Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the second round by Jonathan Erlich and Marcin Matkowski.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the men's doubles tennis title at the 2018 French Open, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–4). Herbert and Mahut were the third all-French team to reach the French Open men's doubles final in six years.
Nikola Mektić and Alexander Peya were the defending champions, but Peya could not participate due to injury. Mektić played alongside Franko Škugor but lost in the second round to Wesley Koolhof and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
At the 2019 French Open, the men's doubles title was won by Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies. They defeated Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the final 6–2, 7–6(7–3). None of these players had previously played in a Grand Slam men's doubles final. This has occurred twice in the past three years.
Mike Bryan and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but Sock could not participate due to injury. Mike Bryan played alongside his brother Bob, but lost in the third round to Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.
Alexander Peya and Nicole Melichar were the defending champions, but Peya could not participate this year due to injury. Melichar played alongside Bruno Soares but lost in the quarterfinals to Yang Zhaoxuan and Matwé Middelkoop.
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah won their second consecutive Grand Slam men's doubles title, defeating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2019 US Open. Cabal and Farah retained the ATP no. 1 doubles ranking. Mike Bryan, Łukasz Kubot and Nicolas Mahut were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.
Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury won the men's doubles tennis title at the 2020 Australian Open, defeating wildcards Max Purcell and Luke Saville in the final, 6–4, 6–2.
Félix Auger-Aliassime and Hubert Hurkacz defeated Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares in the final, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(9–7), [10–2], to win the doubles title at the 2020 Paris Masters.
Defending champion Nikola Mektić and his partner, Mate Pavić, defeated Dan Evans and Neal Skupski in the final, 6–3, 4–6, [10–7], to win the doubles tennis title at the 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters. It was the all-Croatian duo's second consecutive ATP Tour Masters 1000 title together and their fifth title overall of the year. The win also earned Mektić his first successful career title defense. The match was the second successive encounter between both teams in consecutive Masters 1000 finals.
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos defeated Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić in the final, 1–6, 6–3, [10–8], to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Madrid Open. It was the third-seeded duo's third ATP Tour Masters 1000 doubles title together. Mektić and Pavić were contending to be the first doubles team in five years to win a season's first three Masters 1000 events.
Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić defeated Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4), to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Italian Open. The second seeds did not drop a set en route to their third ATP Tour Masters 1000 victory together and their sixth title overall of the season. The all-Croatian pair also became the second doubles team to have reached the finals of the first four Masters 1000 tournaments in a season after the Bryan brothers, who last accomplished the feat in 2018. Ram and Salisbury were competing for their first title of the season and their fourth title together.
Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury defeated defending champion Bruno Soares and his partner, Jamie Murray, in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2021 US Open. This was the second major title for Ram and Salisbury as a team after they first won the 2020 Australian Open together. Ram and Salisbury saved four match points in their quarterfinal match against Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell en route to the title.
John Peers and Filip Polášek defeated Aslan Karatsev and Andrey Rublev in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Indian Wells Masters.
John Peers and Filip Polášek defeated Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in the final, 7–5, 7–5, to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic.
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios defeated Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the men's doubles title at the 2022 Australian Open. They became the first all-Australian pair to win the title since Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in 1997, and the first wildcard champions in the Open Era. The final marked the first all-Australian men's doubles final at the Australian Open since 1980.
Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández defeated Andrea Vavassori and Jan Zieliński in the final, 6–1, 7–5, to win the doubles tennis title at the 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II.
Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar defeated Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [10–7], to win the doubles title at the 2022 Serbia Open. The unseeded duo earned their third career ATP Tour doubles title together.
Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić successfully defended their title, defeating John Isner and Diego Schwartzman in the final, 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [12–10] to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Italian Open. The pair saved a championship point en route to their tenth career title as a team.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions but they lost in the first round to Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen.
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Franko Škugor 
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