2012 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Sergiy Stakhovsky and Mikhail Youzhny were the defending champions but decided not to participate together. Stakhovsky plays alongside Michael Kohlmann, while Youzhny partners up with Marcos Baghdatis. Both pairs, however, lost in the quarterfinals and first round, respectively, to Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna defeated Fyrstenberg and Matkowski 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] in the final to win the title.

Men's doubles
2012 Dubai Tennis Championships
Final
Champions	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna
Runners-up	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
Score	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Details
Draw	16
Seeds	4
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Seeds

1.   Michaël Llodra /   Nenad Zimonjić (quarterfinals)
2.   Robert Lindstedt /   Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)
3.   Mariusz Fyrstenberg /   Marcin Matkowski (final)
4.   Mahesh Bhupathi /   Rohan Bopanna (champions)

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

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	M Llodra   N Zimonjić	6	6
	WC	M İlhan   M Jaziri	1	3				1	M Llodra   N Zimonjić	6^3	6^2
	WC	M Ghareeb   A Maqdas	4	1					J Knowle   A Peya	7^7	7^7
		J Knowle   A Peya	6	6												J Knowle   A Peya	6^2	6^7
	4	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	6	7											4	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	7^7	7^9
		L Dlouhý   A Dolgopolov	4	5				4	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	6	6
		A-u-H Qureshi   J-J Rojer	6	6^12	[6]				P Hanley   J Murray	3	3
		P Hanley   J Murray	4	7^14	[10]																	4	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	6	3	[10]
		M Kohlmann   S Stakhovsky	7	6																		3	M Fyrstenberg   M Matkowski	4	6	[5]
		J Cerretani   I Ljubičić	5	4					M Kohlmann   S Stakhovsky	6^4	3
		M Baghdatis   M Youzhny	2	5				3	M Fyrstenberg   M Matkowski	7^7	6
	3	M Fyrstenberg   M Matkowski	6	7											3	M Fyrstenberg   M Matkowski	6	3	[10]
		J Erlich   A Ram	6	7												J Erlich   A Ram	4	6	[4]
		S Lipsky   R Ram	3	5					J Erlich   A Ram	6	6
		L Paes   J Tipsarević	4	5				2	R Lindstedt   H Tecău	1	2
	2	R Lindstedt   H Tecău	6	7

External links

• Main draw