2025 ATP Doubles
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I thought it was the other way around bc Gonzalez partnered w skupski, who was #1 w koolhof the previous year.
Countries w teams that play together all year:
US - ram/Kracijek
Argentina - molteini/Gonzalez
Italy - vavassori/bolleli
Aus - Purcell/Thompson (or whoever Purcell plays w)
Germany - krawietz/puetz
UK - glasspool/Cash and skupski/Salisbury
Speculating, but they weren't having a great year (2023), after being #1. Koolhof was retiring and asked mektic to partner again. Both pavic and mektic had a good 2024, though.
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travlerajm
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Journeymen Harrison/King continue their Dallas run of washing the draw of ex World #1s.
After rinsing off Salisbury and Skupski, they hosed down the Giraffe today.
After rinsing off Salisbury and Skupski, they hosed down the Giraffe today.
I went back and watched the Murray/Peers tb: unforgivable for Arends/Johnson not to close them out w/ two match points on their serve.
Also watched the end of the Harrinson/King match: never seen King play before, but as a lefty, he should do well in dubs.
Watching Ram/Kracijek take on the former Ohio State team Robert Cash/Tracy. Old guys should show these kids how it's done.
Edit: Ram/Kracijek got broken at love in the first set b/c they were lobbed 3 times, and they're too old to get back and cover the lob.
Edit 2: Well, that went S quickly. Credit to the young guns who returned well in the match tb.
Also watched the end of the Harrinson/King match: never seen King play before, but as a lefty, he should do well in dubs.
Watching Ram/Kracijek take on the former Ohio State team Robert Cash/Tracy. Old guys should show these kids how it's done.
Edit: Ram/Kracijek got broken at love in the first set b/c they were lobbed 3 times, and they're too old to get back and cover the lob.
Edit 2: Well, that went S quickly. Credit to the young guns who returned well in the match tb.
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travlerajm
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Gille 2.0 continuing to look strong in Rotterdam with his new partner zielinski. Takes out the World #1 Arévalo/Pavic.
travlerajm
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They continue, cleaning out their 4th ex #1 from the draw today. All three matches have been routine with zero sets going past 6. Impressive.
I haven’t watched the replays yet to see if I can detect whether Harrison/King made gear changes. They are suddenly better.
travlerajm
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Seeded teams haven’t fared well in the Rotterdam and Dallas conditions:
5 teams remain. Only one of them seeded.
#3 seed Bolelli/Vavassori will try to represent order after Carlitos finishes taking care of Hurk.
5 teams remain. Only one of them seeded.
#3 seed Bolelli/Vavassori will try to represent order after Carlitos finishes taking care of Hurk.
travlerajm
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Gille/Zielinski weee -12 in plus/minus for the match, -6 in each set (net receiver points won).
Never seen such an insane steal in short format before!
travlerajm
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Cash/Tracy up to #14 in race, so their ranking likely to quickly climb onto my NextGenner list with a few months. They are taking an efficient launch angle toward the doubles specialist career path.
I haven’t watched them yet. But Cash appears to have the prototypical sturdy tall doubles body type.
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Just finished watching the tiebreaks in both finals. Evan king and Christian Harrison were steady in both tiebreaks. They're playing together again next week. Lucky that they teamed up. Harrison was partnering Marcus willus last year in Challengers, but seemed to be floating since they split. Galloway and behar seem to be paying well at the moment.
Zielinski/gille each flubbed put away volleys in the match TB, costing them the title. Vavassori/bolleli aseem to be the hottest team right now.
I'm looking forward to watching some top level dubs next month in person at IW.
Zielinski/gille each flubbed put away volleys in the match TB, costing them the title. Vavassori/bolleli aseem to be the hottest team right now.
I'm looking forward to watching some top level dubs next month in person at IW.
travlerajm
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The 250 draws in Delray and Marseille will be soft at the top this week, with most of the best teams opting to skip this week to rest up and prep for the Doha-Dubai double on the other side of the globe.
