2022 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
2022 Australian Open
Final
Champions	Thanasi Kokkinakis ; Nick Kyrgios
Runners-up	Matthew Ebden ; Max Purcell
Score	7–5, 6–4
Events

Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios defeated Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the men's doubles tennis title in an all-Australian final at the 2022 Australian Open. They became the first all-Australian pair to win the title since Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in 1997, and the first wildcard champions in the Open Era.^[1] It marked the first all-Australian final since 1980.^[1]

Throughout their run, Kokkinakis and Kyrgios (dubbed "the Special K's") generated more fan fervor than usual for a doubles team.^[2]^[3]^[4] The New York Times wrote that their "mix of skill and showmanship ... has turned their matches into raucous celebrations".^[5]

Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek were the defending champions,^[6] but did not participate together.^[7] Dodig partnered Marcelo Melo and lost to Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in the second round, while Polášek partnered John Peers and lost to Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the quarterfinals.

Seeds

01.

Nikola Mektić /

Mate Pavić (second round)

02.

Rajeev Ram /

Joe Salisbury (semifinals)

03.

Marcel Granollers /

Horacio Zeballos (semifinals)

04.

Juan Sebastián Cabal /

Robert Farah (second round)

05.

John Peers /

Filip Polášek (quarterfinals)

06.

Tim Pütz /

Michael Venus (quarterfinals)

07.

Nicolas Mahut /

Fabrice Martin (first round)

08.

Jamie Murray /

Bruno Soares (third round)

09.

Ivan Dodig /

Marcelo Melo (second round)

10.

Wesley Koolhof /

Neal Skupski (quarterfinals)

11.

Sander Gillé /

Joran Vliegen (first round)

12.

Kevin Krawietz /

Andreas Mies (third round)

13.

Raven Klaasen /

Ben McLachlan (third round)

14.

Marcelo Arévalo /

Jean-Julien Rojer (first round)

15.

Ariel Behar /

Gonzalo Escobar (third round)

16.

Andrey Golubev /

Franko Škugor (first round, retired)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

WC	Thanasi Kokkinakis Nick Kyrgios	7	3	6

6	Tim Pütz Michael Venus	5	6	3
					WC	Thanasi Kokkinakis Nick Kyrgios	7⁷	6

					3	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	6⁴	4
3	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	7⁷	6

5	John Peers Filip Polášek	6⁵	4
									WC	Thanasi Kokkinakis Nick Kyrgios	7	6

										Matthew Ebden Max Purcell	5	4
10	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	6	4	6⁶

	Matthew Ebden Max Purcell	3	6	7¹⁰
						Matthew Ebden Max Purcell	6	7¹¹

					2	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	3	6⁹
	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	3	2

2	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

1	N Mektić M Pavić	4	7¹⁰	6
	F Bagnis F Delbonis	6	6⁸	4	1	N Mektić M Pavić	6⁸	3
WC	A Bolt J McCabe	4	2		WC	T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios	7¹⁰	6
WC	T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios	6	6							WC	T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios	6	4	6
	D Koepfer J-L Struff	6	6							15	A Behar G Escobar	4	6	4
	F Krajinović M Sabanov	3	3			D Koepfer J-L Struff	6⁵	6	2
	T Brkić N Ćaćić	4	5		15	A Behar G Escobar	7⁷	4	6
15	A Behar G Escobar	6	7												WC	T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios	7	3	6
11	S Gillé J Vliegen	6³	3												6	T Pütz M Venus	5	6	3
Alt	N Lammons J Withrow	7⁷	6		Alt	N Lammons J Withrow	7⁷	4	2
WC	J Kubler C O'Connell	7⁸	3		WC	J Kubler C O'Connell	6¹	6	6
	A Davidovich Fokina J Munar	6⁶	2^r							WC	J Kubler C O'Connell
	L Đere S Travaglia	2	3							6	T Pütz M Venus	w/o
	R Carballés Baena H Gaston	6	6			R Carballés Baena H Gaston	1	4
	N Monroe F Tiafoe	1	6³		6	T Pütz M Venus	6	6
6	T Pütz M Venus	6	7⁷

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

3	M Granollers H Zeballos	6	6
Alt	Y Nishioka J Veselý	3	2		3	M Granollers H Zeballos	6	6
	M McDonald J Millman	2	2			J O'Mara A Vasilevski	3	3
	J O'Mara A Vasilevski	6	6							3	M Granollers H Zeballos	7	7
	P Andújar P Martínez	6	6								P Andújar P Martínez	5	5
	D Lajović I Sabanov	4	4			P Andújar P Martínez	6	7⁸
	R Haase B van de Zandschulp	6⁵	7¹⁰	7¹⁰		R Haase B van de Zandschulp	3	6⁶
14	M Arévalo J-J Rojer	7⁷	6⁸	6⁸										3	M Granollers H Zeballos	7⁷	6
12	K Krawietz A Mies	7⁹	6											5	J Peers F Polášek	6⁵	4
	S González A Molteni	6⁷	3		12	K Krawietz A Mies	6	6⁷	6
WC	A Harris A Vukic	6²	6⁴			A Krajicek S Querrey	4	7⁹	4
	A Krajicek S Querrey	7⁷	7⁷							12	K Krawietz A Mies	1	2
	M Reid J Thompson	6	3	2						5	J Peers F Polášek	6	6
WC	R Hijikata T Schoolkate	4	6	6	WC	R Hijikata T Schoolkate	1	6	1
	L Saville J-P Smith	3	5		5	J Peers F Polášek	6	3	6
5	J Peers F Polášek	6	7

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

7	N Mahut F Martin	6¹	7	2
	A Nedovyesov A-u-H Qureshi	7⁷	5	6		A Nedovyesov A-u-H Qureshi	6	3	6⁷
	M Giron S-w Kwon	6	6			M Giron S-w Kwon	1	6	7¹⁰
	A Bublik J Zieliński	3	4								M Giron S-w Kwon	3	4
Alt	D Altmaier T Monteiro	4	6	7¹⁰						10	W Koolhof N Skupski	6	6
	G Mager L Musetti	6	4	6⁴	Alt	D Altmaier T Monteiro	1	4
	R Arneodo B Paire	1	4		10	W Koolhof N Skupski	6	6
10	W Koolhof N Skupski	6	6											10	W Koolhof N Skupski	6	4	6⁶
13	R Klaasen B McLachlan	7⁷	3	6											M Ebden M Purcell	3	6	7¹⁰
	M Middelkoop P Oswald	6¹	6	3	13	R Klaasen B McLachlan	7	6
	D Inglot K Skupski	4	6	6		D Inglot K Skupski	5	3
	T Griekspoor A Vavassori	6	3	4						13	R Klaasen B McLachlan	6³	3
	J Erlich A Göransson	6⁵	3								M Ebden M Purcell	7⁷	6
	M Ebden M Purcell	7⁷	6			M Ebden M Purcell	3	6	7
	L Harris A Popyrin	4	6⁵		4	JS Cabal R Farah	6	3	5
4	JS Cabal R Farah	6	7⁷

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

8	J Murray B Soares	6	6
	J Duckworth M Polmans	3	2		8	J Murray B Soares	6⁴	7⁷	6
	L Glasspool H Heliövaara	6	6			L Glasspool H Heliövaara	7⁷	6²	1
	F Coria A Ramos Viñolas	3	3							8	J Murray B Soares	6	6⁷	3
	R Matos F Meligeni Alves	4	4								S Bolelli F Fognini	3	7⁹	6
	S Bolelli F Fognini	6	6			S Bolelli F Fognini	7⁷	6
	A Mannarino H Nys	6	3	5	9	I Dodig M Melo	6²	3
9	I Dodig M Melo	4	6	7												S Bolelli F Fognini	3	2
16	A Golubev F Škugor	2^r													2	R Ram J Salisbury	6	6
WC	D Sweeny L Tu	5			WC	D Sweeny L Tu	7⁸	6
	R Bopanna É Roger-Vasselin	6	6²	2	WC	T Huey C Rungkat	6⁶	4
WC	T Huey C Rungkat	3	7⁷	6						WC	D Sweeny L Tu	4	4
	M Daniell F Nielsen	6	0							2	R Ram J Salisbury	6	6
	A Karatsev A Sitak	2	0^r			M Daniell F Nielsen	1	2
	N Basilashvili M Kecmanović	3	3		2	R Ram J Salisbury	6	6
2	R Ram J Salisbury	6	6

Other entry information

Wild cards

Alternates

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Carlos Alcaraz / Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by Daniel Altmaier / Thiago Monteiro
Roberto Bautista Agut / Pedro Martínez → replaced by Pablo Andújar / Pedro Martínez
Simone Bolelli / Máximo González → replaced by Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini
Benjamin Bonzi / Arthur Rinderknech → replaced by Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow
Marcus Daniell / Marcelo Demoliner → replaced by Marcus Daniell / Frederik Nielsen
Márton Fucsovics / Tommy Paul → replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka / Jiří Veselý
Ilya Ivashka / Andrei Vasilevski → replaced by Jonny O'Mara / Andrei Vasilevski
Steve Johnson / Austin Krajicek → replaced by Austin Krajicek / Sam Querrey
Oliver Marach / Jonny O'Mara → replaced by Matt Reid / Jordan Thompson
Denys Molchanov / Andrey Rublev → replaced by James Duckworth / Marc Polmans

During the tournament

Jason Kubler / Christopher O'Connell (O'Connell hip injury)

Retirements

References

^ ^a ^b "Thanasi Kokkinakis & Nick Kyrgios Complete Dream Run, Win Australian Open". ATP Tour. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ Young, Chris (21 January 2022). "'Electric': Kyrgios and Kokkinakis pull off insane Aus Open upset". Yahoo! Sport Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ Morgan, Riley (25 January 2022). "'Disgraceful': Nick Kyrgios crowd support sparks ugly Aus Open debate". Yahoo! Sport Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ Kemp, Emma (27 January 2022). "High-octane Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis storm into Australian Open final". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ Futterman, Matt; Holmberg, Alana (28 January 2022). "All Eyes on Kyrgios". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ Ubha, Ravi (21 February 2021). "Dodig/Polasek dominate to claim men's doubles title". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
^ Eichenholz, Andrew (12 August 2021). "'Sometimes In Sports It's Shock Therapy': Dodig/Polasek Split". Association of Tennis Professionals. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

External links

[:0-1] "Thanasi Kokkinakis & Nick Kyrgios Complete Dream Run, Win Australian Open". ATP Tour. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[2] Young, Chris (21 January 2022). "'Electric': Kyrgios and Kokkinakis pull off insane Aus Open upset". Yahoo! Sport Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[3] Morgan, Riley (25 January 2022). "'Disgraceful': Nick Kyrgios crowd support sparks ugly Aus Open debate". Yahoo! Sport Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[4] Kemp, Emma (27 January 2022). "High-octane Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis storm into Australian Open final". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[5] Futterman, Matt; Holmberg, Alana (28 January 2022). "All Eyes on Kyrgios". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[victory-6] Ubha, Ravi (21 February 2021). "Dodig/Polasek dominate to claim men's doubles title". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

[7] Eichenholz, Andrew (12 August 2021). "'Sometimes In Sports It's Shock Therapy': Dodig/Polasek Split". Association of Tennis Professionals. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

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