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2016 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's invitation doubles

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Gentlemen's invitation doubles
2016 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Greg Rusedski
France Fabrice Santoro
Runners-upSweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Thomas Johansson
Score6–3, 1–6, [10–5]
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women seniors
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Goran Ivanišević and Ivan Ljubičić were the defending champions but Ljubičić chose not to compete this year. Ivanišević played alongside Thomas Enqvist, but they were eliminated in the round robin.

Greg Rusedski and Fabrice Santoro defeated Jonas Björkman and Thomas Johansson in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's invitation doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

Draw

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Key

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Final

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Final
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
France Fabrice Santoro
7 6
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Thomas Johansson
5 1

Group A

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  United States Chang
Australia Philippoussis
South Africa Ferreira
France Grosjean
United States Gimelstob
United Kingdom Hutchins
United Kingdom Rusedski
France Santoro
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
A1 United States Michael Chang
Australia Mark Philippoussis
4–6, 5–7 6–2, 3–6, [4–10] 3–6, 4–6 0–3 1–6 25–34 4
A2 South Africa Wayne Ferreira
France Sébastien Grosjean
6–4, 7–5 3–6, 6–3, [8–10] 3–6, 4–6 1–2 3–4 29–31 3
A3 United States Justin Gimelstob
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
2–6, 6–3, [10–4] 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] 2–6, 6–3, [6–10] 2–1 5–4 27–28 2
A4 United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
France Fabrice Santoro
6–3, 6–4 6–3, 6–4 6–2, 3–6, [10–6] 3–0 6–1 34–22 1

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

Group B

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  Sweden Björkman
Sweden Johansson
United Kingdom Delgado
Netherlands Krajicek
Sweden Enqvist
Croatia Ivanišević
Chile González
Spain Moyá
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
B1 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Thomas Johansson
3–6, 6–4, [6–10] 6–3, 6–4 7–6(8–6), 2–6, [10–4] 2–1 5–3 31–30 1
B2 United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
Netherlands Richard Krajicek
6–3, 4–6, [10–6] 3–6, 3–6 2–6, 6–3, [6–10] 1–2 3–5 25–31 4
B3 Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
3–6, 4–6 6–3, 6–3 6–7(4–7), 6–7(1–7) 1–2 2–4 31–32 3
B4 Chile Fernando González
Spain Carlos Moyá
6–7(6–8), 6–2, [4–10] 6–2, 3–6, [10–6] 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–1) 2–1 5–3 36–30 2

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

References

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