# 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to John Peers and Michael Venus.
Peers and Venus went on to win the title, defeating Raven Klaasen and Oliver Marach in the final, 6–3, 6–2.
This tournament marked the final professprofessional appearance of former doubles world No. 1 and eight-time men's doubles major champion Leander Paes.

## Seeds

* Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (quarterfinals)
* Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek (first round)
* Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies (quarterfinals)
* Raven Klaasen / Oliver Marach (final)

## 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | R Ram J Salisbury | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Čilić N Djokovic | 2 | 2 | | 1 | R Ram J Salisbury | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Peers M Venus | 6 | 6 | | | J Peers M Venus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | P-H Herbert B Paire | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | J Peers M Venus | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | K Krawietz A Mies | 6 | 6$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | J Melzer É Roger-Vasselin | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | |
| | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 4 | 7$^9$ | [8] | 3 | K Krawietz A Mies | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | |
| | J Melzer É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | J Melzer É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | J Murray N Skupski | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | J Peers M Venus | 6 | 6 |
| WC | A Al Janahi F Al Janahi | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | R Klaasen O Marach | 3 | 2 |
| | W Koolhof N Mektić | 6 | 6 | | | W Koolhof N Mektić | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Khachanov A Rublev | 6$^4$ | 3 | | 4 | R Klaasen O Marach | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | R Klaasen O Marach | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 4 | R Klaasen O Marach | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | H Kontinen J-L Struff | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | Q | H Kontinen J-L Struff | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Pavić B Soares | 6$^2$ | 6$^4$ | | Q | H Kontinen J-L Struff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Ebden L Paes | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Ebden L Paes | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | I Dodig F Polášek | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Henri Kontinen / Jan-Lennard Struff (qualified)
* Rohan Bopanna / Pablo Carreño Busta (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Henri Kontinen / Jan-Lennard Struff

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Henri Kontinen Jan-Lennard Struff | w/o | | | | | | |
| | Thomas Fabbiano Emil Ruusuvuori | | | | | | | |
| | Thomas Fabbiano Emil Ruusuvuori | | | 1 | Henri Kontinen Jan-Lennard Struff | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| | | | | 2 | Rohan Bopanna Pablo Carreño Busta | 3 | 6 | [6] |
| WC | Lukáš Rosol Viktor Troicki | 4 | 5 | 2 | Rohan Bopanna Pablo Carreño Busta | 3 | 6 | [6] |
| 2 | Rohan Bopanna Pablo Carreño Busta | 6 | 7 | | | | | |