2008 US Open – Men's doubles

Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov.

Men's doubles
2008 US Open
Final
Champion	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Runner-up	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes
Score	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(12–10)
Details
Draw	64
Seeds	16
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Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(12–10), against Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes.

Seeds

1.   Daniel Nestor /   Nenad Zimonjić (third round)
2.   Bob Bryan /   Mike Bryan (champions)
3.   Jonathan Erlich /   Andy Ram (second round)
4.   Mahesh Bhupathi /   Mark Knowles (third round)
5.   Jonas Björkman /   Kevin Ullyett (second round)
6.   Simon Aspelin /   Julian Knowle (second round)
7.   Lukáš Dlouhý /   Leander Paes (final)
8.   Mariusz Fyrstenberg /   Marcin Matkowski (first round)
9.   Paul Hanley /   Jordan Kerr (first round)
10.   Arnaud Clément /   Michaël Llodra (first round, retired)
11.   Martin Damm /   Pavel Vízner (third round)
12.   Pablo Cuevas /   Luis Horna (second round)
13.   Jeff Coetzee /   Rogier Wassen (first round)
14.   Max Mirnyi /   Jamie Murray (first round)
15.   Marcelo Melo /   André Sá (third round)
16.   Julien Benneteau /   Nicolas Mahut (second round)

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
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Robert Lindstedt   Jarkko Nieminen	3	7	3
	7	Lukáš Dlouhý   Leander Paes	6	6^2	6
								7	Lukáš Dlouhý   Leander Paes	6	6
									Máximo González   Juan Mónaco	2	0
		Máximo González   Juan Mónaco	6	6^3	6
		Bruno Soares   Dušan Vemić	2	7	3
															7	Lukáš Dlouhý   Leander Paes	6^5	6^10
															2	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	7	7
		Feliciano López   Fernando Verdasco	4	6^5
		Tommy Robredo   Sergio Roitman	6	7
									Tommy Robredo   Sergio Roitman	2	1
								2	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	6	6
		Christopher Kas   Philipp Petzschner	6^14	4
	2	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	7	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	D Nestor   N Zimonjić	6	7
	Alt	Y-h Lu   J Thomas	2	6^4				1	D Nestor   N Zimonjić	7	3	7
		R Hutchins   A Murray	6	1	6				R Hutchins   A Murray	5	6	6^2
		S Ratiwatana   S Ratiwatana	3	6	4										1	D Nestor   N Zimonjić	4	7	2
		R Lindstedt   J Nieminen	5	6	6											R Lindstedt   J Nieminen	6	6^11	6
	WC	J Levine   D Young	7	2	4				R Lindstedt   J Nieminen	6	7
		F Fognini   N Lapentti	2	6	2			16	J Benneteau   N Mahut	2	6^6
	16	J Benneteau   N Mahut	6	3	6																		R Lindstedt   J Nieminen	3	7	3
	12	P Cuevas   L Horna	6	6																		7	L Dlouhý   L Paes	6	6^2	6
		J Acasuso   S Prieto	4	2				12	P Cuevas   L Horna	6^3	2
		R de Voest   A Fisher	6	6					R de Voest   A Fisher	7	6
		C Haggard   S Huss	1	4												R de Voest   A Fisher	3	3
		D Gremelmayr   V Troicki	6^4	1											7	L Dlouhý   L Paes	6	6
		E Schwank   P Starace	7	6					E Schwank   P Starace	4	6	3
		Ó Hernández   Montañés	7	1	4			7	L Dlouhý   L Paes	6	1	6
	7	L Dlouhý   L Paes	6^2	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	M Bhupathi   M Knowles	6	6
		J Brunström   T Johansson	3	4				4	M Bhupathi   M Knowles	6	6
		T Gabashvili   I Karlović	6^8	3					Y Allegro   H Tecău	3	3
		Y Allegro   H Tecău	7	6											4	M Bhupathi   M Knowles	6	4	4
	WC	A Delic   A Kuznetsov	6	6^6	6											M González   J Mónaco	2	6	6
	WC	R Ginepri   T Rettenmaier	4	7	4			WC	A Delic   A Kuznetsov	6	4	3
		M González   J Mónaco	6	6					M González   J Mónaco	1	6	6
	13	J Coetzee   R Wassen	1	4																			M González   J Mónaco	6	6^3	6
	9	P Hanley   J Kerr	6^5	6^5																			B Soares   D Vemić	2	7	3
		B Soares   D Vemić	7	7					B Soares   D Vemić	7	6
		R Ram   B Reynolds	7	6^3	6				R Ram   B Reynolds	6^4	1
		S Lipsky   D Martin	6^5	7	3											B Soares   D Vemić	7	6^7	7
		S Darcis   O Rochus	6^2	4												I Kunitsyn   D Tursunov	6^9	7	6^3
		I Kunitsyn   D Tursunov	7	6					I Kunitsyn   D Tursunov	6	1	6
		M Kohlmann   A Peya	5	1				6	S Aspelin   J Knowle	2	6	4
	6	S Aspelin   J Knowle	7	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	8	M Fyrstenberg   M Matkowski	3	2
		I Andreev   M Zverev	6	6					I Andreev   M Zverev	7	1	3
		M Gicquel   S Grosjean	7	6					M Gicquel   S Grosjean	5	6	6
		R Bopanna   A-u-H Qureshi	5	3												M Gicquel   S Grosjean	6	3	3
		L Arnold Ker   G Cañas	6	6												F López   F Verdasco	3	6	6
		J Cerretani   V Hănescu	3	2					L Arnold Ker   G Cañas	6	3	6^4
		F López   F Verdasco	6	2					F López   F Verdasco	2	6	7
	10	A Clément   M Llodra	3	1	r																		F López   F Verdasco	4	6^5
	15	M Melo   A Sá	6	6																			T Robredo   S Roitman	6	7
		M Granollers   S Ventura	1	2				15	M Melo   A Sá	6	7
		T Parrott   F Polášek	5	6^3					J Melzer   R Schüttler	3	6^0
		J Melzer   R Schüttler	7	7											15	M Melo   A Sá	2	4
	WC	C Buchanan   R Harrison	2	2												T Robredo   S Roitman	6	6
		T Robredo   S Roitman	6	6					T Robredo   S Roitman	6	7
	WC	R Kendrick   R Sweeting	4	3				3	J Erlich   A Ram	2	5
	3	J Erlich   A Ram	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	5	J Björkman   K Ullyett	6	6
		G García López   I Navarro	4	3				5	J Björkman   K Ullyett	7	1	6^3
		S Bolelli   A Seppi	6	3	2				C Kas   P Petzschner	6^2	6	7
		C Kas   P Petzschner	4	6	6											C Kas   P Petzschner	6	7
	WC	M McClune   K Van't Hof	5	6	6										11	M Damm   P Vízner	3	6^6
		E Butorac   J Levinský	7	3	4			WC	M McClune   K Van't Hof	0	0
		J Chardy   G Simon	7	4	4			11	M Damm   P Vízner	6	6
	11	M Damm   P Vízner	6^4	6	6																		C Kas   P Petzschner	6^14	4
	14	M Mirnyi   J Murray	6^1	6^8																		2	B Bryan   M Bryan	7	6
		M Mertiňák   L Zovko	7	7					M Mertiňák   L Zovko	w/o
	WC	J Isner   S Querrey	4	5					A Calleri   F González
		A Calleri   F González	6	7												M Mertiňák   L Zovko	3	2
		N Devilder   P-H Mathieu	6	5	1										2	B Bryan   M Bryan	6	6
		D Hrbatý   D Škoch	3	7	6				D Hrbatý   D Škoch	6^2	1
		N Almagro   P Andújar	3	2				2	B Bryan   M Bryan	7	6
	2	B Bryan   M Bryan	6	6

External links

• Draw
• 2008 US Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation