# 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi were the defending champions, but Bolelli chose to compete in São Paulo instead. Seppi played alongside Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in the qualifying tournament, but lost in the qualifying competition to James Cerretani and Philipp Oswald.
Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău won the title, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Marcin Matkowski in the final, 4–6, 6–3, [10–3].

## Seeds

* Henri Kontinen / John Peers (semifinals)
* Ivan Dodig / Marcel Granollers (first round)
* Daniel Nestor / Édouard Roger-Vasselin (quarterfinals)
* Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (champions)

## 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Alawadhi A Madanchi | 1 | 1 | | 1 | H Kontinen J Peers | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Evans G Müller | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | D Evans G Müller | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Murray N Zimonjić | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | 1 | H Kontinen J Peers | 6$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 4 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Pavić A Peya | 6$^2$ | 1 | | 4 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Pouille F Verdasco | | | | | P Kohlschreiber F Mayer | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber F Mayer | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| Q | J Cerretani P Oswald | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | R Bopanna M Matkowski | 6 | 3 | [3] |
| | G García López L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | G García López L Paes | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J McGee D O'Hare | 1 | 1 | | 3 | D Nestor É Roger-Vasselin | 6$^3$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | D Nestor É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | G García López L Paes | 3 | 6 | [6] | | | | | |
| | K Khachanov B Paire | 7$^7$ | 4 | [6] | | | | | | R Bopanna M Matkowski | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | |
| | F Mergea V Troicki | 6$^5$ | 6 | [10] | | F Mergea V Troicki | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bopanna M Matkowski | 5 | 6 | [11] | | R Bopanna M Matkowski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | I Dodig M Granollers | 7 | 3 | [9] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Wesley Koolhof / Matwé Middelkoop (first round)
* James Cerretani / Philipp Oswald (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* James Cerretani / Philipp Oswald

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| WC | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Andreas Seppi | 6 | 4 | [12] | | | | |
| WC | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Andreas Seppi | 6 | 4 | [12] | WC | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Andreas Seppi | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | | 2 | James Cerretani Philipp Oswald | 7 | 6 |
| | Jan-Lennard Struff Jiří Veselý | 3 | 3 | | 2 | James Cerretani Philipp Oswald | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | James Cerretani Philipp Oswald | 6 | 6 | | | | | |