Premise: Rohan Bopanna and Eric Butorac were the defending champions, but Bopanna did not participate that year.<BR>Butorac partnered with Scott Lipsky, but lost in the first round to Denis Istomin and Leonardo Mayer.<BR>Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Benjamin Becker and Frank Moser.
Hypothesis: Eric defended his half of the championship