2022 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2022 Western & Southern Open | |
| Champions | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury |
| Runners-up | Tim Pütz Michael Venus |
| Score | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) |
| Draw | 28 (3 WC ) |
| Seeds | 8 |
Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury defeated Tim Pütz and Michael Venus in the final, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Cincinnati Masters.
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions,[1] but lost in the quarterfinals to Pütz and Venus.
Salisbury and Neal Skupski were in contention for the ATP no. 1 doubles ranking at the beginning of the tournament. Salisbury retained the top ranking after Skupski lost in the second round.
Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
- Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (champions)
- Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos (quarterfinals)
- Wesley Koolhof / Neal Skupski (second round)
- Marcelo Arévalo / Jean-Julien Rojer (quarterfinals)
- Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić (second round)
- Tim Pütz / Michael Venus (final)
- Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek (first round)
- Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| PR | Santiago González Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 77 | 77 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Tim Pütz Michael Venus | 64 | 65 | ||||||||||
| WC | Holger Rune Stefanos Tsitsipas | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Tim Pütz Michael Venus | w/o | |||||||||||
Top half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | R Ram J Salisbury | 63 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios | 77 | 2 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Bolelli F Fognini | 0 | 4 | 1 | R Ram J Salisbury | 6 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Khachanov D Shapovalov | 78 | 612 | [10] | K Khachanov D Shapovalov | 1 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Bopanna M Middelkoop | 66 | 714 | [6] | K Khachanov D Shapovalov | 710 | 3 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Murray B Soares | 4 | 6 | [10] | J Murray B Soares | 68 | 6 | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | JS Cabal R Farah | 6 | 2 | [7] | 1 | R Ram J Salisbury | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PR | S González É Roger-Vasselin | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | W Koolhof N Skupski | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | R Bautista Agut M Melo | 4 | 64 | PR | S González É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PR | S González É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 77 | PR | S González É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 62 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| K Krawietz A Mies | 6 | 77 | K Krawietz A Mies | 3 | 77 | [6] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H Hurkacz J Isner | 4 | 60 | K Krawietz A Mies | 4 | 6 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A de Minaur C Norrie | 77 | 78 | A de Minaur C Norrie | 6 | 3 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | I Dodig A Krajicek | 62 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | N Mektić M Pavić | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PR | Ł Kubot S Wawrinka | 3 | 4 | 5 | N Mektić M Pavić | 77 | 3 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | H Rune S Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 | WC | H Rune S Tsitsipas | 65 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| R Matos D Vega Hernández | 2 | 3 | WC | H Rune S Tsitsipas | 7 | 4 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | W Blumberg S Johnson | 7 | 3 | [10] | 4 | M Arévalo J-J Rojer | 5 | 6 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| M Ebden M Purcell | 5 | 6 | [6] | WC | W Blumberg S Johnson | 3 | 611 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | M Arévalo J-J Rojer | 6 | 713 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | H Rune S Tsitsipas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | T Pütz M Venus | 6 | 6 | 6 | T Pütz M Venus | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
| F Cerúndolo D Schwartzman | 2 | 1 | 6 | T Pütz M Venus | 4 | 77 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Glasspool H Heliövaara | 4 | 6 | [10] | L Glasspool H Heliövaara | 6 | 62 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | T Paul F Tiafoe | 6 | 3 | [8] | 6 | T Pütz M Venus | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G Dimitrov A Rublev | 77 | 7 | 2 | M Granollers H Zeballos | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Evans J Peers | 65 | 5 | G Dimitrov A Rublev | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Granollers H Zeballos | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeded teams
The following are the seeded teams, based on ATP rankings as of August 8, 2022.
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 3 | 1 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | ARG | Horacio Zeballos | 9 | 2 |
| NED | Wesley Koolhof | GBR | Neal Skupski | 9 | 3 |
| ESA | Marcelo Arévalo | NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 16 | 4 |
| CRO | Nikola Mektić | CRO | Mate Pavić | 18 | 5 |
| GER | Tim Pütz | NZL | Michael Venus | 23 | 6 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | USA | Austin Krajicek | 30 | 7 |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 40 | 8 |
Other entry information
Wild cards
Protected ranking
Alternates
Withdrawals
- Carlos Alcaraz / Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by Roberto Bautista Agut / Marcelo Melo
References
- ^ "Granollers/Zeballos Clinch Cincinnati Doubles Title". ATP Tour. August 22, 2021.