Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together.
Santoro partnered with Richard Gasquet, but lost in the quarterfinals to Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle.
Zimonjic partnered with Daniel Nestor, but lost in the semifinals to Martin Damm and Pavel Vízner.
Men's doubles | |
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2008 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Score | 7–5, 7–6(9–7) |
Draw | 16 |
Seeds | 4 |
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles won in the final 7–5, 7–6(9–7), against Martin Damm and Pavel Vízner.
Seeds
editDaniel Nestor /
Nenad Zimonjić (semifinals)
Simon Aspelin /
Julian Knowle (semifinals)
Martin Damm /
Pavel Vízner (final)
Mahesh Bhupathi /
Mark Knowles (champions)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
Draw
editFirst round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 6 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 77 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 4 | WC | 6 | 65 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 65 | 4 | 7 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ALT | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | 6 | [17] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | 2 | [15] | 3 | 6 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 6 | 6 |