Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
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Defending gold medalists Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States successfully defended their title, beating the Czech Republic's Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Williams sisters did not drop a set en route to their third gold medal in doubles. They became the first players in tennis history to win four Olympic gold medals, with the pairing also winning the doubles golds in 2000 and 2008, and Venus winning the 2000 singles and Serena winning the 2012 singles events.[1] In the bronze medal match, Russia's Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova defeated the United States' Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.
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Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
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Score | 6–4, 6–4 | |||||||
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Women's doubles tennis at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | All England Club, Wimbledon | ||||||||||||
Date | 28 July to 5 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 62 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
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The tournament was held from 28 July to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London of the United Kingdom.
All matches were the best of three sets, with tie-breaks used for the first two sets of each match.[2]