2008 Thailand Open - Doubles
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Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004....

 and Sonchat Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana is a professional tennis player from Thailand. In 2007, Sonchat and his twin brother Sanchai Ratiwatana won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok in their home country...

 were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Julien Benneteau
Julien Benneteau
Julien Benneteau is a professional male tennis player from France. His career-best singles ranking is ATP world no. 32, which he reached in July 2010. He formerly resided in Boulogne Billancourt and now lives in Geneva...

 and Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...

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Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý is a professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World Number 5 on June 22, 2009.-2006-2008:...

 and Leander Paes
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...

 won in the final 6–4, 7–6(4), against Scott Lipsky
Scott Lipsky
Scott Lipsky is a professional tennis player from the United States. He is primarily a doubles specialist....

 and David Martin
David Martin (tennis)
David Martin is a professional American tennis player.He teamed with Scott Lipsky to win his first ATP doubles title in February 2008 at the SAP Open in San Jose, California, defeating the number one ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan.-Tennis career:Before attending Stanford, David was a US...

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Seeds

  1.   Lukáš Dlouhý
    Lukáš Dlouhý
    Lukáš Dlouhý is a professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World Number 5 on June 22, 2009.-2006-2008:...

     /   Leander Paes
    Leander Paes
    Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...

      (Champions)
  2.   Simon Aspelin
    Simon Aspelin
    Simon Aspelin is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998...

     /   Julian Knowle
    Julian Knowle
    ----Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys double-handed. He is Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no...

     (First Round)



  1.   Robert Lindstedt
    Robert Lindstedt
    Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1998, and is a doubles specialist...

     /   Philipp Petzschner
    Philipp Petzschner
    Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski...

     (Quarterfinals)
  2.   Jürgen Melzer
    Jürgen Melzer
    Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...

     /   Jarkko Nieminen
    Jarkko Nieminen
    Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen is a professional tennis player from Finland.His highest ranking is 13th, which was achieved on July 10, 2006. He has won one ATP singles title and two doubles titles in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals...

     (First Round)


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