# 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title, defeating James Cerretani and Leander Paes in the final, 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$.

## Seeds

* Henri Kontinen / John Peers (first round)
* Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (champions)
* Ivan Dodig / Rajeev Ram (semifinals)
* Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus (quarterfinals)

## 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 | H KontinenJ Peers | 6$^4$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Džumhur F Krajinović | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | D Džumhur F Krajinović | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D IstominD Nestor | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | R GasquetP-H Herbert | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet P-H Herbert | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | D DžumhurF Krajinović | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | R Klaasen M Venus | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | WC | J Cerretani L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R BopannaÉ Roger-Vasselin | 4 | 6 | [6] | 4 | R KlaasenM Venus | 6 | 4 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| LL | A Haider-MaurerF Mayer | 3 | 1 | | WC | J Cerretani L Paes | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Cerretani L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | J CerretaniL Paes | 2 | 6$^2$ |
| Q | J-L StruffV Troicki | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | R Haase M Middelkoop | 6 | 6 | | | R HaaseM Middelkoop | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | M GranollersN Zimonjić | 7$^7$ | 2 | [6] | 3 | I Dodig R Ram | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | I Dodig R Ram | 6$^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 3 | I DodigR Ram | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | D SharanY Sugita | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Matkowski A-u-H Qureshi | 7 | 6 | | | M MatkowskiA-u-H Qureshi | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M DaniellD Inglot | 3 | 7$^{10}$ | [7] | 2 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6 | 6$^8$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Jan-Lennard Struff / Viktor Troicki (qualified)
* Andreas Haider-Maurer / Florian Mayer (qualifying competition, lucky losers)

### Qualifiers

* Jan-Lennard Struff / Viktor Troicki

### Lucky losers

* Andreas Haider-Maurer / Florian Mayer

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Jan-Lennard Struff Viktor Troicki | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Fares Al Janahi Fahad Janahi | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| WC | Fares Al Janahi Fahad Janahi | 1 | 0 | | 1 | Jan-Lennard Struff Viktor Troicki | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Andreas Haider-MaurerFlorian Mayer | 3 | 4 |
| | Mikhail KukushkinJoão Sousa | 5 | 7 | [10] | 2 | Andreas Haider-MaurerFlorian Mayer | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Andreas Haider-Maurer Florian Mayer | 7 | 5 | [12] | | | | |