2008 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

2008 Dubai Tennis Championships s IND Mahesh BhupathiBAH Mark Knowles CZE Martin DammCZE Pavel Vízner 7–5, 7–6(9–7) 16 4 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships 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. Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles won in the final 7–5, 7–6(9–7), against Martin Damm and Pavel Vízner. Seeds 30em CAN Daniel Nestor / SRB Nenad Zimonjić (semifinals) SWE Simon Aspelin / AUT Julian Knowle (semifinals) CZE Martin Damm / CZE Pavel Vízner (final) IND Mahesh Bhupathi / BAH Mark Knowles (champions) Draw Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 CAN D NestorSRB N Zimonjić 6 78     CZE T BerdychFIN J Nieminen 4 66     RUS I AndreevFRA P-H Mathieu 5 4   WC IND R BopannaPAK A-u-H Qureshi 7 6   3 CZE M DammCZE P Vízner 6 6     UAE HA JanahiUAE M Al Baloushi 2 2     POL M FyrstenbergPOL M Matkowski 3 4     GER P KohlschreiberRUS M Youzhny 6 6     RSA J CoetzeeRSA W Moodie 4 65     ESP F LópezESP R Nadal 6 77   ALT AUS J KerrNED R Wassen 4 3   4 IND M BhupathiBAH M Knowles 6 6     FRA R GasquetFRA F Santoro 65 6 [17]   ESP D FerrerESP F Verdasco 77 2 [15]   AUS P HanleyIND L Paes 1 3   2 SWE S AspelinAUT J Knowle 6 6   1 CAN D NestorSRB N Zimonjić 2 77 [10] WC IND R BopannaPAK A-u-H Qureshi 6 65 [6] 3 CZE M DammCZE P Vízner 6 7     GER P KohlschreiberRUS M Youzhny 4 5     ESP F LópezESP R Nadal 1 1   4 IND M BhupathiBAH M Knowles 6 6     FRA R GasquetFRA F Santoro 3 6 [7] 2 SWE S AspelinAUT J Knowle 6 4 [10] 1 CAN D NestorSRB N Zimonjić 3 66   3 CZE M DammCZE P Vízner 6 78   4 IND M BhupathiBAH M Knowles 6 6   2 SWE S AspelinAUT J Knowle 2 0   3 CZE M DammCZE P Vízner 5 67   4 IND M BhupathiBAH M Knowles 7 79   External links ATP doubles draw Category:2008 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai Tennis Championships