 In the semifinal they knocked out eighth seed Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus for a place in the title match.In the final Kubot and Melo, who were 49-17 for the season, fell to second seeds and defending champions Henri Kontinen and John Peers.At the start of the season top-seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo defeated Jan-Lennard Struff and Viktor Troicki to capture the Sydney International men's doubles title.