2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Champions	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Runners-up	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić
Final score	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]

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.

1. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (Champions)
2. Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (Final)
3. Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (Second Round)
4. Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles (Second Round)
5. Simon Aspelin / Julian Knowle (Second Round)
6. Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra (Second Round)
7. Jonas Björkman / Kevin Ullyett (Semifinals)
8. Paul Hanley / Leander Paes (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	6	6
	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	3	[10]

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							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							Second Round							Quarterfinals							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]

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