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2008 Italian Open – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
2008 Italian Open
Final
ChampionsUnited States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Runners-upCanada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Score3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together.
Santoro partnered with Richard Gasquet, but lost in the semifinals to Zimonjic and partner Daniel Nestor, who lost in the final.

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 3–6, 6–4, [10–8], against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.

Seeds

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All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

  1. United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan (champions)
  2. Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (final)
  3. Israel Jonathan Erlich / Israel Andy Ram (second round)
  4. India Mahesh Bhupathi / The Bahamas Mark Knowles (second round)
  5. Sweden Simon Aspelin / Austria Julian Knowle (second round)
  6. France Arnaud Clément / France Michaël Llodra (second round)
  7. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett (semifinals)
  8. Australia Paul Hanley / India Leander Paes (second round)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6 6  
7 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
2 1  
1 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3 6 [10]
2 Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6 4 [8]
  France Richard Gasquet
France Fabrice Santoro
3 6 [8]
2 Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6 3 [10]

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United States B Bryan
United States M Bryan
6 6  
  Russia D Tursunov
Switzerland S Wawrinka
5 4     Belarus M Mirnyi
United Kingdom J Murray
4 4  
  Belarus M Mirnyi
United Kingdom J Murray
7 6   1 United States B Bryan
United States M Bryan
6 6  
  Croatia I Karlović
Netherlands R Wassen
2 5   WC Italy F Cipolla
Italy P Starace
1 4  
WC Italy F Cipolla
Italy P Starace
6 7   WC Italy F Cipolla
Italy P Starace
6 64 [10]
6 France A Clément
France M Llodra
3 7 [8]
1 United States B Bryan
United States M Bryan
6 6  
7 Sweden J Björkman
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
2 1  
3 Israel J Erlich
Israel A Ram
66 3  
  Australia J Kerr
Finland J Nieminen
4 6 [10]   Australia J Kerr
Finland J Nieminen
7 6  
  France N Mahut
France P-H Mathieu
6 4 [8]   Australia J Kerr
Finland J Nieminen
4 6 [6]
  South Africa J Coetzee
South Africa W Moodie
w/o     7 Sweden J Björkman
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
6 4 [10]
  Argentina J Acasuso
Chile F González
        South Africa J Coetzee
South Africa W Moodie
4 2  
7 Sweden J Björkman
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
6 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Sweden S Aspelin
Austria J Knowle
3 0  
  France R Gasquet
France F Santoro
6 7     France R Gasquet
France F Santoro
6 6  
WC Italy S Bolelli
Italy A Seppi
3 5     France R Gasquet
France F Santoro
6 6  
  Spain F López
Spain F Verdasco
6 7     Spain F López
Spain F Verdasco
3 4  
  Russia I Andreev
Croatia I Ljubičić
4 63     Spain F López
Spain F Verdasco
64 6 [10]
4 India M Bhupathi
The Bahamas M Knowles
7 4 [7]
  France R Gasquet
France F Santoro
3 6 [8]
2 Canada D Nestor
Serbia N Zimonjić
6 3 [10]
8 Australia P Hanley
India L Paes
6 3 [6]
  Peru L Horna
Argentina J Mónaco
62 7 [8]   Poland M Fyrstenberg
Poland M Matkowski
4 6 [10]
  Poland M Fyrstenberg
Poland M Matkowski
7 64 [10]   Poland M Fyrstenberg
Poland M Matkowski
4 1  
  Brazil M Melo
Brazil A Sá
63 6 [7] 2 Canada D Nestor
Serbia N Zimonjić
6 6  
  United States J Blake
United States M Fish
7 2 [10]   United States J Blake
United States M Fish
6 5 [9]
2 Canada D Nestor
Serbia N Zimonjić
2 7 [11]
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