Sergiy Stakhovsky and Mikhail Youzhny were the defending champions but decided not to participate together. Stakhovsky plays alongside Michael Kohlmann, while Youzhny partners up with Marcos Baghdatis. Both pairs, however, lost in the quarterfinals and first round, respectively, to Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna defeated Fyrstenberg and Matkowski 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] in the final to win the title.
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
| Champions |  Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna |
| Runners-up |  Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
| Score | 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Seeds
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Michaël Llodra / 
Nenad Zimonjić (quarterfinals)
Robert Lindstedt / 
Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (final)
Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna (champions)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
Draw
edit| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  M Llodra N Zimonjić
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M İlhan M Jaziri
| 1 | 3 | 1 | M Llodra N Zimonjić
| 63 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M Ghareeb A Maqdas
| 4 | 1 |  J Knowle A Peya
| 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Knowle A Peya
| 6 | 6 | J Knowle A Peya
| 62 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | M Bhupathi R Bopanna
| 6 | 7 | 4 | M Bhupathi R Bopanna
| 77 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 L Dlouhý A Dolgopolov
| 4 | 5 | 4 | M Bhupathi R Bopanna
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A-u-H Qureshi J-J Rojer
| 6 | 612 | [6] |  P Hanley J Murray
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Hanley J Murray
| 4 | 714 | [10] | 4 | M Bhupathi R Bopanna
| 6 | 3 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
 M Kohlmann S Stakhovsky
| 7 | 6 | 3 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski
| 4 | 6 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
 J Cerretani I Ljubičić
| 5 | 4 | M Kohlmann S Stakhovsky
| 64 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 M Baghdatis M Youzhny
| 2 | 5 | 3 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski
| 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski
| 6 | 7 | 3 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski
| 6 | 3 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
 J Erlich A Ram
| 6 | 7 | J Erlich A Ram
| 4 | 6 | [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Lipsky R Ram
| 3 | 5 | J Erlich A Ram
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Paes J Tipsarević
| 4 | 5 | 2 |  R Lindstedt H Tecău
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | R Lindstedt H Tecău
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||