2008 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
2008 Kremlin Cup
Final
ChampionsUkraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
Italy Potito Starace
Runners-upAustralia Stephen Huss
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
Score7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–6]
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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In the 2008 Kremlin Cup - Men's doubles, Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Safin partnered with Teymuraz Gabashvili, but lost in the first round to Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins. Tursunov partnered with Igor Kunitsyn, but they were forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury for Tursunov before their quarterfinals match against Sergiy Stakhovsky and Potito Starace.

Stakhovsky and Starace won in the final 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–6], against Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins.

Seeds

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

Draw

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Key

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Australia J Kerr
United Kingdom J Murray
77 5 [8]
  Russia M Youzhny
Germany M Zverev
63 7 [10]   Russia M Youzhny
Germany M Zverev
65 64  
  Australia S Huss
United Kingdom R Hutchins
6 6     Australia S Huss
United Kingdom R Hutchins
77 77  
  Russia T Gabashvili
Russia M Safin
4 2     Australia S Huss
United Kingdom R Hutchins
64 6 [10]
3 France M Llodra
France F Santoro
6 6   3 France M Llodra
France F Santoro
77 2 [7]
  France J Chardy
France F Serra
3 4   3 France M Llodra
France F Santoro
6 6  
  Serbia J Tipsarević
Serbia V Troicki
65 6 [10]   Serbia J Tipsarević
Serbia V Troicki
0 1  
  Slovakia M Mertiňák
Croatia L Zovko
77 3 [8]   Australia S Huss
United Kingdom R Hutchins
64 6 [6]
WC Russia S Demekhine
Russia K Kravchuk
64 6 [7]   Ukraine S Stakhovsky
Italy P Starace
77 2 [10]
  Ukraine S Stakhovsky
Italy P Starace
77 1 [10]   Ukraine S Stakhovsky
Italy P Starace
w/o    
WC Russia E Donskoy
Austria S Vovk
3 3   4 Russia I Kunitsyn
Russia D Tursunov
     
4 Russia I Kunitsyn
Russia D Tursunov
6 6     Ukraine S Stakhovsky
Italy P Starace
6 65 [16]
  Czech Republic D Škoch
Slovakia I Zelenay
6 6     Czech Republic D Škoch
Slovakia I Zelenay
3 77 [14]
  Germany F Moser
Israel D Sela
3 4     Czech Republic D Škoch
Slovakia I Zelenay
6 6  
  Germany D Gremelmayr
Chinese Taipei Y-h Lu
1 4   2 Czech Republic F Čermák
Netherlands R Wassen
2 4  
2 Czech Republic F Čermák
Netherlands R Wassen
6 6  

References

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