title: 2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles
text: # 2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles
  
  Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Klaasen played alongside Michael Venus, but lost in the second round to Ivan Dodig and Ram. Dodig and Ram lost in the quarterfinals to John Isner and Jack Sock.
  
  Isner and Sock went on to win the title, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ $7–6^{(7–2)}.$
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo (first round)
  * Henri Kontinen / John Peers (first round)
  * Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić (semifinals)
  * Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (second round)
  * Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (second round)
  * Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (second round)
  * Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (final)
  * Ivan Dodig / Rajeev Ram (quarterfinals)
  
  ## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | John Isner Jack Sock | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 3 | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić | 3 | 2 | | | | |
  | 3 | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić | 3 | 2 | | John Isner Jack Sock | $7^7$ | $7^7$ |
  | | | | | 7 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | $6^4$ | $6^2$ |
  | | Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos | $6^5$ | 4 | 7 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | $6^4$ | $6^2$ |
  | 7 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ł Kubot M Melo | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Bautista Agut D Ferrer | 6 | 6 | | | R Bautista Agut D Ferrer | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Ramos Viñolas F Verdasco | 3 | $6^6$ | | | J Isner J Sock | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Isner J Sock | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | J Isner J Sock | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | R Klaasen M Venus | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | 8 | I Dodig R Ram | $6^2$ | $6^2$ | | | | |
  | | JS Cabal R Farah | 6 | 0 | [5] | | R Klaasen M Venus | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | B McLachlan J Peralta | 6 | 3 | [5] | 8 | I Dodig R Ram | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | I Dodig R Ram | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | J Isner J Sock | 6 | 6 |
  | 3 | O Marach M Pavić | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | O Marach M Pavić | 3 | 2 |
  | WC | S Johnson D Nestor | $6^4$ | 3 | | 3 | O Marach M Pavić | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Fognini A-u-H Qureshi | 2 | 6 | [10] | | F Fognini A-u-H Qureshi | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Mektić A Peya | 6 | 3 | [5] | | | | | 3 | O Marach M Pavić | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | F López M López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | F López M López | 4 | 4 | | | | |
  | | JM del Potro G Dimitrov | 4 | 2 | | | F López M López | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Harrison M Mirnyi | $6^5$ | 4 | | 6 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Džumhur F Krajinović | 1 | 2 | | 5 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | $6^5$ | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | |
  | | S González N Monroe | $7^7$ | 5 | [2] | | P Cuevas H Zeballos | $7^7$ | 3 | [13] | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Cuevas H Zeballos | $6^5$ | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | P Cuevas H Zeballos | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | R Bopanna É Roger-Vasselin | 7 | 2 | [4] | | | | | | | G Müller S Querrey | 4 | 4 | | | | |
  | | G Müller S Querrey | 5 | 6 | [10] | | G Müller S Querrey | 7 | $6^4$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | P Petzschner D Thiem | 3 | 4 | | 4 | J Murray B Soares | 5 | $7^7$ | [2] | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | P Cuevas H Zeballos | $6^5$ | 4 |
  | 7 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 7 | B Bryan M Bryan | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | | A Zverev M Zverev | 3 | 6 | [1] | 7 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Edmund F Škugor | $6^6$ | 5 | | | P Carreño Busta D Marrero | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Carreño Busta D Marrero | $7^8$ | 7 | | | | | | | 7 | B Bryan M Bryan | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | M Daniell D Schwartzman | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | M Daniell D Schwartzman | 5 | 1 | | | | |
  | | P Kohlschreiber L Pouille | 6 | 2 | [7] | | M Daniell D Schwartzman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Mannarino F Martin | $7^7$ | 3 | [10] | | A Mannarino F Martin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | H Kontinen J Peers | $6^4$ | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  