Misplaced Pages

Men's doubles
2022 Western & Southern Open
Final
Champions	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury
Runners-up	Tim Pütz Michael Venus
Score	7–6, 7–6
Details
Draw	28 (3 WC )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
← 2021 · Western & Southern Open · 2023 →

Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury defeated Tim Pütz and Michael Venus in the final, 7–6, 7–6 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Cincinnati Masters.

Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions, 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.

1. Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (champions)
2. Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos (quarterfinals)
3. Wesley Koolhof / Neal Skupski (second round)
4. Marcelo Arévalo / Jean-Julien Rojer (quarterfinals)
5. Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić (second round)
6. Tim Pütz / Michael Venus (final)
7. Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek (first round)
8. Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	6	7
	PR	Santiago González Édouard Roger-Vasselin	4	5
								1	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	7	7
								6	Tim Pütz Michael Venus	6	6
	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	6	6
		T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios	6	6					T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios	7	2
		S Bolelli F Fognini	0	4											1	R Ram J Salisbury	6	7
		K Khachanov D Shapovalov	7	6												K Khachanov D Shapovalov	1	6
		R Bopanna M Middelkoop	6	7					K Khachanov D Shapovalov	7	3
		J Murray B Soares	4	6					J Murray B Soares	6	6
	8	JS Cabal R Farah	6	2																		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	6				PR	S González É Roger-Vasselin	6	6
	PR	S González É Roger-Vasselin	6	7											PR	S González É Roger-Vasselin	6	6
		K Krawietz A Mies	6	7												K Krawietz A Mies	3	7
		H Hurkacz J Isner	4	6					K Krawietz A Mies	4	6
		A de Minaur C Norrie	7	7					A de Minaur C Norrie	6	3
	7	I Dodig A Krajicek	6	6

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	7	3
	WC	H Rune S Tsitsipas	6	6				WC	H Rune S Tsitsipas	6	6
		R Matos D Vega Hernández	2	3											WC	H Rune S Tsitsipas	7	4
	WC	W Blumberg S Johnson	7	3											4	M Arévalo J-J Rojer	5	6
		M Ebden M Purcell	5	6				WC	W Blumberg S Johnson	3	6
								4	M Arévalo J-J Rojer	6	7
																						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	7
		L Glasspool H Heliövaara	4	6					L Glasspool H Heliövaara	6	6
	WC	T Paul F Tiafoe	6	3											6	T Pütz M Venus	6	6
		G Dimitrov A Rublev	7	7											2	M Granollers H Zeballos	3	3
		D Evans J Peers	6	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

• William Blumberg / Steve Johnson
• Tommy Paul / Frances Tiafoe
• Holger Rune / Stefanos Tsitsipas

Protected ranking

• Santiago González / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
• Łukasz Kubot / Stan Wawrinka

Alternates

• Roberto Bautista Agut / Marcelo Melo

Withdrawals

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

References

1. "Granollers/Zeballos Clinch Cincinnati Doubles Title". ATP Tour. 22 August 2021.

External links

• Main draw

• 2022 Western & Southern Open