2021 US Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
2021 US Open
Final
ChampionsUnited States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares
Score3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women mixed
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2021 tennis event results

Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury defeated the defending champion Bruno Soares and his partner Jamie Murray in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2021 US Open. It was the second major title for Ram and Salisbury as a team, following the 2020 Australian Open.[1] Ram and Salisbury saved four match points en route to the title, in the quarterfinals against Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell.[2]

Soares and Mate Pavić were the defending champions,[3] but did not play together. Pavić partnered Nikola Mektić, but lost in the first round to Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow.[4]

Salisbury also won the mixed doubles title partnering Desirae Krawczyk, becoming the first man to win both the men's doubles and mixed doubles titles at the US Open in the same year since Bob Bryan in 2010.[5]

Seeds

01.   Croatia Nikola Mektić / Croatia Mate Pavić (first round)
02.   Spain Marcel Granollers / Argentina Horacio Zeballos (quarterfinals)
03.   France Pierre-Hugues Herbert / France Nicolas Mahut (quarterfinals)
04.   United States Rajeev Ram / United Kingdom Joe Salisbury (champions)
05.   Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal / Colombia Robert Farah (first round)
06.   Germany Kevin Krawietz / Romania Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)
07.   United Kingdom Jamie Murray / Brazil Bruno Soares (final)
08.   Australia John Peers / Slovakia Filip Polášek (semifinals)
09.   Poland Łukasz Kubot / Brazil Marcelo Melo (first round)
10.   Netherlands Wesley Koolhof / Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer (third round)
11.   South Africa Raven Klaasen / Japan Ben McLachlan (second round)
12.   Germany Tim Pütz / New Zealand Michael Venus (first round, retired)
13.   India Rohan Bopanna / Croatia Ivan Dodig (third round)
14.   Italy Simone Bolelli / Argentina Máximo González (second round)
15.   Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev / Germany Andreas Mies (third round)
16.   Belgium Sander Gillé / Belgium Joran Vliegen (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
WC United States Steve Johnson
United States Sam Querrey
6 77
6 Germany Kevin Krawietz
Romania Horia Tecău
2 65
WC United States Steve Johnson
United States Sam Querrey
65 4
4 United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
77 6
4 United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
79 66 712
Australia Matthew Ebden
Australia Max Purcell
67 78 610
4 United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
3 6 6
7 United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares
6 2 2
8 Australia John Peers
Slovakia Filip Polášek
6 6
3 France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
2 3
8 Australia John Peers
Slovakia Filip Polášek
3 6 4
7 United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares
6 3 6
7 United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares
65 6 6
2 Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
77 4 4

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Croatia N Mektić
Croatia M Pavić
2 5
WC United States N Lammons
United States J Withrow
6 7 WC United States N Lammons
United States J Withrow
4 2
  Australia L Saville
Australia J-P Smith
4 4 Lithuania R Berankis
France B Paire
6 6
  Lithuania R Berankis
France B Paire
6 6 Lithuania R Berankis
France B Paire
3 4
WC United States S Johnson
United States S Querrey
64 6 77 WC United States S Johnson
United States S Querrey
6 6
  El Salvador M Arévalo
Netherlands M Middelkoop
77 4 63 WC United States S Johnson
United States S Querrey
77 6
  United Kingdom C Norrie
Germany J-L Struff
65 3 14 Italy S Bolelli
Argentina M González
65 4
14 Italy S Bolelli
Argentina M González
77 6 WC United States S Johnson
United States S Querrey
6 77
11 South Africa R Klaasen
Japan B McLachlan
6 67 77 6 Germany K Krawietz
Romania H Tecău
2 65
WC United States M Krueger
United States M Mmoh
4 79 65 11 South Africa R Klaasen
Japan B McLachlan
1 6 67
  Mexico S González
Argentina A Molteni
5 6 6 Mexico S González
Argentina A Molteni
6 3 79
  Netherlands R Haase
United States M McDonald
7 3 2 Mexico S González
Argentina A Molteni
2 65
Alt Denmark F Nielsen
Canada V Pospisil
6 77 6 Germany K Krawietz
Romania H Tecău
6 77
  United States M Giron
Sweden A Göransson
3 63 Alt Denmark F Nielsen
Canada V Pospisil
612 64
  Hungary M Fucsovics
Italy S Travaglia
3 2 6 Germany K Krawietz
Romania H Tecău
714 77
6 Germany K Krawietz
Romania H Tecău
6 6

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 United States R Ram
United Kingdom J Salisbury
6 6
Alt South Korea S-w Kwon
India D Sharan
3 4 4 United States R Ram
United Kingdom J Salisbury
6 6
  Australia J Millman
Brazil T Monteiro
6 6 Australia J Millman
Brazil T Monteiro
3 4
  Australia A de Minaur
Australia M Reid
3 2 4 United States R Ram
United Kingdom J Salisbury
64 6 77
  Serbia M Kecmanović
Norway C Ruud
2 0r 13 India R Bopanna
Croatia I Dodig
77 4 63
  Monaco H Nys
France A Rinderknech
6 2 Monaco H Nys
France A Rinderknech
3 6 4
  Australia J Duckworth
Australia J Thompson
6 3 61 13 India R Bopanna
Croatia I Dodig
6 4 6
13 India R Bopanna
Croatia I Dodig
3 6 77 4 United States R Ram
United Kingdom J Salisbury
79 66 712
9 Poland Ł Kubot
Brazil M Melo
62 4 Australia M Ebden
Australia M Purcell
67 78 610
WC United States E King
United States H Reese
77 6 WC United States E King
United States H Reese
77 6
  Finland H Heliövaara
Finland H Kontinen
5 6 610 United Kingdom D Inglot
United States A Krajicek
65 4
  United Kingdom D Inglot
United States A Krajicek
7 4 712 WC United States E King
United States H Reese
4 4
  Serbia D Lajović
United States B Nakashima
64 62 Australia M Ebden
Australia M Purcell
6 6
  Australia M Ebden
Australia M Purcell
77 77 Australia M Ebden
Australia M Purcell
6 77
  Poland H Hurkacz
Poland S Walków
6 62 6 Poland H Hurkacz
Poland S Walków
4 64
5 Colombia JS Cabal
Colombia R Farah
3 77 3

