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2008 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

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Wheelchair men's doubles
2008 Australian Open
Final
ChampionJapan Shingo Kunieda
Japan Satoshi Saida
Runner-upNetherlands Robin Ammerlaan
Netherlands Ronald Vink
Score6–4, 6–3
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women mixed
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Defending champion Shingo Kunieda and his partner Satoshi Saida defeated the other four-time defending champion Robin Ammerlaan and his partner Ronald Vink in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2008 Australian Open.

Seeds

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  1. Japan Shingo Kunieda / Japan Satoshi Saida (champions)
  2. Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan / Netherlands Ronald Vink (final)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Japan Shingo Kunieda
Japan Satoshi Saida
  BYE
BYE
1 Japan Shingo Kunieda
Japan Satoshi Saida
6 6
  Japan Yoshinobu Fujimoto
United States Tony Lara
4 1   Chile Robinson Mendez
France Nicolas Peifer
1 2
  Chile Robinson Mendez
France Nicolas Peifer
6 6 1 Japan Shingo Kunieda
Japan Satoshi Saida
6 6
  France Frédéric Cattanéo
Austria Martin Legner
  France Frédéric Cattanéo
Austria Martin Legner
0 2
  BYE
BYE
  France Frédéric Cattanéo
Austria Martin Legner
6 6
  Japan Takahiro Hirate
Australia David Latham
2 6 [10]   Japan Takahiro Hirate
Australia David Latham
1 3
  Australia Michael Dobbie
Germany Steffen Sommerfield
6 1 7 1 Japan Shingo Kunieda
Japan Satoshi Saida
6 6
  Poland Tadeusz Kruszelnicki
United States Jon Rydberg
5 6 9 2 Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
Netherlands Ronald Vink
4 3
  Australia Anthony Bonaccurso
Australia Ben Weeks
7 1 11   Australia Anthony Bonaccurso
Australia Ben Weeks
1 2
  BYE
BYE
  France Stéphane Houdet
France Michaël Jérémiasz
6 6
  France Stéphane Houdet
France Michaël Jérémiasz
  France Stéphane Houdet
France Michaël Jérémiasz
2 0
  Netherlands Maikel Scheffers
Netherlands Eric Stuurman
3 6 4 2 Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
Netherlands Ronald Vink
6 6
  Sweden Niclas Rodhborn
United Kingdom David Phillipson
6 1 [10]   Sweden Niclas Rodhborn
United Kingdom David Phillipson
4 2
  BYE
BYE
2 Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
Netherlands Ronald Vink
6 6
2 Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
Netherlands Ronald Vink
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