Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Bopanna played alongside Florin Mergea, but lost in the first round to Nestor and Radek Štepánek. Nestor and Štepánek lost in the quarterfinals to Łukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski.<br>
Daniel Nestor also played with Florin Mergea.
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