Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Mixed Doubles

Mixed Doubles
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Champions United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Jack Sock
Runners-up United States Venus Williams
United States Rajeev Ram
Final score 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–7]
Mixed doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Tennis Centre
Date 11–14 August
Competitors 16 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Jack Sock		  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Venus Williams
Rajeev Ram		  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lucie Hradecká
Radek Štepánek		  Czech Republic

The mixed doubles tennis tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 10–14 August 2016.

Entries for the 16-team mixed doubles event were determined on site from those players already participating in singles or doubles, with a maximum of two teams per country. Teams had to be nominated by their National Olympic Committee by the deadline of 9 August.[1]

Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but they were not able to defend their title as a result of Azarenka's withdrawal due to pregnancy.[2]

American pair Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock won the gold medal, defeating their compatriots Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram in the final, 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–7].

Schedule

August
10 11 12 13 14
— 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00
play cancelled due to rain Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match
Gold medal match

Seeds

  1.  Caroline Garcia (FRA) /  Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (First round)
  2.  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) /  Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) (First round)
  3.  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) /  Rafael Nadal (ESP) (Withdrew)
  4.  Sania Mirza (IND) /  Rohan Bopanna (IND) (Semifinals, fourth place)

Draw

Key

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (Gold medal match)
1  C Garcia (FRA)
 N Mahut (FRA) 		64 61
IP  T Pereira (BRA)
 M Melo (BRA) 		77 77 IP  T Pereira (BRA)
 M Melo (BRA) 		4 4
 B Mattek-Sands (USA)
 J Sock (USA) 		6 6  B Mattek-Sands (USA)
 J Sock (USA) 		6 6
 J Konta (GBR)
 J Murray (GBR) 		4 3  B Mattek-Sands (USA)
 J Sock (USA) 		6 77
3  G Muguruza (ESP)
 R Nadal (ESP) 		IP  L Hradecká (CZE)
 R Štěpánek (CZE) 		4 63
IP  L Hradecká (CZE)
 R Štěpánek (CZE) 		w/o IP  L Hradecká (CZE)
 R Štěpánek (CZE) 		6 7
 A Radwańska (POL)
 Ł Kubot (POL) 		6 61 [8]  I-C Begu (ROU)
 H Tecău (ROU) 		4 5
 I-C Begu (ROU)
 H Tecău (ROU) 		4 77 [10]  B Mattek-Sands (USA)
 J Sock (USA) 		63 6 [10]
Alt  H Watson (GBR)
 A Murray (GBR) 		6 6 IP  V Williams (USA)
 R Ram (USA) 		77 1 [7]
 C Suárez Navarro (ESP)
 D Ferrer (ESP) 		3 3 Alt  H Watson (GBR)
 A Murray (GBR) 		4 4
 S Stosur (AUS)
 J Peers (AUS) 		5 4 4  S Mirza (IND)
 R Bopanna (IND) 		6 6
4  S Mirza (IND)
 R Bopanna (IND) 		7 6 4  S Mirza (IND)
 R Bopanna (IND) 		6 2 [3] Bronze medal match
 K Bertens (NED)
 J-J Rojer (NED) 		77 63 [8] IP  V Williams (USA)
 R Ram (USA) 		2 6 [10]
IP  V Williams (USA)
 R Ram (USA) 		64 77 [10] IP  V Williams (USA)
 R Ram (USA) 		6 7 IP  L Hradecká (CZE)
 R Štěpánek (CZE) 		6 7
IP  R Vinci (ITA)
 F Fognini (ITA) 		6 3 [10] IP  R Vinci (ITA)
 F Fognini (ITA) 		3 5 4  S Mirza (IND)
 R Bopanna (IND) 		1 5
2  K Mladenovic (FRA)
 P-H Herbert (FRA) 		4 6 [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Murray and Williams prepare to defend Olympic titles in Rio". ITF. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Victoria Azarenka announces pregnancy". Women's Tennis Association. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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