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
Final score	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)

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
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Draw

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	H Kontinen J Peers	6^4	6^2
		D Džumhur F Krajinović	7^7	7^7					D Džumhur F Krajinović	w/o
	WC	D Istomin D Nestor	1	6^3					R Gasquet P-H Herbert
		R Gasquet P-H Herbert	6	7^7												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	6^2
	Q	J-L Struff V Troicki	4	4																		2	J-J Rojer H Tecău	6	7^7
		R Haase M Middelkoop	6	6					R Haase M Middelkoop	3	6^6
		M Granollers N Zimonjić	7^7	2	[6]			3	I Dodig R Ram	6	7^8
	3	I Dodig R Ram	6^4	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	7^10	[7]			2	J-J Rojer H Tecău	6	6
	2	J-J Rojer H Tecău	6	6^8	[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]

References

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw