2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
2018 Mutua Madrid Open
Final
Champions	Nikola Mektić ; Alexander Peya
Runners-up	Bob Bryan ; Mike Bryan
Score	5–3, ret.
Events

Nikola Mektić and Alexander Peya defeated Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 5–3, after Bob Bryan retired due to a hip injury. The Bryan brothers would have regained the ATP no. 1 doubles ranking from Kubot and Melo if they had won the title.^[1] This was their first retirement as a team in 1,407 matches.^[2]

Quick Facts Men's doubles, Final ...

Close

Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but lost to Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in the quarterfinals.^[3]

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo (quarterfinals)
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (final, retired)
Henri Kontinen / John Peers (second round)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (semifinals)
Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (semifinals)
Ivan Dodig / Rajeev Ram (second round)
Rohan Bopanna / Édouard Roger-Vasselin (second round)

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

6	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	3	6	[3]

	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	6	3	[10]
						Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	5

					2	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3^r
4	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	1	6²

2	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6	7⁷

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	Ł Kubot M Melo	7	7¹²
	P Cuevas M Granollers	6	7¹⁰			P Cuevas M Granollers	5	6¹⁰
	JM del Potro D Thiem	3	6⁸							1	Ł Kubot M Melo	4	6	[8]
	F Fognini D Schwartzman	3	6	[10]						6	JS Cabal R Farah	6	2	[10]
WC	F Mergea D Nestor	6	1	[4]		F Fognini D Schwartzman	3	3
					6	JS Cabal R Farah	6	6
															6	JS Cabal R Farah	3	6	[3]
																N Mektić A Peya	6	3	[10]
					3	H Kontinen J Peers	4	4
	K Anderson M Mirnyi	4	6	[4]		N Mektić A Peya	6	6
	N Mektić A Peya	6	3	[10]							N Mektić A Peya	6⁴	6	[10]
	R Klaasen M Venus	3	7	[10]							R Klaasen M Venus	7⁷	3	[8]
	F López M López	6	5	[8]		R Klaasen M Venus	4	7⁷	[10]
					8	R Bopanna É Roger-Vasselin	6	6⁴	[5]

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					7	I Dodig R Ram	1	3
	B McLachlan J-L Struff	6	7⁷			B McLachlan J-L Struff	6	6
	J Isner J Sock	4	6⁴								B McLachlan J-L Struff	2	3
	A Zverev M Zverev	7⁷	6⁴	[7]						4	P-H Herbert N Mahut	6	6
WC	D Marrero F Verdasco	6³	7⁷	[10]	WC	D Marrero F Verdasco	1	4
					4	P-H Herbert N Mahut	6	6
															4	P-H Herbert N Mahut	1	6²
															2	B Bryan M Bryan	6	7⁷
					5	J Murray B Soares	6	3	[10]
	R Haase J-J Rojer	7	6			R Haase J-J Rojer	4	6	[6]
	S González A-u-H Qureshi	5	3							5	J Murray B Soares	4	7⁷	[7]
	D Džumhur F Škugor	6	6							2	B Bryan M Bryan	6	6⁴	[10]
	K Khachanov L Pouille	3	4			D Džumhur F Škugor	4	3
					2	B Bryan M Bryan	6	6