# 2009 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles

Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram were the defending champions, but Erlich chose not to participate due to injury, and only Ram competed that year. Ram partnered with Max Mirnyi, they lost in the final to Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick 6–3, 1–6, [12–14]

## Seeds

* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (semifinals)
* Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (first round)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles (second round)
* Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes (second round)
* Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (quarterfinals)
* Bruno Soares / Kevin Ullyett (first round)
* Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie (first round)
* Marcelo Melo / André Sá (second 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | Max Mirnyi Andy Ram | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Max Mirnyi Andy Ram | 6 | 6 | Max Mirnyi Andy Ram | 6 | 1 | [12] |
| | | | | Mardy Fish Andy Roddick | 3 | 6 | [14] |
| | Mardy Fish Andy Roddick | 6 | 7$^7$ | Mardy Fish Andy Roddick | 3 | 6 | [14] |
| | Richard Gasquet Stanislas Wawrinka | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Allegro R Federer | 2 | 0 | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M López R Nadal | 7$^7$ | 4 | [10] | WC | M López R Nadal | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Čermák M Mertiňák | 6$^2$ | 6 | [7] | | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | I Karlović D Vemić | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 2 | 6$^1$ | | | | |
| | D Ferrer A Montañés | 6 | 6 | | | D Ferrer A Montañés | 6 | 6$^6$ | [4] | | | | | | | | |
| | F López F Verdasco | 7$^9$ | 1 | [2] | 5 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 4 | 7$^8$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 6$^7$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | M Bhupathi M Knowles | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Mirnyi A Ram | 6 | 6 |
| | I Kunitsyn D Tursunov | 5 | 3 | | 3 | M Bhupathi M Knowles | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi A Ram | 6 | 6$^5$ | [12] | | M Mirnyi A Ram | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm R Lindstedt | 3 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | M Mirnyi A Ram | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | T Berdych N Kiefer | 4 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | R Hutchins A Murray | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | R Hutchins A Murray | 6 | 0 | [10] | | R Hutchins A Murray | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| ALT | P-H Mathieu M Safin | 7$^7$ | 2 | [8] | 8 | M Melo A Sá | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Melo A Sá | 6$^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | J Coetzee W Moodie | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Llodra R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | | M Llodra R Štěpánek | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | |
| | M Fish A Roddick | 6 | 6 | | | M Fish A Roddick | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | |
| | J Chardy G Simon | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | M Fish A Roddick | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | S Aspelin J Murray | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | JM del Potro D Nalbandian | 1 | 1 | | | |
| | JM del Potro D Nalbandian | 7 | 6 | | | JM del Potro D Nalbandian | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | |
| | J Knowle J Melzer | 4 | 6 | [8] | 4 | L Dlouhý L Paes | 6$^6$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | |
| 4 | L Dlouhý L Paes | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | M Fish A Roddick | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 6 | B Soares K Ullyett | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | R Gasquet S Wawrinka | 4 | 6$^4$ |
| | T Parrott F Polášek | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | T Parrott F Polášek | 6$^4$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | |
| | F González T Robredo | 6 | 6 | | | F González T Robredo | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler R Söderling | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | F González T Robredo | | | | | |
| | Ł Kubot O Marach | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | R Gasquet S Wawrinka | w/o | | | | |
| | G Monfils M Zverev | 6$^2$ | 0 | | | Ł Kubot O Marach | 5 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet S Wawrinka | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | R Gasquet S Wawrinka | 7 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | |
| 2 | D Nestor N Zimonjić | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |