# 2022 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Defending champions Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić defeated John Isner and Diego Schwartzman in the final, 6–2, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, [12–10] to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Italian Open. The pair saved a championship point en route to their tenth career title as a team.

## Seeds

* Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (first round)
* Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos (withdrew)
* Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić (champions)
* John Peers / Filip Polášek (first round)
* Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (second round)
* Jamie Murray / Michael Venus (first round)
* Wesley Koolhof / Neal Skupski (quarterfinals)
* Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | John Isner Diego Schwartzman | 6 | 4 | [11] | | | | | |
| | Andrey Golubev Máximo González | 4 | 6 | [9] | | | | | |
| | Andrey Golubev Máximo González | 4 | 6 | [9] | | John Isner Diego Schwartzman | 2 | 7$^8$ | [10] |
| | | | | | 3 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić | 6 | 6$^6$ | [12] |
| 3 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić | 6 | 7$^7$ | | 3 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić | 6 | 6$^6$ | [12] |
| | Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | R Ram J Salisbury | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | L Glasspool H Heliövaara | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Alt | L Glasspool H Heliövaara | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martínez C Norrie | 6 | 6$^2$ | [8] | | T Kokkinakis F Tiafoe | 3 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kokkinakis F Tiafoe | 2 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | Alt | L Glasspool H Heliövaara | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | J Isner D Schwartzman | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | J Isner D Schwartzman | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S González A Molteni | 7 | 3 | [1] | | J Isner D Schwartzman | 6 | 3 | [12] | | | | | | | | |
| | R Opelka T Paul | 3 | 3 | | 5 | JS Cabal R Farah | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | JS Cabal R Farah | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | J Isner D Schwartzman | 6 | 4 | [11] |
| 4 | J Peers F Polášek | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | A Golubev M González | 4 | 6 | [9] |
| | A Golubev M González | 3 | 6 | [10] | | A Golubev M González | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ebden M Purcell | 6 | 6 | | | M Ebden M Purcell | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Basilashvili A Bublik | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | A Golubev M González | 6 | 7$^{12}$ | | | | |
| | S Gillé J Vliegen | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | A Behar G Escobar | 2 | 6$^{10}$ | | | | |
| | R Klaasen B McLachlan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | R Klaasen B McLachlan | 6$^5$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Behar G Escobar | 6$^2$ | 6 | [10] | | A Behar G Escobar | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Murray M Venus | 7$^7$ | 3 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | W Koolhof N Skupski | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Arévalo J-J Rojer | 4 | 6$^4$ | | 7 | W Koolhof N Skupski | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bopanna M Middelkoop | 6 | 6 | | | R Bopanna M Middelkoop | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Mahut F Martin | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | W Koolhof N Skupski | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | I Dodig A Krajicek | 6 | 6$^5$ | [6] | | | | | 3 | N Mektić M Pavić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Dimitrov H Hurkacz | 2 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | G Dimitrov H Hurkacz | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | Ł Kubot É Roger-Vasselin | 3 | 3 | | 3 | N Mektić M Pavić | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | N Mektić M Pavić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Mektić M Pavić | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 8 | K Krawietz A Mies | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | S Bolelli F Fognini | 3 | 6$^5$ |
| WC | M Arnaldi F Passaro | 6 | 3 | [8] | 8 | K Krawietz A Mies | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Nardi L Sonego | 6 | 6$^7$ | [10] | WC | L Nardi L Sonego | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Cobolli F Forti | 2 | 7$^9$ | [4] | | | | | 8 | K Krawietz A Mies | 7$^7$ | 4 | [9] | | | | |
| | A Karatsev M Melo | 2 | 6 | [1] | | | | | | S Bolelli F Fognini | 6$^3$ | 6 | [11] | | | | |
| | S Bolelli F Fognini | 6 | 4 | [10] | | S Bolelli F Fognini | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Brkić N Ćaćić | 6 | 4 | [10] | Alt | J Peralta F Škugor | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | J Peralta F Škugor | 1 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Seeded teams

The following are the seeded teams, based on ATP rankings as of 2 May 2022.
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 3 | 1 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | ARG | Horacio Zeballos | 9 | 2 |
| CRO | Nikola Mektić | CRO | Mate Pavić | 9 | 3 |
| AUS | John Peers | SVK | Filip Polášek | 25 | 4 |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 26 | 5 |
| GBR | Jamie Murray | NZL | Michael Venus | 27 | 6 |
| NED | Wesley Koolhof | GBR | Neal Skupski | 33 | 7 |
| GER | Kevin Krawietz | GER | Andreas Mies | 38 | 8 |

## Other entry information
### Wildcards

* Matteo Arnaldi / Francesco Passaro
* Flavio Cobolli / Francesco Forti
* Luca Nardi / Lorenzo Sonego

### Alternates

* Lloyd Glasspool / Harri Heliövaara
* Julio Peralta / Franko Škugor

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Marin Čilić / Ivan Dodig → replaced by Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek
* Taylor Fritz / Reilly Opelka → replaced by Reilly Opelka / Tommy Paul
* Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos → replaced by Julio Peralta / Franko Škugor
* Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev → replaced by Lloyd Glasspool / Harri Heliövaara
* Marcelo Melo / Alexander Zverev → replaced by Aslan Karatsev / Marcelo Melo