2021 ATP Finals – Doubles

2021 tennis tournament
Doubles
2021 ATP Finals
Final
ChampionsFrance Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
Runners-upUnited States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
Score6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Details
Draw8 (round robin)
Events
Singles Doubles
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Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–0) to win the doubles tennis title at the 2021 ATP Finals. It was their second ATP Finals title.

Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić were the reigning champions, but only Mektić qualified this season after playing with Mate Pavić.[1] Mektić and Pavić lost in the semifinals to Ram and Salisbury.

Pavić secured the individual year-end No. 1 ranking after winning two round-robin matches. Salisbury was also in contention for the top ranking.

For the first time since 2007, the top four seeded teams reached the semifinals.[2]

Seeds

  1. Croatia Nikola Mektić / Croatia Mate Pavić (semifinals)
  2. United States Rajeev Ram / United Kingdom Joe Salisbury (final)
  3. France Pierre-Hugues Herbert / France Nicolas Mahut (champions)
  4. Spain Marcel Granollers / Argentina Horacio Zeballos (semifinals)
  5. Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal / Colombia Robert Farah (round robin)
  6. Croatia Ivan Dodig / Slovakia Filip Polášek (round robin)
  7. United Kingdom Jamie Murray / Brazil Bruno Soares (round robin)
  8. Germany Kevin Krawietz / Romania Horia Tecău (round robin)

Alternates

  1. Italy Simone Bolelli / Argentina Máximo González (Did not play)
  2. Germany Tim Pütz / New Zealand Michael Venus (Did not play)

Draw

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
4 Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
3 4
3 France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
6 6
3 France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
6 77
2 United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
4 60
2 United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
4 77 [10]
1 Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
6 63 [4]

Green group

Croatia Mektić
Croatia Pavić
Spain Granollers
Argentina Zeballos
Croatia Dodig
Slovakia Polášek
Germany Krawietz
Romania Tecău
RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
1 Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
4–6, 6–7(4–7) 6–4, 7–6(8–6) 6–4, 6–4 2–1 4–2 (67%) 35–31 (53%) 2
4 Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 7–6(7–4) 4–6, 7–6(12–10), [10–6] 3–6, 7–6(7–1), [6–10] 2–1 5–3 (63%) 35–35 (50%) 1
6 Croatia Ivan Dodig
Slovakia Filip Polášek
4–6, 6–7(6–8) 6–4, 6–7(10–12), [6–10] 7–6(7–2), 7–5 1–2 3–4 (43%) 36–36 (50%) 3
8 Germany Kevin Krawietz
Romania Horia Tecău
4–6, 4–6 6–3, 6–7(1–7), [10–6] 6–7(2–7), 5–7 1–2 2–5 (29%) 32–36 (47%) 4

Red group

United States Ram
United Kingdom Salisbury
France Herbert
France Mahut
Colombia Cabal
Colombia Farah
United Kingdom Murray
Brazil Soares
RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
2 United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
6–7(7–9), 6–0, [13–11] 7–5, 2–6, [11–9] 6–1, 7–6(7–5) 3–0 6–2 (75%) 36–25 (59%) 1
3 France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
7–6(9–7), 0–6, [11–13] 7–6(7–1), 6–4 6–3, 7–6(7–5) 2–1 5–2 (71%) 33–32 (51%) 2
5 Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
5–7, 6–2, [9–11] 6–7(1–7), 4–6 6–2, 6–4 1–2 3–4 (43%) 33–29 (53%) 3
7 United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares
1–6, 6–7(5–7) 3–6, 6–7(5–7) 2–6, 4–6 0–3 0–6 (0%) 22–38 (37%) 4

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-teams-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-teams-ties, percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won; 5. ATP rankings.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Koolhof/Mektic End Team Debut Season With London Crown | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. ^ "Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury Face Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut In Turin Final | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  3. ^ "Semi-final Qualifying Procedure". Nitto ATP Finals.

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