In the bronze-medal match, France's Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet defeated Spain's David Ferrer and Feliciano López, 7–6(7–4), 6–2.

With France's silver and bronze, this was the first time since 1924 that one nation won multiple medals in the men's doubles.

[4] Switzerland's Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka were the defending gold medalists from 2008, but they lost in the second round to Israel's Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.

One of the French fourth-place team members, Michaël Llodra, also competed again, this time paired with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

2000 gold medalist Daniel Nestor (and career golden slam winner) of Canada competed for a fourth Games with his third different partner.

The ITF allocated places based on ranking and continental and national representation (bringing the total number of male tennis players to 86).