Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 2 in September 2023. He is a seven-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's double ...

and

Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin (; born 28 November 1983) is a French professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He won two Grand Slam titles in doubles at the 2014 French Open, partnering Julien Benneteau, and mixed doubles at the 2024 ...

were the defending champions from when the tournament was last held in

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, but Dodig decided not to participate this year. Roger-Vasselin played alongside

Henri Kontinen Henri Kontinen (; born 19 June 1990) is a Finnish former professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. After being forced to end his singles career at a young age due to injuries, having reached a career-high ranking of No ...

but lost in the quarterfinals to

Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player who reached a career high of List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Ebden is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ch ...

and

John-Patrick Smith John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 108 on 28 September 2015, and his highest doubles ranking of N ...

Hugo Nys Hugo Nys (; born 16 February 1991) is a Monégasque professional tennis player who previously represented France until 2019. A doubles specialist, he reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 12 on 12 June 2023 and singles ranking of No. 3 ...

and

Tim Pütz Tim Pütz (; born 19 November 1987) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6 on 17 February 2025, and has won ten doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2 ...

won the title, defeating

Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open – Men's doubles, 2015 US Open, the 20 ...

and

Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at th ...

in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 0–8

Seeds

Draw

References

External links

Main Draw
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ATP Lyon Open The ATP Lyon Open (also known as the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon) was a men's tennis event on the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP Tour held in the French city of Lyon. From 2017 to 2024, it was part of the ATP World Tour 250 seri ...