Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles
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Men's doubles | |
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Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |
Champions | Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor (CAN) |
Runners-up | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde (AUS) |
Score | 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
Men's doubles at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 20–27 September 2000 | |||||||||
Competitors | 29 teams (58 players) from 29 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The tournament was held in the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia from 20 to 27 September 2000. There were 29 pairs from 29 nations, with each nation limited to one pair (two players).[1]
Background
This was the 11th appearance of men's doubles tennis. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics where tennis has been on the program: from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 to the current program. A demonstration event was held in 1968.
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, host nation heroes, number one seeds, and favorites. 1996 bronze medalist David Prinosil of Germany returned, now partnered with Tommy Haas.[1]
Belarus made its debut in the event. Russia made its first separate appearance since 1912. Great Britain made its ninth appearance in the event, most of any nation.
Competition format
The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. All matches except the final were best-of-three sets; the final was best-of-five. Tiebreaks were used for any set before the third (fifth in the final) that reached 6–6.
Schedule
All times are
Date | Time | Round |
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Wednesday, 20 September 2000 Thursday, 21 September 2000 Friday, 22 September 2000 |
11:00 | Round of 32 |
Friday, 22 September 2000 Saturday, 23 September 2000 |
11:00 | Round of 16 |
Monday, 24 September 2000 Tuesday, 25 September 2000 Wednesday, 26 September 2000 |
11:45 | Quarterfinals |
Wednesday, 25 September 2000 | 11:00 | Semifinals |
Friday, 27 September 2000 | 11:00 | Bronze medal match Final |
Seeds
The top three seeds received byes into the second round.
- Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (AUS) (final, silver medalists)
- Alex O'Brien / Jared Palmer (USA) (second round)
- Jiří Novák / David Rikl (CZE) (second round)
- Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor (CAN) (champions, gold medalists)
- David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager (RSA) (semifinalists, fourth place)
- Nicklas Kulti / Mikael Tillström (SWE) (first round)
- Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) (first round)
- Massimo Bertolini / Cristian Brandi (ITA) (second round)
Competitors
Draw
Finals
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||
1 | Todd Woodbridge (AUS) Mark Woodforde (AUS) | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||
Àlex Corretja (ESP) Albert Costa (ESP) | 3 | 65 | |||||||||||||
1 | Todd Woodbridge (AUS) Mark Woodforde (AUS) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 62 | ||||||||||
4 | Sébastien Lareau (CAN) Daniel Nestor (CAN) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||
4 | Sébastien Lareau (CAN) Daniel Nestor (CAN) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
5 | David Adams (RSA) John-Laffnie de Jager (RSA) | 1 | 2 | Third place | |||||||||||
Àlex Corretja (ESP) Albert Costa (ESP) | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
5 | David Adams (RSA) John-Laffnie de Jager (RSA) | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Top half
1st round | 2nd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | T Woodbridge (AUS) M Woodforde (AUS) | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
M Bhupathi (IND) L Paes (IND) | 6 | 6 | M Bhupathi (IND) L Paes (IND) | 3 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Pavel (ROU) G Trifu (ROU) | 3 | 4 | 1 | T Woodbridge (AUS) M Woodforde (AUS) | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Iwabuchi (JPN) T Shimada (JPN) | 4 | 3 | D Hrbatý (SVK) K Kučera (SVK) | 65 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D Hrbatý (SVK) K Kučera (SVK) | 6 | 6 | D Hrbatý (SVK) K Kučera (SVK) | 6 | 65 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
G Köves (HUN) A Sávolt (HUN) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | M Bertolini (ITA) C Brandi (ITA) | 4 | 77 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | M Bertolini (ITA) C Brandi (ITA) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | T Woodbridge (AUS) M Woodforde (AUS) | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
À Corretja (ESP) À Costa (ESP) | 3 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | J Novák (CZE) D Rikl (CZE) | 78 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
JI Chela (ARG) M Zabaleta (ARG) | 3 | 4 | À Corretja (ESP) À Costa (ESP) | 66 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
À Corretja (ESP) À Costa (ESP) | 6 | 6 | À Corretja (ESP) À Costa (ESP) | 64 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Clément (FRA) N Escudé (FRA) | 6 | 6 | M Mirnyi (BLR) V Voltchkov (BLR) | 77 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | 2 | A Clément (FRA) N Escudé (FRA) | 4 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Mirnyi (BLR) V Voltchkov (BLR) | 6 | 4 | M Mirnyi (BLR) V Voltchkov (BLR) | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | N Kulti (SWE) M Tillström (SWE) | 3 | 4 | r |
Bottom half
References
- ^ a b "Doubles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 December 2020.