2020 ATP Finals – Doubles

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Doubles
2020 ATP Finals
Final
ChampionNetherlands Wesley Koolhof
Croatia Nikola Mektić
Runner-upAustria Jürgen Melzer
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Score6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
Events
Singles Doubles
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Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić defeated Jürgen Melzer and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [10–5] to win the doubles tennis title at the 2020 ATP Finals. It was their first ATP Tour title together.[1]

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the reigning champions, but did not qualify this year.[2]

Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares clinched the year-end world No. 1 doubles team ranking after Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury lost to Melzer and Roger-Vasselin in the semifinals.[3]

Seeds

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Alternates

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  1. United Kingdom Jamie Murray / United Kingdom Neal Skupski (Did not play)
  2. Australia Max Purcell / Australia Luke Saville (Did not play)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
7 Austria Jürgen Melzer
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
64 6 [11]
2 United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
77 3 [9]
7 Austria Jürgen Melzer
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
2 6 [5]
5 Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Croatia Nikola Mektić
6 3 [10]
5 Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Croatia Nikola Mektić
6 6
4 Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
3 4
Croatia Pavić
Brazil Soares
Spain Granollers
Argentina Zeballos
Australia Peers
New Zealand Venus
Austria Melzer
France Roger-Vasselin
RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
1 Croatia Mate Pavić
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [8–10] 6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–8] 6–7(6–8), 6–1, [10–4] 2–1 5–4 (55%) 39–32 (55%) 3
4 Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), [10–8] 7–6(7–2), 7–5 6–6(0–1) ret.[a] 2–1 4–3 (57%) 34–30 (53%) 2
6 Australia John Peers
New Zealand Michael Venus
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [8–10] 6–7(2–7), 5–7 6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–12] 0–3 2–6 (25%) 33–37 (47%) 4
7 Austria Jürgen Melzer
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7–6(8–6), 1–6, [4–10] 6–6(1–0) ret.[a] 2–6, 7–6(7–4), [12–10] 2–1 5–3 (63%) 24–31 (44%) 1
  1. ^ a b Melzer/Roger-Vasselin's retirement victory over Granollers/Zeballos counted as a 2–0 set win.
United States Ram
United Kingdom Salisbury
Germany Krawietz
Germany Mies
Netherlands Koolhof
Croatia Mektić
Poland Kubot
Brazil Melo
RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
2 United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [10–4] 6–7(5–7), 0–6 7–5, 3–6, [10–5] 2–1 4–4 (50%) 31–37 (46%) 2
3 Germany Kevin Krawietz
Germany Andreas Mies
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), [4–10] 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), [7–10] 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 1–2 4–4 (50%) 39–36 (52%) 3
5 Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Croatia Nikola Mektić
7–6(7–5), 6–0 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–7] 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [8–10] 2–1 5–3 (63%) 38–32 (54%) 1
8 Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
5–7, 6–3, [5–10] 2–6, 6–7(5–7) 6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–8] 1–2 3–5 (38%) 32–35 (48%) 4

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

References

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  1. ^ "Koolhof/Mektic End Team Debut Season With London Crown". ATP Tour. 22 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Nitto ATP Finals Doubles Draw Revealed". ATP Tour. 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Pavic & Soares Clinch Year-End No. 1 ATP Doubles Team Ranking". ATP Tour. 21 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Semi-final Qualifying Procedure". Nitto ATP Finals.
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