2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles

Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but lost to Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in the quarterfinals.[1]

Men's doubles
2018 Mutua Madrid Open
Final
ChampionsCroatia Nikola Mektić
Austria Alexander Peya
Runners-upUnited States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Score5–3, ret.
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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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.[2] This was their first retirement as a team in 1,407 matches.[3]

Seeds

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All seeds received a bye into the second round.

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

Draw

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Finals

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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
3r
4   Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  Nicolas Mahut
1 62
2   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
6 77

Top half

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Mutua Madrid Open Overview". 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Mektic/Peya Lift First Masters 1000 Team Title". 13 May 2018.
  3. ^ Tennis.com. "Bob Bryan to reunite with brother Mike on tour in January". Tennis.com. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
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