Cédric Pioline and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but Pioline instead competed in the Legends Over 45 Doubles event.
 Santoro played alongside Sébastien Grosjean in the round robin.
2005 Dubai Tennis Championships.
 Mahesh Bhupathi and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions.
 Bhupathi partnered with Todd Woodbridge, losing in the semifinals.
 Santoro partnered with Jonas Björkman, finishing runner-up.
Sergiy Eduardovych Stakhovsky (Ukrainian: Сергій Едуардович Стаховський , ] ; born January 6, 1986) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player.
 Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and had been playing mostly at the Challenger level from 2005–2008.
 His career-high singles ranking is World No. 31 (September 2010) and he has reached as high as No. 33 in doubles the same month.
 He won his first career title in March 2008, as a lucky loser ranked no. 209, defeating top seed Ivan Ljubičić in the final, thus becoming the first lucky loser to win a title since Christian Miniussi in 1991.
 He is the elder brother of tennis player Leonard Stakhovsky.
 He is currently coached by Fabrice Santoro.
 He is well known for beating seven-time winner and defending champion Roger Federer in the 2nd round of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships ending his record run of 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals.
Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but Santoro did not participate this year.
 Llodra partnered Thierry Ascione, losing in the first round.
Nicolas Escudé and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions but only Santoro competed that year with Michaël Llodra.
Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but had different outcomes.
 While Llodra did not compete this year, Santoro partnered with Nenad Zimonjić and reached the Quarterfinals, before losing to Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi.
Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but Santoro chose not to participate, and only Zimonjic competed that year.
Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a retired French professional male tennis player from Tahiti.
 Though not counted among the top-ranked players, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career, and he is popular among spectators and other players alike for his winning demeanor and shot-making abilities.
Mansour Bahrami and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but Bahrami competed in the Legends Over 45 Doubles event.
 Santoro played alongside Sébastien Grosjean, but they were eliminated in the round-robin stage.
Paul Annacone (born March 20, 1963) is an American former touring professional tennis player and current tennis coach.
 He is the former coach of open-era leader in Grand Slams Roger Federer and former World No. 1 Pete Sampras.
 Annacone is currently a coach at ProTennisCoach.com and a commentator at Tennis Channel

Question: Are both Paul Annacone and Fabrice Santoro tennis players?
Answer: yes