Curious pairing of the week: Withrow / Zeballos. Both guys are solid doubles servebot dna. But with success linked to having a good complementary pairing.
Not sure why Lammons is out, but he and his partner have been bad this season.
Zeballos was originally scheduled to play this week with Arévalo.
The Zeballos / Shelton pairing last week was a failure. Hopefully having a more experienced SP with more polished cleanup skillz than Shelton will help. I’m always amazed how well Lammons holds serve despite being a little guy.
Curious pairing of the week: Withrow / Zeballos. Both guys are solid doubles servebot dna. But with success linked to having a good complementary pairing.
Not sure why Lammons is out, but he and his partner have been bad this season.
Zeballos was originally scheduled to play this week with Arévalo.
The Zeballos / Shelton pairing last week was a failure. Hopefully having a more experienced SP with more polished cleanup skillz than Shelton will help. I’m always amazed how well Lammons holds serve despite being a little guy.
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I was scanning the entry lists and noticed that pairing, too. I assume that if a team splits, there's usually an injury.
DutchUncle
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That was hair-raising. I had $ on Murray/Peers, and stopped watching after they were exactly at the point you mentioned, 1 set down and 2-6 in 2nd set TB. I came back much later to check scorelines, and couldn't believe what happened until I watched it in replay. Miraculous recovery.
"It ain't over until it's over," said Yogi Berra.
Tallawah Tennis
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Hadn't realised we had a doubles thread here - had been looking in the 'pro match results' where it used to be, glad to see it.
Enjoyed the Bolleli/Vavassori campaign in Rotterdam, good win. Murray/Peers were my team in Dallas - pity they couldn't get through in the semi's.
Enjoyed the Bolleli/Vavassori campaign in Rotterdam, good win. Murray/Peers were my team in Dallas - pity they couldn't get through in the semi's.
travlerajm
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For the consecutive consecutive match, Arends/Johnson blew 4 match points today and went on to lose the match.
Tragic. This has to be some sort of record?
Last match against Murray/Peers they were underdogs in the odds. But today in the first round they were heavy favorites to players I had never heard of before today. And it happened again. It must sting more.
Tragic. This has to be some sort of record?
Last match against Murray/Peers they were underdogs in the odds. But today in the first round they were heavy favorites to players I had never heard of before today. And it happened again. It must sting more.
Ouch. Were you able to watch? I checked tennis tv and they didn't have any doubles replays today.
travlerajm
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No I have not watched it. I imagine it was ugly down the stretch with neither team able to land a return. The first 31 points of the match tiebreak went on serve.
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travlerajm
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Singles guys with big forehands Etcheverry/Cerundolo (who literally never win a doubles match) used the home court and surface edge to take out lightweight dubs servebots Dhoumbia/Reboul today. Lightning can strike anyone eventually.
The usta will probably pounce on this result to help rationalize their embarrassing changes to mixed doubles at the open.
The usta will probably pounce on this result to help rationalize their embarrassing changes to mixed doubles at the open.
Was this on clay? If so, returners advantage and not too surprising.
travlerajm
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Argies on home red dust.
travlerajm
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I see on the Doha entry list that Jordan Thompson will be making his 2025 doubles debut.
He’s slated to play with Pavlacek.
I presume his old running mate Purcell will be back soon. They have a lot of points to defend after having the best Wimby-US combo performance of any team last year.
He’s slated to play with Pavlacek.
I presume his old running mate Purcell will be back soon. They have a lot of points to defend after having the best Wimby-US combo performance of any team last year.
travlerajm
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Misery loves company.
Withrow / Zeballos continued their miserable start to 2025 with a loss to a pair of singles guys in Hijikata / Walton. Hijikata seemed to match up well against Zeballos in Dallas, and I imagine he might be a bad matchup for Withrow too.
