Australia's Matthew Ebden and John Peers defeated the United States' Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), [10–8] to win the gold medal in men's doubles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] It was Australia's first Olympic gold medal in tennis since 1996.[2] Ebden and Peers were the first unseeded pair to win the gold medal since Fernando González and Nicolás Massú in 2004.[a] In the bronze medal match, Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul of the United States defeated Czechia's Tomáš Macháč and Adam Pavlásek, 6–3, 6–4.[3]
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| Venue | Stade Roland Garros | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27 July – 3 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 64 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Champions |  Matthew Ebden John Peers |
| Runners-up |  Austin Krajicek Rajeev Ram |
| Score | 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), [10–8] |
The men's doubles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 3 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France.[4] In the event, 64 players (32 teams) from 23 nations participated in the draw.[5]
Croatia's Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić were the defending champions from 2021, but they lost in the first round to Dominik Koepfer and Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany.[6]
This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former singles World No. 1, two-time singles gold medalist, and three-time major champion Andy Murray of Great Britain.[7] Partnering Dan Evans, he lost in the quarterfinals to Fritz and Paul.[8][9]
Qualification
editEach National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to two teams. Qualification for the men's doubles is primarily through the ATP ranking list. There are 32 quota places available for men's doubles.[5]
Competition format
editThe competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches are best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak was played in the first two sets reaching 6–6, while the third set will be a single tiebreak until one team scores ten points, while being two points clear.[10]
Schedule
editThe schedule is as follows.[11]
| R64 | Round of 64 | R32 | Round of 32 | R16 | Round of 16 | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | BM | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R32 | R16 | ¼ | ½ | BM | F | |||
Seeds
editThe seeds were released on 23 July 2024.[12]
- 1.
Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) (first round) - 2.
Kevin Krawietz (GER) / Tim Pütz (GER) (quarterfinals) - 3.
Taylor Fritz (USA) / Tommy Paul (USA) (semifinals, bronze medalists) - 4. Austin Krajicek (USA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) (final, silver medalists)
- 5.
Joe Salisbury (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR) (first round) - 6.
Máximo González (ARG) / Andrés Molteni (ARG) (first round) - 7.
Nikola Mektić (CRO) / Mate Pavić (CRO) (first round) - 8.
Arthur Fils (FRA) / Ugo Humbert (FRA) (first round)
Draw
editThe draw was held on 25 July 2024.[13][14]
Key
edit- 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
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Finals
edit| Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
 Matthew Ebden (AUS) John Peers (AUS)
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3 |  Taylor Fritz (USA) Tommy Paul (USA)
| 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Matthew Ebden (AUS) John Peers (AUS)
| 66 | 77 | [10] | ||||||||||
| 4 | Austin Krajicek (USA) Rajeev Ram (USA)
| 78 | 61 | [8] | |||||||||
| 4 | Austin Krajicek (USA) Rajeev Ram (USA)
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
 Tomáš Macháč (CZE) Adam Pavlásek (CZE)
| 2 | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
| 3 | Taylor Fritz (USA) Tommy Paul (USA)
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tomáš Macháč (CZE) Adam Pavlásek (CZE)
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
Top half
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Bottom half
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Notes
edit- ^ Ebden was the World No. 3 doubles player during the time of the tournament. However, since seedings were determined by the combined ranking of the pair, Ebden and Peers were unseeded due to Peers being ranked No. 59 at the time.
References
edit- ^ "Australia's Ebden and Peers roar back to claim Olympic gold in men's doubles thriller". The Guardian. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Aussie veterans Ebden, Peers roar to Olympic doubles gold". ESPN. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul win Olympic bronze tennis medal for Team USA". New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Roland Garros to host Paris 2024 tennis". Sports Business Journal. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event Qualification System" (PDF). ITF. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Mektic and Pavic win all-Croatian men's doubles final at Tokyo 2020". Inside the Games. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Murray out of Olympic singles but will play doubles". BBC Sport. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Andy Murray heads into retirement after Olympic doubles loss to American duo of Fritz and Paul". AP News. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Olympics 2024: Andy Murray retires after quarterfinal defeat". ESPN. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Tennis at the Olympics: Fixtures, results, teams, format and schedule at Paris 2024". skysports.com. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games". nbcolympics.com. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "2024 Paris Olympics: These will be the top seeds in the doubles draws". Puntodebreak.com. 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympics Tennis 2024: Draws, Dates, History & All You Need To Know". ATP Tour. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Draws announced for the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event". ATP Tour. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.