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8 Australia J Peers
Slovakia F Polášek
6 6
  United Kingdom L Bambridge
United Kingdom K Skupski
3 3 8 Australia J Peers
Slovakia F Polášek
77 6
  Austria O Marach
Austria P Oswald
2 77 2 Israel J Erlich
South Africa L Harris
65 4
  Israel J Erlich
South Africa L Harris
6 63 6 8 Australia J Peers
Slovakia F Polášek
4 6 6
WC United States R Galloway
United States A Lawson
6 6 10 Netherlands W Koolhof
Netherlands J-J Rojer
6 3 4
  Argentina F Coria
Italy G Mager
1 3 WC United States R Galloway
United States A Lawson
3 63
  Russia A Karatsev
Kazakhstan A Nedovyesov
613 1 10 Netherlands W Koolhof
Netherlands J-J Rojer
6 77
10 Netherlands W Koolhof
Netherlands J-J Rojer
715 6 8 Australia J Peers
Slovakia F Polášek
6 6
15 Kazakhstan A Golubev
Germany A Mies
6 6 3 France P-H Herbert
France N Mahut
2 3
  Spain P Martínez
Spain A Ramos Viñolas
4 4 15 Kazakhstan A Golubev
Germany A Mies
7 6
  Uruguay P Cuevas
France A Mannarino
78 2 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina T Brkić
Serbia N Ćaćić
5 2
  Bosnia and Herzegovina T Brkić
Serbia N Ćaćić
66 6 6 15 Kazakhstan A Golubev
Germany A Mies
6 5 3
  New Zealand M Daniell
Brazil M Demoliner
64 6 2 3 France P-H Herbert
France N Mahut
4 7 6
  United Kingdom D Evans
United Kingdom L Glasspool
77 4 1r New Zealand M Daniell
Brazil M Demoliner
3 77 61
WC United States E Spizzirri
United States T Zink
4 4 3 France P-H Herbert
France N Mahut
6 63 77
3 France P-H Herbert
France N Mahut
6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 United Kingdom J Murray
Brazil B Soares
6 6
  United States T Paul
Australia A Popyrin
4 2 7 United Kingdom J Murray
Brazil B Soares
77 6
WC United States C Eubanks
United States B Fratangelo
4 6 6 WC United States C Eubanks
United States B Fratangelo
64 4
  United States N Monroe
United States F Tiafoe
6 3 2 7 United Kingdom J Murray
Brazil B Soares
78 64 6
  Serbia L Đere
Serbia F Krajinović
2 3 Germany D Koepfer
Finland E Ruusuvuori
66 77 1
  United Kingdom N Skupski
United States J Sock
6 6 United Kingdom N Skupski
United States J Sock
  Germany D Koepfer
Finland E Ruusuvuori
3 6 Germany D Koepfer
Finland E Ruusuvuori
w/o
12 Germany T Pütz
New Zealand M Venus
6 5r 7 United Kingdom J Murray
Brazil B Soares
65 6 6
16 Belgium S Gillé
Belgium J Vliegen
6 6 2 Spain M Granollers
Argentina H Zeballos
77 4 4
  Belarus I Ivashka
Spain J Munar
3 3 16 Belgium S Gillé
Belgium J Vliegen
6 3 63
  United Kingdom J O'Mara
Pakistan A-u-H Qureshi
6 3 6 United Kingdom J O'Mara
Pakistan A-u-H Qureshi
3 6 77
  Uruguay A Behar
Ecuador G Escobar
3 6 3 United Kingdom J O'Mara
Pakistan A-u-H Qureshi
5 5
  France J Chardy
France F Martin
6 65 6 2 Spain M Granollers
Argentina H Zeballos
7 7
  Austria J Melzer
Australia M Polmans
3 77 3 France J Chardy
France F Martin
77 5 64
  Argentina F Bagnis
Argentina F Delbonis
3 3 2 Spain M Granollers
Argentina H Zeballos
64 7 77
2 Spain M Granollers
Argentina H Zeballos
6 6

Other entry information

Wild card entries

Alternates

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rajeev Ram & Joe Salisbury Capture First US Open Title". Association of Tennis Professionals. September 10, 2021. Archived from the original on September 11, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury Save 4 MPs, Reach US Open SF". Association of Tennis Professionals. September 7, 2021. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  3. ^ Sode, Scott (September 10, 2020). "Mate Pavic, Bruno Soares win men's doubles title at 2020 US Open". US Open. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Top Seeds Mektic/Pavic Upset In US Open First Round". Association of Tennis Professionals. September 2, 2021. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "Desirae Krawczyk and Joe Salisbury Capture US Open Mixed Doubles Title". Association of Tennis Professionals. September 11, 2021. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.

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