2008 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
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| Men's doubles | |||||||
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| 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships | |||||||
| Final | |||||||
| Champions | India Mahesh Bhupathi The Bahamas Mark Knowles | ||||||
| Runners-up | Czech Republic Martin Damm Czech Republic Pavel Vízner | ||||||
| Score | 7–5, 7–6(9–7) | ||||||
| Details | |||||||
| Draw | 16 | ||||||
| Seeds | 4 | ||||||
| Events | |||||||
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2008 tennis event results
Main article: 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
[edit ]- Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (semifinals)
- Sweden Simon Aspelin / Austria Julian Knowle (semifinals)
- Czech Republic Martin Damm / Czech Republic Pavel Vízner (final)
- India Mahesh Bhupathi / The Bahamas Mark Knowles (champions)
Draw
[edit ]Key
[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
[edit ] First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
3
Czech Republic M Damm
Czech Republic P Vízner 6 6 3 Czech Republic M Damm
Czech Republic P Vízner 6 78
Czech Republic P Vízner 6 6 3 Czech Republic M Damm
Czech Republic P Vízner 6 78
United Arab Emirates HA Janahi
United Arab Emirates M Al Baloushi 2 2 3 Czech Republic M Damm
Czech Republic P Vízner 6 7
United Arab Emirates M Al Baloushi 2 2 3 Czech Republic M Damm
Czech Republic P Vízner 6 7