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and

Kateřina Siniaková Kateřina Siniaková (; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is the current List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She also has a best singles WTA rankings, ranking of No. 27 by the W ...

defeated

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and

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in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the gold medal in women's doubles

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at the

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. It was the Czech Republic's first victory in women's doubles, and its third consecutive medal. In the bronze medal match,

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's Laura Pigossi and

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defeated

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and

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of the

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and Vesnina were the reigning gold medalists from

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, but Makarova retired from tennis in 2020. Vesnina attempted to defend the title with Kudermetova, but they lost in the semifinals. The competition was a

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with a bronze-medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except that the third set is a match tiebreak (first to 10 points) instead of a typical set. A tiebreak was played if one of the first two sets reaches 6–6. This tournament marked the final appearance of former world No. 4

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of the

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before her retirement. She partnered with

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; they lost in the second round to Kudermetova and Vesnina.

Schedule

The competition was held over nine days from 24 July to 1 August. Times given were the start of tennis sessions, though the women's doubles shared courts with other tennis events. All times are

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( UTC+9)

Seeds

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Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

References

External links

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