2022 US Open – Men's doubles
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Defending champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury defeated Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski in the final, 7–6(7–4), 7–5 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2022 US Open.[1] They became the second team in the Open Era to defend the US Open title, after Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in 1996.[2] It was both men's fifth major title.
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Champions | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Runners-up | Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Score | 7–6(7–4), 7–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Salisbury retained his ATP number 1 doubles ranking by winning the championship.[3] Michael Venus, Horacio Zeballos, Mate Pavić, Jean-Julien Rojer, and Skupski were also in contention for the top ranking.
This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former doubles world No. 2 and six-time doubles major champion Bruno Soares; partnering with Jamie Murray, he lost in the second round to Hugo Nys and Jan Zieliński.[4]
This is the first edition of US Open to feature a 10-point tie-break, when the score reaches six games all in the deciding set.[5] Marcelo Demoliner and João Sousa defeated Marcel Granollers and Zeballos in the first round in the first main-draw 10-point tie-break at US Open.