Rinky is one of the better returners on the doubles circuit, with his compact build and compact strokes well suited for taking the ball on the rise. Guys who don’t follow serve to the net or have a dominant serve seem to struggle against him. He can make you pay for a second serve.
Withrow / Zeballos continued their miserable start to 2025 with a loss to a pair of singles guys in Hijikata / Walton. Hijikata seemed to match up well against Zeballos in Dallas, and I imagine he might be a bad matchup for Withrow too.
Rinky is one of the better returners on the doubles circuit, with his compact build and compact strokes well suited for taking the ball on the rise. Guys who don’t follow serve to the net or have a dominant serve seem to struggle against him. He can make you pay for a second serve.
Trick question bc the answer (w 5) isn't currently playing doubles (except for the last Davis cup).
travlerajm
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Since teaming up, H/H have quietly amassed the most dominant 4-slam stretch (94% match win % in slams) of any team since 2013.
I noticed that the Italians almost have as many points as them in this year's doubles race, despite not winning 2000 points for the AO.
travlerajm
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B/V are the best short format team in the world at the moment.
Replying to myself, but I saw that Herbert got a WC and is playing dubs again. He has the most GS titles (5) of any active player (I think). He's still young for a dubs specialist and could be at the top again, if he wanted it. He already has all the slams, so he probably lacks motivation to add to his total.
Next up, is Ram and Salisbury, each at 4. Ram/Krajicek could possible win at Wimby or USO, but neither are fast enough to defend lobs. Salisbury doesn't seem to be in a position to add to his total.
travlerajm
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Pavic has career slam. 4 diff partners. Plus 3 mixed.
He was the first person that I thought of, but I must've looked at the team count, not individual. He is very capable of adding to his total.
travlerajm
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He is the man to dethrone, until he’s not.
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Gonzalez/Molteni is another team having a fall-off-a-cliff lousy start to 2025.
They lost again in Buenos Aires today, the friendly home dirt advantage not enough to stop the freefall.
They lost again in Buenos Aires today, the friendly home dirt advantage not enough to stop the freefall.
That's surprising. I've always liked molteini (solid server and great at the net). Gonzalez is a little too emotional.
travlerajm
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Harrison/King continued their surge today, scalping Behar/Galloway for the second week in a row.
They have suddenly risen from perennial challenger level also-rans to slide up to the #6 slot in the race to Turin (and they didn’t even link up until after the AO).
I haven’t analyzed them yet to see what they have changed (besides the new pairing) to find a successful formula.
They have suddenly risen from perennial challenger level also-rans to slide up to the #6 slot in the race to Turin (and they didn’t even link up until after the AO).
I haven’t analyzed them yet to see what they have changed (besides the new pairing) to find a successful formula.
I saw Thompson and pavlasek withdrew.
Winthrow and zeballos are entered in the upcoming 500 together again (Acapulco?).
I saw that trhac is playing w someone else, not seggerman, while seggerman is in Europe slogging it out. Those two played at Utah and had a good run last year at IW. Not sure why they split.
travlerajm
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Next week exemplifies a serious problem with the way the ranking system works.
There are two 500 level tourneys - Doha and Rio - but all of the top ranked teams are playing Doha, while Rio is only getting the dregs who didn’t make the Doha cut.
The net effect is that Doha features a slam caliber draw, while Rio would be weak even if it were a 250.
It may be time to overhaul the points system.
The top 9 teams (18 players) in the Doha draw are higher ranked than any team in Rio.
Gonzalez/Molteni are the top seed in Rio, but they have hardly won a match in 2025.
There are two 500 level tourneys - Doha and Rio - but all of the top ranked teams are playing Doha, while Rio is only getting the dregs who didn’t make the Doha cut.
The net effect is that Doha features a slam caliber draw, while Rio would be weak even if it were a 250.
It may be time to overhaul the points system.
The top 9 teams (18 players) in the Doha draw are higher ranked than any team in Rio.
