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Women's doubles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic tennis pictogram
VenueAriake Coliseum
Dates24–31 July 2021
Competitors32 teams from 23 nations
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Template:Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics The women's doubles tennis event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place from 24 July to 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Coliseum.[1] There will be 32 teams from 23 nations.[2]

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title in 2016, but Makarova retired from tennis on 28 January 2020.[3] Vesnina will be attempting to defend her title, partnering Veronika Kudermetova.

Competition format

The competition is a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches are best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak is played in all sets reaching 6–6, including the last set of a match.

Schedule

The competition is held over eight days, Saturday 24 July to Saturday 31 July. Times given are the start of tennis sessions, though the women's doubles shares courts with other tennis events.[1]

July August
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1
11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 12:00 12:00
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

01.    Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) /  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)
02.    Shuko Aoyama (JPN) /  Ena Shibahara (JPN)
03.    Kiki Bertens (NED) /  Demi Schuurs (NED)
04.    Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) /  Jessica Pegula (USA)
05.    Chan Hao-ching (TPE) /  Latisha Chan (TPE)
06.    Ashleigh Barty (AUS) /  Storm Sanders (AUS)
07.    Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) /  Sharon Fichman (CAN)
08.    Nicole Melichar (USA) /  Alison Riske (USA)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final (Gold medal match)
          
 
 
 
 
 
  Bronze medal match
 
 

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1  B Krejčíková (CZE)
 K Siniaková (CZE)
 Y-c Hsieh (TPE)
 C-y Hsu (TPE) 		 
 G Olmos (MEX)
 R Zarazúa (MEX) 		 
 P Badosa (ESP)
 S Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 		 
 Y Xu (CHN)
 Z Yang (CHN) 		 
 A Krunić (SRB)
 N Stojanović (SRB) 		 
 N Hibino (JPN)
 M Ninomiya (JPN) 		 
6  A Barty (AUS)
 S Sanders (AUS) 		 
3  K Bertens (NED)
 D Schuurs (NED) 		 
 C Garcia (FRA)
 K Mladenovic (FRA) 		 
PR  V Kudermetova (ROC)
 E Vesnina (ROC) 		 
 A-L Friedsam (GER)
 L Siegemund (GER) 		 
 L Kichenok (UKR)
 N Kichenok (UKR) 		 
PR  S Mirza (IND)
 A Raina (IND) 		 
 D Jurak (CRO)
 D Vekić (CRO) 		 
8  N Melichar (USA)
 A Riske (USA)

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7  G Dabrowski (CAN)
 S Fichman (CAN)
 L Pigossi (BRA)
 L Stefani (BRA) 		 
 Ka Plíšková (CZE)
 M Vondroušová (CZE) 		 
 Y Duan (CHN)
 S Zheng (CHN) 		 
 A Cornet (FRA)
 F Ferro (FRA) 		 
 E Svitolina (UKR)
 D Yastremska (UKR) 		 
 M Linette (POL)
 A Rosolska (POL) 		 
4  B Mattek-Sands (USA)
 J Pegula (USA) 		 
5  H-c Chan (TPE)
 L Chan (TPE) 		 
 M Niculescu (ROU)
 R Olaru (ROU) 		 
 E Perez (AUS)
 S Stosur (AUS) 		 
 J Ostapenko (LAT)
 A Sevastova (LAT) 		 
PR  G Muguruza (ESP)
 C Suárez Navarro (ESP) 		 
 E Mertens (BEL)
 A Van Uytvanck (BEL) 		 
 B Bencic (SUI)
 V Golubic (SUI) 		 
2  S Aoyama (JPN)
 E Shibahara (JPN)

References

  1. ^ a b "Tennis Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – ITF Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITF. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ Chiesa, Victoria (28 January 2020). "Ekaterina Makarova announces retirement from tennis". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

External links

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