title: 2009 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles
text: # 2009 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles
  
  Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan are the defending champions. However, they lost to Ashley Fisher and Stephen Huss in the semifinals.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (semifinals)
  * Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (first round)
  * Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles (first round)
  * Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes (second round)
  * Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (first round)
  * Bruno Soares / Kevin Ullyett (quarterfinals)
  * Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie (second round)
  * Marcelo Melo / André Sá (first round)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | $6^6$ | 4 | | | | | |
  | | Ashley Fisher Stephen Huss | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Ashley Fisher Stephen Huss | $7^8$ | 6 | | Ashley Fisher Stephen Huss | $7^7$ | 2 | [7] |
  | | | | | | Max Mirnyi Andy Ram | $6^4$ | 6 | [10] |
  | | Max Mirnyi Andy Ram | 4 | $7^{10}$ | [10] | Max Mirnyi Andy Ram | $6^4$ | 6 | [10] |
  | | Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer | 6 | $6^8$ | [6] | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Kiefer R Schüttler | $6^2$ | 5 | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 4 | $7^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Djokovic L Arnold Ker | 6 | $6^6$ | [4] | | I Karlović D Vemić | 6 | $6^5$ | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I Karlović D Vemić | 4 | $7^8$ | [10] | | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | WC | M López R Nadal | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | 6 | B Soares K Ullyett | $6^1$ | 4 | | | | | |
  | ALT | J Brunström J-J Rojer | 2 | $6^5$ | | WC | M López R Nadal | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | G Gaudio N Lapentti | 2 | 2 | | 6 | B Soares K Ullyett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | B Soares K Ullyett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | $6^6$ | 4 |
  | 4 | L Dlouhý L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Fisher S Huss | $7^8$ | 6 |
  | | F González J Mónaco | 2 | 2 | | 4 | L Dlouhý L Paes | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Čermák M Mertiňák | 6 | 6 | | | F Čermák M Mertiňák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Chardy G Simon | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | F Čermák M Mertiňák | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | |
  | | A Fisher S Huss | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Fisher S Huss | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
  | | P-H Mathieu M Safin | 4 | 2 | | | A Fisher S Huss | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Parrott F Polášek | 6 | 6 | | | T Parrott F Polášek | $6^3$ | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | J Coetzee W Moodie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Cerretani V Hănescu | 3 | 3 | | 7 | J Coetzee W Moodie | $6^4$ | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | |
  | | S Bolelli A Seppi | 1 | 2 | | | M Mirnyi A Ram | $7^7$ | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | |
  | | M Mirnyi A Ram | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Mirnyi A Ram | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | R de Voest B Reynolds | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | J Benneteau J-W Tsonga | $6^1$ | $6^5$ | | | | |
  | | S Aspelin J Murray | 1 | $6^4$ | | | R de Voest B Reynolds | $6^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Benneteau J-W Tsonga | 3 | 7 | [10] | | J Benneteau J-W Tsonga | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | M Bhupathi M Knowles | 6 | 5 | [6] | | | | | | | | | M Mirnyi A Ram | 4 | $7^{10}$ | [10] |
  | 8 | M Melo A Sá | $6^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | $6^8$ | [6] |
  | | R Hutchins J Kerr | $7^7$ | 6 | | | R Hutchins J Kerr | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Damm M Lindstedt | 7 | 6 | | | M Damm M Lindstedt | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Kas P Kohlschreiber | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | R Hutchins J Kerr | 3 | 1 | | | | |
  | | I Kunitsyn D Tursunov | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 6 | | | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Almagro D Ferrer | 6 | 6 | | | N Almagro D Ferrer | 0 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | D Nestor N Zimonjić | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  