2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title, defeating James Cerretani and Leander Paes in the final, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2).

Men's doubles
2018 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champions	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău
Runners-up	James Cerretani Leander Paes
Score	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Main article: 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships

Seeds

1. Henri Kontinen / John Peers (first round)
2. Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (champions)
3. Ivan Dodig / Rajeev Ram (semifinals)
4. Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	H Kontinen J Peers	64	62
		D Džumhur F Krajinović	77	77					D Džumhur F Krajinović	w/o
	WC	D Istomin D Nestor	1	63					R Gasquet P-H Herbert
		R Gasquet P-H Herbert	6	77												D Džumhur F Krajinović	4	2
	4	R Klaasen M Venus	6	3	[10]										WC	J Cerretani L Paes	6	6
		R Bopanna É Roger-Vasselin	4	6	[6]			4	R Klaasen M Venus	6	4	[7]
	LL	A Haider-Maurer F Mayer	3	1				WC	J Cerretani L Paes	2	6	[10]
	WC	J Cerretani L Paes	6	6																		WC	J Cerretani L Paes	2	62
	Q	J-L Struff V Troicki	4	4																		2	J-J Rojer H Tecău	6	77
		R Haase M Middelkoop	6	6					R Haase M Middelkoop	3	66
		M Granollers N Zimonjić	77	2	[6]			3	I Dodig R Ram	6	78
	3	I Dodig R Ram	64	6	[10]										3	I Dodig R Ram	5	3
		D Sharan Y Sugita	5	1											2	J-J Rojer H Tecău	7	6
		M Matkowski A-u-H Qureshi	7	6					M Matkowski A-u-H Qureshi	4	4
		M Daniell D Inglot	3	710	[7]			2	J-J Rojer H Tecău	6	6
	2	J-J Rojer H Tecău	6	68	[10]

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Jan-Lennard Struff / Viktor Troicki (qualified)
2. Andreas Haider-Maurer / Florian Mayer (qualifying competition, lucky losers)

Qualifiers

1. Jan-Lennard Struff / Viktor Troicki

Lucky losers

1. Andreas Haider-Maurer / Florian Mayer

Qualifying draw

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Jan-Lennard Struff Viktor Troicki	6	6
	WC	Fares Al Janahi Fahad Janahi	1	0
								1	Jan-Lennard Struff Viktor Troicki	6	6
								2	Andreas Haider-Maurer Florian Mayer	3	4
		Mikhail Kukushkin João Sousa	5	7	[10]
	2	Andreas Haider-Maurer Florian Mayer	7	5	[12]

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw