# 2022 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles

Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury defeated Tim Pütz and Michael Venus in the final, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ 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.
* Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (champions)
* Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos (quarterfinals)
* Wesley Koolhof / Neal Skupski (second round)
* Marcelo Arévalo / Jean-Julien Rojer (quarterfinals)
* Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić (second round)
* Tim Pütz / Michael Venus (final)
* Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek (first round)
* 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| PR | Santiago González Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| PR | Santiago González Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 4 | 5 | 1 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | 6 | Tim Pütz Michael Venus | 6$^4$ | 6$^5$ |
| WC | Holger Rune Stefanos Tsitsipas | | | 6 | Tim Pütz Michael Venus | 6$^4$ | 6$^5$ |
| 6 | Tim Pütz Michael Venus | w/o | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | R Ram J Salisbury | 6$^3$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios | 7$^7$ | 2 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bolelli F Fognini | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | R Ram J Salisbury | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | |
| | K Khachanov D Shapovalov | 7$^8$ | 6$^{12}$ | [10] | | | | | | | K Khachanov D Shapovalov | 1 | 6$^6$ | | | | | |
| | R Bopanna M Middelkoop | 6$^6$ | 7$^{14}$ | [6] | | K Khachanov D Shapovalov | 7$^{10}$ | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Murray B Soares | 4 | 6 | [10] | | J Murray B Soares | 6$^8$ | 6 | [3] | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | JS Cabal R Farah | 6 | 2 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | | 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$^4$ | | PR | S González É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | S González É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | PR | S González É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6$^2$ | [10] | | | | |
| | K Krawietz A Mies | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | K Krawietz A Mies | 3 | 7$^7$ | [6] | | | | |
| | H Hurkacz J Isner | 4 | 6$^0$ | | | K Krawietz A Mies | 4 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A de Minaur C Norrie | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | | A de Minaur C Norrie | 6 | 3 | [9] | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | I Dodig A Krajicek | 6$^2$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | N Mektić M Pavić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | Ł Kubot S Wawrinka | 3 | 4 | | 5 | N Mektić M Pavić | 7$^7$ | 3 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| WC | H Rune S Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 | | WC | H Rune S Tsitsipas | 6$^5$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | R Matos D Vega Hernández | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | WC | H Rune S Tsitsipas | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | |
| WC | W Blumberg S Johnson | 7 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | M Arévalo J-J Rojer | 5 | 6 | [7] | | | |
| | M Ebden M Purcell | 5 | 6 | [6] | WC | W Blumberg S Johnson | 3 | 6$^{11}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | M Arévalo J-J Rojer | 6 | 7$^{13}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | L Glasspool H Heliövaara | 4 | 6 | [10] | | L Glasspool H Heliövaara | 6 | 6$^2$ | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Paul F Tiafoe | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | | | 6 | T Pütz M Venus | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Dimitrov A Rublev | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | M Granollers H Zeballos | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | D Evans J Peers | 6$^5$ | 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