2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
# 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Rik de Voest and Dmitry Tursunov.

Rik de Voest and Dmitry Tursunov won the final against Martin Damm and Robert Lindstedt, 4–6, 6–3, [10–5].

## Seeds

* Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (first round)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles (quarterfinals)
* Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes (first round)
* Andy Ram / Kevin Ullyett (first 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

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | D Nestor N Zimonjić | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 6 | | | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | M Matkowski R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | M Matkowski R Schüttler | 4 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | |
| | C Kas P Kohlschreiber | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | M Matkowski R Schüttler | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | L Dlouhý L Paes | 4 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | M Damm R Lindstedt | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Bolelli I Karlović | 6 | 2 | [10] | | S Bolelli I Karlović | 2 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Amritraj A-u-H Qureshi | $6^4$ | 5 | | | M Damm R Lindstedt | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm R Lindstedt | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | M Damm R Lindstedt | 6 | 3 | [5] |
| | J Tipsarević V Troicki | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | R de Voest D Tursunov | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| | J Coetzee W Moodie | 6 | 6 | | | J Coetzee W Moodie | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | D Ferrer M Safin | 6 | 3 | [10] | | D Ferrer M Safin | 5 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Ram K Ullyett | 3 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | D Ferrer M Safin | 7 | 3 | [5] | | | | |
| | R de Voest D Tursunov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R de Voest D Tursunov | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | I Andreev M Youzhny | 3 | 2 | | | R de Voest D Tursunov | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | HA Janahi M-N Al Baloushi | 3 | 1 | | 2 | M Bhupathi M Knowles | $6^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Bhupathi M Knowles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
