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The current champions, Serena and Venus Williams , defended their title as unseen participants.
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Medalists
| Medal | Athletes |
| Gold | Venus Williams ( USA ) Serena Williams ( USA ) |
| Silver | Andrea Glavachkov ( CZE ) Lucia Gradetskaya ( CZE ) |
| Bronze | Maria Kirilenko ( RUS ) Nadezhda Petrova ( RUS ) |
General Information
Williams sisters won their third Olympic tournament in women's doubles; in their careers, they played 15 matches in this tournament and won each of them. Before them, no one won this competition more than twice.
Serena won all of her 15 matches at the Olympics, but Venus alone lost: in 2004, she and Chandu Rubin beat the Chinese pair Li Ting and Sun Tientian , who became champions that year.
The Czech and Czechoslovakian couples played a title match for the third time and lost for the third time.
Russian women won the Olympic medal for the first time in this category. On account of the USSR / CIS national team the bronze medal of games-1992, where the duet Leyla Meskhi / Natalya Zvereva took the bronze medal.
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Baseline Invitations (WC)
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Tournament course
Abbreviations Used
- Q ( English qualifier , literally - qualified ) - the winner of the qualifying tournament.
- WC ( English wild card , wild card) - a special invitation from the organizers.
- LL ( English lucky loser , literally - the lucky loser ) - the player with the highest rating of the losers in the final qualification round, invited as a replacement for the main player who has lately starred.
- R ( English retired , literally - starred ) - the player's refusal to continue the game during the match.
- W / O ( English walkover , literally - pass ) - winning on the opponent's absence from the game.
- SE ( English special exempt ) - special admission. Used for players who successfully played in the week preceding the tournament, and therefore could not participate in the qualification.
- PR ( English protected ranking , literally - protected rating ). Used for admission to the tournament for players who missed a long time due to injury and down in the rankings.
- ALT ( English alternate ) - an alternative player in the grid (replacing someone late to withdraw from the tournament).
- S ( English suspended , literally - postponed ) - the match is suspended due to rain or darkness.
- D ( English defaulted ) - one of the athletes removed from the tournament for unsportsmanlike behavior.
Final Rounds
| Semi final | The final | |||||||||||
| one | Lizel Huber ( USA ) Lisa Raymond ( USA ) | one | 6 2 | |||||||||
| four | Andrea Glavachkov ( CZE ) Lucia Gradetskaya ( CZE ) | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| four | Andrea Glavachkov ( CZE ) Lucia Gradetskaya ( CZE ) | four | four | |||||||||
| Venus Williams ( USA ) Serena Williams ( USA ) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Maria Kirilenko ( RUS ) Nadezhda Petrova ( RUS ) | five | four | |||||||||
| Venus Williams ( USA ) Serena Williams ( USA ) | 7 | 6 | Match for the third place | |||||||||
| one | Lizel Huber ( USA ) Lisa Raymond ( USA ) | 6 | four | one | ||||||||
| 3 | Maria Kirilenko ( RUS ) Nadezhda Petrova ( RUS ) | four | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
First rounds
Section 1
| First round | Second round | Quarter finals | Semi final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| one | L.Huber L. Raymond | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A.Radvanskaya U. Radvanskaya | 6 | 6 | A.Radvanskaya U. Radvanskaya | four | 6 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D.Tsibulkova D.Gantuhova | 2 | one | one | L.Huber L. Raymond | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Y. Herges A.-L.Grönefeld | 6 | 6 | 6 | E.Makarova E. Vesnina | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | E.Keotavong E. Baltacha | 3 | one | Y. Herges A.-L.Grönefeld | 2 | one | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ya.Gaidoshova A. Rodionova | one | four | 6 | E.Makarova E. Vesnina | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | E.Makarova E. Vesnina | 6 | 6 | one | L.Huber L. Raymond | one | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| four | A.Glavachkova L.Gradetskaya | 6 | 6 5 | 6 | four | A.Glavachkova L.Gradetskaya | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | T. Babosh A. Savay | one | 7 | 2 | four | A.Glavachkova L.Gradetskaya | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| L.Na Sh. Chzhan | 6 | 6 | L.Na Sh. Chzhan | 3 | one | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H. Dulko P.Suares | four | 2 | four | A.Glavachkova L.Gradetskaya | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | R. Chakravarti S.Mirza | one | 6 | one | C. Zhuang S.Se | 3 | four | ||||||||||||||||||
| C. Zhuang S.Se | 6 | 3 | 6 | C. Zhuang S.Se | 6 3 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A.Medina A.Parra | 6 4 | four | 7 | F. Pennetta F.Schiavone | 7 | five | four | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | F. Pennetta F.Schiavone | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Section 2
| First round | Second round | Quarter finals | Semi final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| eight | N.Liagosterra M.H. Martinez | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K.Dellakkva S.Stosur | one | one | eight | N.Liagosterra M.H. Martinez | four | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S.Pen Ts.Zheng | 6 | 6 3 | 6 | S.Pen Ts.Zheng | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | A. Corne K.Mladenovich | one | 7 | 3 | S.Pen Ts.Zheng | five | 7 | four | |||||||||||||||||
| Shvedova G. Voskoboeva | 6 | 6 | 3 | M.Kirilenko N.Petrova | 7 | 6 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S.Dybua A.Voznyak | 2 | 0 | Shvedova G. Voskoboeva | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| C. Jans A. Rosolska | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | M.Kirilenko N.Petrova | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M.Kirilenko N.Petrova | 6 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | M.Kirilenko N.Petrova | five | four | |||||||||||||||||
| five | A. Kerber S. Lisyski | one | 6 | 6 | S. Williams V. Williams | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| L. Robson H. Watson | 6 | four | 3 | five | A. Kerber S. Lisyski | 2 | five | ||||||||||||||||||
| S.Kyrstya S.Halep | 3 | 2 | S. Williams V. Williams | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S. Williams V. Williams | 6 | 6 | S. Williams V. Williams | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | M. Chakhnashvili A.Tatishvili | 6 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | S.Errani R.Vinci | one | one | |||||||||||||||||
| A.Klepach K.Srebotnik | 7 | 3 | 6 | A.Klepach K.Srebotnik | five | 6 | four | ||||||||||||||||||
| P.Tsetkovskaya L.Shafarzhova | 2 | 3 | 2 | S.Errani R.Vinci | 7 | four | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S.Errani R.Vinci | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||