2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
2008 Kremlin Cup
Champions	Sergiy Stakhovsky Potito Starace
Runners-up	Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins
Score	7–6(7–4),2–6, [10–6]
Draw	16
Seeds	4

In the2008 Kremlin Cup - Men's doubles,Marat SafinandDmitry Tursunovwere the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Safin partnered withTeymuraz Gabashvili,but lost in the first round toStephen HussandRoss Hutchins.Tursunov partnered withIgor Kunitsyn,but they were forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury for Tursunov before their quarterfinals match againstSergiy StakhovskyandPotito Starace.

Stakhovsky and Starace won in the final 7–6^(7–4),2–6, [10–6], againstStephen HussandRoss Hutchins.

Seeds

1. Jordan Kerr/Jamie Murray(first round)
2. František Čermák/Rogier Wassen(quarterfinals)
3. Michaël Llodra/Fabrice Santoro(semifinals)
4. Igor Kunitsyn/Dmitry Tursunov(quarterfinals, withdrew due to a shoulder injury for Tursunov)

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							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J Kerr J Murray	77	5	[8]
		M Youzhny M Zverev	63	7	[10]				M Youzhny M Zverev	65	64
		S Huss R Hutchins	6	6					S Huss R Hutchins	77	77
		T Gabashvili M Safin	4	2												S Huss R Hutchins	64	6	[10]
	3	M Llodra F Santoro	6	6											3	M Llodra F Santoro	77	2	[7]
		J Chardy F Serra	3	4				3	M Llodra F Santoro	6	6
		J Tipsarević V Troicki	65	6	[10]				J Tipsarević V Troicki	0	1
		M Mertiňák L Zovko	77	3	[8]																		S Huss R Hutchins	64	6	[6]
	WC	S Demekhine K Kravchuk	64	6	[7]																		S Stakhovsky P Starace	77	2	[10]
		S Stakhovsky P Starace	77	1	[10]				S Stakhovsky P Starace	w/o
	WC	E Donskoy S Vovk	3	3				4	I Kunitsyn D Tursunov
	4	I Kunitsyn D Tursunov	6	6												S Stakhovsky P Starace	6	65	[16]
		D Škoch I Zelenay	6	6												D Škoch I Zelenay	3	77	[14]
		F Moser D Sela	3	4					D Škoch I Zelenay	6	6
		D Gremelmayr Y-h Lu	1	4				2	F Čermák R Wassen	2	4
	2	F Čermák R Wassen	6	6

External links

• 2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles draw