title: 2004 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
text: # 2004 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
  
  Leander Paes and David Rikl were the defending champions but only Paes competed that year with Jonas Björkman.
  
  Björkman and Paes lost in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Fabrice Santoro.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Mahesh Bhupathi / Fabrice Santoro (champions)
  * Jonas Björkman / Leander Paes (final)
  * Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (first round)
  * Martin Damm / Cyril Suk (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
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | M Bhupathi F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Ghareeb I Heuberger | 4 | 2 | | 1 | M Bhupathi F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Davydenko F López | 6 | 6 | | | N Davydenko F López | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Rochus M Safin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi F Santoro | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
  | 4 | M Damm C Suk | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | P Pála P Vízner | 1 | $6^4$ | | | | | |
  | | P Pála P Vízner | $7^7$ | 6 | | | P Pála P Vízner | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I Ljubičić S Schalken | $6^2$ | 0 | | | T Cibulec L Friedl | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Cibulec L Friedl | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi F Santoro | 6 | 4 | 6 |
  | WC | O Bahrouzyan N Mohammed | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Björkman L Paes | 2 | 6 | 4 |
  | | M Kohlmann R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | M Kohlmann R Schüttler | $6^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Nadal T Robredo | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | | R Nadal T Robredo | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | $6^4$ | 1 | | | | | | | R Nadal T Robredo | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | P Hanley N Zimonjić | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | J Björkman L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | D Hrbatý J Knowle | 3 | 6 | 5 | | P Hanley N Zimonjić | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | W Black K Ullyett | 3 | 4 | | 2 | J Björkman L Paes | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | J Björkman L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  