWE) Thomas Johansson (SWE) | 3 | 4 | 77 | 3 | |||||||||||
 Arnaud Clément (FRA) Michaël Llodra (FRA) | 66 | 6 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Simon Aspelin (SWE) Thomas Johansson (SWE) | 78 | 4 | 19 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
| 1 | Bob Bryan (USA) Mike Bryan (USA) | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Arnaud Clément (FRA) Michaël Llodra (FRA) | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Demonstration | |
|---|---|
| Indoor | |
| Outdoor |
|