Gonzalez/Molteni are the top seed in Rio, but they have hardly won a match in 2025.
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Tallawah Tennis
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We can safely assume that at least 1 US player will win the doubles at Delray, with Kecmanovic being the only non-US dude in the sf. Michelsen is through to the sf in the singles too- seems to be enjoying his tennis.
Would be pleased to see Melo win in BA.
Would be pleased to see Melo win in BA.
Tallawah Tennis
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Heh, heh. Novak is having fun.
Clean sweep in Marseille for the French - Humbert took the singles and Herbert / Bonzi took out the number 2 seeds in straights.
In BA, Joao has won the title, and I'd hoped that Melo/ Matoc could do the deed to make it an all Brazillian affair, but Andreozzi/ Arribage managed to clinch it in a well contested match. At least there was one Argentine winner today.
Kecmanovic has taken the final to a decider - can he win the dubs?
travlerajm
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Hoping Djoker and Tabasco can get it done tomorrow to set up a fun high-profile matchup in R2.
Easy win for the old guys (djoker and Verdasco) 1 and 1. Surprising bc kachanov plays a lot of dubs. Maybe bublik was in clown mode.
Doha first round matchups are a joke. Many of them could be the final of any other tournament.
Kecmanovic gets both the singles and doubles at Delray. Well done.
Doha first round matchups are a joke. Many of them could be the final of any other tournament.
Kecmanovic gets both the singles and doubles at Delray. Well done.
travlerajm
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Verdasco (who famously played during his prime with a lighter sw than his peers) appears to be playing with one of Djoker’s 370sw racquets with the djoko-boatload of lead tape.
He’s also bulked up massively in the weight room (and the buffet table as well).
With these changes, his game looks a lot different.
Bublik standing almost on the singles sideline in SP position probably wasn’t making the score any closer.
Tallawah Tennis
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Yep, dude did it - Kecmanovic won the doubles too, with Nakashima. Good day for him yesterday. Always a nice story when a lower ranked player has a successful tournament. Perhaps a drop of comfort too for the US players, given they were unable to get through, other than BN.
Heh, heh, Novak / Verdasco will be most satisfied in thrashing KK / AB. Bublik is am enigma, for sure.
Just watched the replay on tennistv:
Bublik sucks at dubs! He has the positioning of a 3.5 club player. He poaches and then can't put the ball away.
travlerajm
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Top seeded argies Gonzalez/Molteni had a “get right” match on the South American dirt against a charitable opponent.
Arends/Johnson were up 5-1 and 6-3 in the first set breaker, but blew triple set point before going on to lose in 3. Shakiness at close-out time is a disturbing pattern for the Dutch-Brit tandem.
Arends/Johnson were up 5-1 and 6-3 in the first set breaker, but blew triple set point before going on to lose in 3. Shakiness at close-out time is a disturbing pattern for the Dutch-Brit tandem.
Ouch, that's 3 matches now.
travlerajm
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Multiple highly ranked players are going to lose in the first round tomorrow.
The first round of Doha is stronger (based on average ranking) than most slam QF rounds.
Borges / Bopanna are my intriguing pairing of the week. But they drew a rough first round assignment in the polished Italian #4 seeds, who have amassed the most short format points of any team in 2025 to back up their AO final appearance.
I’ve always felt Borges was underrated in doubles, and he’s rarely played with a partner of his level.
The first round of Doha is stronger (based on average ranking) than most slam QF rounds.
Borges / Bopanna are my intriguing pairing of the week. But they drew a rough first round assignment in the polished Italian #4 seeds, who have amassed the most short format points of any team in 2025 to back up their AO final appearance.
I’ve always felt Borges was underrated in doubles, and he’s rarely played with a partner of his level.
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AM75
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It was abysmal. Bublik was practically absent from the match. Khachanov had to play alone against three opponents.
How Bublik made it to the Roland Garros doubles final is a great mystery.
