# 2008 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Santoro partnered with Richard Gasquet, but lost in the semifinals to Zimonjic and partner Daniel Nestor, who lost in the final.
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 3–6, 6–4, [10–8], against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.

## Seeds

All seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (champions)
* Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (final)
* Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (second round)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles (second round)
* Simon Aspelin / Julian Knowle (second round)
* Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra (second round)
* Jonas Björkman / Kevin Ullyett (semifinals)
* Paul Hanley / Leander Paes (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett | 2 | 1 | | 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3 | 6 | [10] |
| | | | | | 2 | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 4 | [8] |
| | Richard Gasquet Fabrice Santoro | 3 | 6 | [8] | 2 | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 4 | [8] |
| 2 | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Tursunov S Wawrinka | 5 | 4 | | | M Mirnyi J Murray | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi J Murray | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | I Karlović R Wassen | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | WC | F Cipolla P Starace | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | F Cipolla P Starace | 6 | 7 | | WC | F Cipolla P Starace | 6 | 6$^4$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | A Clément M Llodra | 3 | 7 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Björkman K Ullyett | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | J Erlich A Ram | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kerr J Nieminen | 4 | 6 | [10] | | J Kerr J Nieminen | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Mahut P-H Mathieu | 6 | 4 | [8] | | | | | | | J Kerr J Nieminen | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | |
| | J Coetzee W Moodie | w/o | | | | | | | | 7 | J Björkman K Ullyett | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | |
| | J Acasuso F González | | | | | J Coetzee W Moodie | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | J Björkman K Ullyett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 5 | S Aspelin J Knowle | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet F Santoro | 6 | 7 | | | R Gasquet F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Bolelli A Seppi | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | R Gasquet F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F López F Verdasco | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | F López F Verdasco | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | I Andreev I Ljubičić | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | F López F Verdasco | 6$^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | M Bhupathi M Knowles | 7 | 4 | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Gasquet F Santoro | 3 | 6 | [8] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | D Nestor N Zimonjić | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| | | | | | 8 | P Hanley L Paes | 6 | 3 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Horna J Mónaco | 6$^2$ | 7 | [8] | | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 7 | 6$^4$ | [10] | | | | | | | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | M Melo A Sá | 6$^3$ | 6 | [7] | | | | | | 2 | D Nestor N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Blake M Fish | 7 | 2 | [10] | | J Blake M Fish | 6 | 5 | [9] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | D Nestor N Zimonjić | 2 | 7 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |