Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini defeated the Individual Neutral Athletes' Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider in the final, 2–6, 6–1, [10–7] to win the gold medal in women's doubles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] It was Italy's first Olympic gold medal in tennis, and Errani completed the career Golden Slam (becoming the seventh woman to do so, after the Williams sisters, Pam Shriver, Gigi Fernández, Barbora Krejčíková, and Kateřina Siniaková) and became the oldest player to win an Olympic tennis gold.[2] In the bronze medal match, Spain's Cristina Bucșa and Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated Czechia's Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková, 6–2, 6–2. It was Spain's first Olympic medal in women's tennis since 2008.[3]

The women's doubles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 4 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France.[4] There were 64 players (32 teams) from 21 nations.[5]

Krejčíková and Siniaková were the defending champions from 2020, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andreeva and Shnaider.[6] Andreeva went on to become the second youngest player to win an Olympic tennis medal at the age of 17 years, 3 months and 6 days (after Jennifer Capriati, who won Olympic gold at the women's singles event in 1992 at the age of 16 years and 132 days).[2]

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to two teams. Qualification for the women's doubles is primarily through the WTA ranking list. There are 32 quota places available for women's doubles.[5]

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches are best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak was played in the first two sets reaching 6–6, while the third set was be a single tiebreak until one team scores ten points, while being two points clear.[7]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows.[8]

Legend
R64 Round of 64 R32 Round of 32 R16 Round of 16 QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals BM Bronze medal match F Final
Schedule
Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4
R32 R16 ¼ ½ BM F

Seeds

The seeds were released on 23 July 2024.[9]

1.    Coco Gauff (USA) /  Jessica Pegula (USA) (second round)
2.    Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) /  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) (quarterfinals)
3.    Sara Errani (ITA) /  Jasmine Paolini (ITA) (champions, gold medalists)
4.    Danielle Collins (USA) /  Desirae Krawczyk (USA) (second round)
5.    Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) /  Leylah Fernandez (CAN) (second round)
6.    Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) /  Luisa Stefani (BRA) (second round)
7.    Marta Kostyuk (UKR) /  Dayana Yastremska (UKR) (second round, withdrew)
8.    Cristina Bucșa (ESP) /  Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) (semifinals, bronze medalists)

Draw

The draw was held on 25 July 2024.[10][11]

Key

Flag icon key List of National Flags

Finals

Semifinals Gold medal match
          
   Karolína Muchová (CZE)
 Linda Nosková (CZE)
3 2
3  Sara Errani (ITA)
 Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
6 6
3  Sara Errani (ITA)
 Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
2 6 [10]
 Mirra Andreeva (AIN)
 Diana Shnaider (AIN)
6 1 [7]
8  Cristina Bucșa (ESP)
 Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
1 2
 Mirra Andreeva (AIN)
 Diana Shnaider (AIN)
6 6 Bronze medal match
   Karolína Muchová (CZE)
 Linda Nosková (CZE)
2 2
8  Cristina Bucșa (ESP)
 Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
6 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1  C Gauff (USA)
 J Pegula (USA)
6 6
   E Perez (AUS)
 D Saville (AUS)
3 1 1  C Gauff (USA)
 J Pegula (USA)
6 4 [5]
PR  E Alexandrova (AIN)
 E Vesnina (AIN)
6 65 [6]  K Muchová (CZE)
 L Nosková (CZE)
2 6 [10]
 K Muchová (CZE)
 L Nosková (CZE)
2 77 [10]    K Muchová (CZE)
 L Nosková (CZE)
1 6 [14]
PR  I-C Begu (ROU)
 M Niculescu (ROU)
62 5  S-w Hsieh (TPE)
 C-y Tsao (TPE)
6 4 [12]
 S-w Hsieh (TPE)
 C-y Tsao (TPE)
77 7    S-w Hsieh (TPE)
 C-y Tsao (TPE)
w/o
PR  M Linette (POL)
 A Rosolska (POL)
4 1 7  M Kostyuk (UKR)
 D Yastremska (UKR)
7  M Kostyuk (UKR)
 D Yastremska (UKR)
6 6    K Muchová (CZE)
 L Nosková (CZE)
3 2
3  S Errani (ITA)
 J Paolini (ITA)
6 6 3  S Errani (ITA)
 J Paolini (ITA)
6 6
   E Routliffe (NZL)
 L Sun (NZL)
2 3 3  S Errani (ITA)
 J Paolini (ITA)
5 6 [10]
   A Rus (NED)
 D Schuurs (NED)
77 3 [4]  C Garcia (FRA)
 D Parry (FRA)
7 3 [8]
 C Garcia (FRA)
 D Parry (FRA)
62 6 [10] 3  S Errani (ITA)
 J Paolini (ITA)
6 6
   K Boulter (GBR)
 H Watson (GBR)
6 6  K Boulter (GBR)
 H Watson (GBR)
3 1
PR  A Kerber (GER)
 L Siegemund (GER)
2 3    K Boulter (GBR)
 H Watson (GBR)
6 6
PR  Y Yuan (CHN)
 S Zhang (CHN)
4 4 6  B Haddad Maia (BRA)
 L Stefani (BRA)
3 4
6  B Haddad Maia (BRA)
 L Stefani (BRA)
6 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8  C Bucșa (ESP)
 S Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
6 6
   L Bronzetti (ITA)
 E Cocciaretto (ITA)
1 2 8  C Bucșa (ESP)
 S Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
6 6
   ML Carlé (ARG)
 N Podoroska (ARG)
6 6  ML Carlé (ARG)
 N Podoroska (ARG)
3 4
 T Korpatsch (GER)
 T Maria (GER)
3 0 8  C Bucșa (ESP)
 S Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
6 2 [12]
   L Kichenok (UKR)
 N Kichenok (UKR)
6 6  L Kichenok (UKR)
 N Kichenok (UKR)
3 6 [10]
PR  Xin Wang (CHN)
 S Zheng (CHN)
1 4    L Kichenok (UKR)
 N Kichenok (UKR)
3 6 [10]
   D Papamichail (GRE)
 M Sakkari (GRE)
1 3 4  D Collins (USA)
 D Krawczyk (USA)
6 4 [7]
4  D Collins (USA)
 D Krawczyk (USA)
6 6 8  C Bucșa (ESP)
 S Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
1 2
5  G Dabrowski (CAN)
 L Fernandez (CAN)
6 7  M Andreeva (AIN)
 D Shnaider (AIN)
6 6
 C Burel (FRA)
 V Gracheva (FRA)
1 5 5  G Dabrowski (CAN)
 L Fernandez (CAN)
4 0
   M Andreeva (AIN)
 D Shnaider (AIN)
6 2 [10]  M Andreeva (AIN)
 D Shnaider (AIN)
6 6
PR  O Gadecki (AUS)
 A Tomljanović (AUS)
3 6 [6]    M Andreeva (AIN)
 D Shnaider (AIN)
6 7
   S Aoyama (JPN)
 E Shibahara (JPN)
6 6 2  B Krejčíková (CZE)
 K Siniaková (CZE)
1 5
 A Bogdan (ROU)
 J Cristian (ROU)
2 3    S Aoyama (JPN)
 E Shibahara (JPN)
5 4
PR  H-c Chan (TPE)
 L Chan (TPE)
4 0 2  B Krejčíková (CZE)
 K Siniaková (CZE)
7 6
2  B Krejčíková (CZE)
 K Siniaková (CZE)
6 6

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