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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.
The 2012 Olympic tournament was the fourteenth edition of tennis at the Olympics (excluding the two Olympics, 1968 and 1984, when tennis was a demonstration event), and the seventh since 1988, when tennis was officially brought back into the Olympic Games. Mixed doubles was an official Olympic event for the first time since 1924, when Hazel ...
Reginald Doherty, four-time Olympic medalist Venus Williams, five-time Olympic medalist. Tennis was first contested as a Summer Olympic sport in the 1896 Olympic Games until 1924 (excluding 1916 due to World War I), before going on hiatus due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.
In tennis, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters Series tournaments and the Year-end Championship are considered the top-tier events of the men's professional tour annual calendar, in addition to the Olympics. They are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. [1] The ATP defined the mandatory events (Slams, Masters and YEC) as follows
The champions and runners-up of the Wimbledon Championships Gentlemen's Doubles tournament, first introduced to the championship in 1884. From 1915 to 1918, and from 1940 to 1945, no competition was held due to the two World Wars.
Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten defeated Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson in the final, 6–7 (7–9), 7–6 (10–8), 7–6 (11–9) to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. [1] [2] [3] They saved three championship points en route to both players' first major title in men's doubles. Heliövaara became ...
Australia's Matthew Ebden and John Peers defeated the United States' Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the final, 6–7 (6–8), 7–6 (7–1), [10–8] to win the gold medal in men's doubles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [1] It was Australia's first Olympic gold medal in tennis since 1996. [2]
Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. [1] With the victory, the Bryan brothers completed the "Bryan Slam", a non-calendar year Golden Slam , becoming the first doubles team in tennis history to hold all four ...