Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles
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The United States' Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated France's Michaël Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) to win the gold medal in Men's Doubles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. This completed a career Golden Slam for the Bryan brothers, making them the second men's doubles team to do so (after The Woodies of Australia; Canada's Daniel Nestor also won a career Golden Slam, but with multiple partners). Their victory marked the first instance that both Olympic tennis doubles titles were claimed by siblings; fellow Americans Serena and Venus Williams won the women's doubles title. It was the record fourth gold medal for the United States in men's doubles. In the bronze-medal match, France's Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet defeated Spain's David Ferrer and Feliciano López, 7–6(7–4), 6–2. With France's silver and bronze, this was the first time since 1924 that one nation won multiple medals in the men's doubles.
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Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
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Score | 6–4, 7–6(7–2) | |||||||
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Men's doubles tennis at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | All England Club, Wimbledon | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28 July – 4 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 64 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
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The tournament was held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London from 28 July to 4 August, making it the first Olympic grass court tournament since tennis was re-introduced to the Games.[1][2] The event was run and organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. Matches were the best-of-three sets, and tie-breaks were in use for all sets except the third set.[3] There were 32 teams from 25 countries.[4]
Switzerland's Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka were the reigning gold medalists from 2008, but they lost in the second round to Israel's Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.