Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Women's doubles; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
	Olympic tennis pictogram
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Dates	24 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors	32 teams from 23 nations
Medalists
	← 2016 2024 →

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions	Barbora Krejčíková; Kateřina Siniaková
Runners-up	Belinda Bencic; Viktorija Golubic
Score	7–5, 6–1
Events
	Qualification
	Qualification

The Czech Republic's Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the gold medal in women's doubles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was the Czech Republic's first victory in women's doubles, and its third consecutive medal. In the bronze medal match, Brazil's Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani defeated Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina of the Russian Olympic Committee, 4–6, 6–4, [11–9]. It was Brazil's first Olympic tennis medal.

Ekaterina Makarova and Vesnina were the reigning gold medalists from 2016, but Makarova retired from tennis in 2020.^[1] Vesnina attempted to defend the title with Kudermetova, but they lost in the semifinals.

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze-medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except that the third set is a match tiebreak (first to 10 points) instead of a typical set.^[2] A tiebreak was played if one of the first two sets reaches 6–6.

This tournament marked the final appearance of former world No. 4 Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands before her retirement. She partnered with Demi Schuurs; they lost in the second round to Kudermetova and Vesnina.

Schedule

The competition was held over nine days from 24 July to 1 August. Times given were the start of tennis sessions, though the women's doubles shared courts with other tennis events.^[3]

July								August
24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	1
11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00	15:00		15:00	15:00
Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals	Semi-finals		Bronze medal match	Gold medal match

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Seeds

1. Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) / Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) (champions, gold medalists)

2.

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) /

Ena Shibahara (JPN) (first round)

3.

Kiki Bertens (NED) /

Demi Schuurs (NED) (second round)

4.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) /

Jessica Pegula (USA) (quarterfinals)

5.

Chan Hao-ching (TPE) /

Latisha Chan (TPE) (first round)

6.

Ashleigh Barty (AUS) /

Storm Sanders (AUS) (quarterfinals)

7.

Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) /

Sharon Fichman (CAN) (first round)

8.

Nicole Melichar (USA) /

Alison Riske (USA) (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final (gold-medal match)

1	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	6	3	[10]

PR	Veronika Kudermetova (ROC) Elena Vesnina (ROC)	3	6	[6]
					1	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	7	6

						Belinda Bencic (SUI) Viktorija Golubic (SUI)	5	1
	Laura Pigossi (BRA) Luisa Stefani (BRA)	5	3

	Belinda Bencic (SUI) Viktorija Golubic (SUI)	7	6		Bronze-medal match


					PR	Veronika Kudermetova (ROC) Elena Vesnina (ROC)	6	4	[9]

						Laura Pigossi (BRA) Luisa Stefani (BRA)	4	6	[11]

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	B Krejčíková (CZE) K Siniaková (CZE)	6	6
	Y-c Hsieh (TPE) C-y Hsu (TPE)	2	1		1	B Krejčíková (CZE) K Siniaková (CZE)	6	5	[10]
	G Olmos (MEX) R Zarazúa (MEX)	2	7⁷	[7]		P Badosa (ESP) S Sorribes Tormo (ESP)	2	7	[5]
	P Badosa (ESP) S Sorribes Tormo (ESP)	6	6⁴	[10]						1	B Krejčíková (CZE) K Siniaková (CZE)	3	6	[10]
	Y Xu (CHN) Z Yang (CHN)	4	6	[18]						6	A Barty (AUS) S Sanders (AUS)	6	4	[7]
	A Krunić (SRB) N Stojanović (SRB)	6	4	[16]		Y Xu (CHN) Z Yang (CHN)	4	4
	N Hibino (JPN) M Ninomiya (JPN)	1	2		6	A Barty (AUS) S Sanders (AUS)	6	6
6	A Barty (AUS) S Sanders (AUS)	6	6												1	B Krejčíková (CZE) K Siniaková (CZE)	6	3	[10]
3	K Bertens (NED) D Schuurs (NED)	7⁷	5	[11]											PR	V Kudermetova (ROC) E Vesnina (ROC)	3	6	[6]
	C Garcia (FRA) K Mladenovic (FRA)	6⁴	7	[9]	3	K Bertens (NED) D Schuurs (NED)	2	6	[7]
PR	V Kudermetova (ROC) E Vesnina (ROC)	6	7		PR	V Kudermetova (ROC) E Vesnina (ROC)	6	3	[10]
	A-L Friedsam (GER) L Siegemund (GER)	2	5							PR	V Kudermetova (ROC) E Vesnina (ROC)	6	6
	L Kichenok (UKR) N Kichenok (UKR)	0	7⁷	[10]							L Kichenok (UKR) N Kichenok (UKR)	2	1
PR	S Mirza (IND) A Raina (IND)	6	6⁰	[8]		L Kichenok (UKR) N Kichenok (UKR)	7⁷	6
Alt	S Errani (ITA) J Paolini (ITA)	6	5	[10]	Alt	S Errani (ITA) J Paolini (ITA)	6⁴	2
8	N Melichar (USA) A Riske (USA)	3	7	[2]

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

7	G Dabrowski (CAN) S Fichman (CAN)	6³	4
	L Pigossi (BRA) L Stefani (BRA)	7⁷	6			L Pigossi (BRA) L Stefani (BRA)	2	6	[13]
	Ka Plíšková (CZE) M Vondroušová (CZE)	6	6			Ka Plíšková (CZE) M Vondroušová (CZE)	6	4	[11]
	Y Duan (CHN) S Zheng (CHN)	2	1								L Pigossi (BRA) L Stefani (BRA)	1	6	[10]
	A Cornet (FRA) F Ferro (FRA)	6	6							4	B Mattek-Sands (USA) J Pegula (USA)	6	3	[6]
	E Svitolina (UKR) D Yastremska (UKR)	2	4			A Cornet (FRA) F Ferro (FRA)	1	4
	M Linette (POL) A Rosolska (POL)	1	3		4	B Mattek-Sands (USA) J Pegula (USA)	6	6
4	B Mattek-Sands (USA) J Pegula (USA)	6	6													L Pigossi (BRA) L Stefani (BRA)	5	3
5	H-c Chan (TPE) L Chan (TPE)	5	6	[6]												B Bencic (SUI) V Golubic (SUI)	7	6
	M Niculescu (ROU) R Olaru (ROU)	7	1	[10]		M Niculescu (ROU) R Olaru (ROU)	6³	5
	E Perez (AUS) S Stosur (AUS)	4	6	[10]		E Perez (AUS) S Stosur (AUS)	7⁷	7
	J Ostapenko (LAT) A Sevastova (LAT)	6	1	[5]							E Perez (AUS) S Stosur (AUS)	4	4
PR	G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP)	6	7⁷								B Bencic (SUI) V Golubic (SUI)	6	6
	E Mertens (BEL) A Van Uytvanck (BEL)	3	6⁴		PR	G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP)	6	1	[9]
	B Bencic (SUI) V Golubic (SUI)	6	6⁵	[10]		B Bencic (SUI) V Golubic (SUI)	3	6	[11]
2/ITF	S Aoyama (JPN) E Shibahara (JPN)	4	7⁷	[5]

References

^ Chiesa, Victoria (28 January 2020). "Ekaterina Makarova announces retirement from tennis". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Olympics: Men's final reduced to three sets for Tokyo 2020". BBC. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Tennis Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

External links

Draw Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Chiesa, Victoria (28 January 2020). "Ekaterina Makarova announces retirement from tennis". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[2] "Olympics: Men's final reduced to three sets for Tokyo 2020". BBC. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[Dates-3] "Tennis Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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