2022 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
2022 Western & Southern Open
Final
Champions	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury
Runners-up	Tim Pütz Michael Venus
Score	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Details
Draw	28 (3 WC )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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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.

Draw

Key

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

• Roberto Bautista Agut / Marcelo Melo

Withdrawals

• Carlos Alcaraz / Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by Roberto Bautista Agut / Marcelo Melo

References

External links

• Main draw

This page was last edited on 21 August 2022, at 20:44