Qualification to the event was based on the World Doubles Rankings published by the
IRTPA, with the defending champions automatically allocated as first seeds. Only the top four pairs were eligible, with eligibility determined by the sum of the ranking points of the players in the pair. At the conclusion of the final qualifying event, the
2024 US Open, the standings were as follows: Even though he was in the top eight players,
Chris Chapman had retired from international competitions during the
2023 British Open. The four pairings were announced as: •
Camden Riviere /
Tim Chisholm (defending champions) •
Robert Fahey /
Nick Howell •
John Lumley /
Steve Virgona •
Ben Taylor-Matthews /
Bryn Sayers The pairings and seedings were exactly the same as the previous edition in 2022 in
Bordeaux. Riviere and Chisholm were a well established pair, having played together continuously since they won the US Open doubles in 2006. They first contest a World Championship together in 2007, reaching the final, and had been World Champions since 2015, winning five previous editions. Chisholm had also been World Champion at the inaugural event with
Julian Snow, and Riviere was the incumbent singles World Champion. They were undefeated in the format since 2013 across all competitions. Lumley and Virgona first played together at the 2012 French Open, reaching the final against Chisholm and Riviere. However they only started regularly playing together from the
2021 US Open onwards. Together, they won the
2024 Australian Open and reached the final of the
2024 US Open, losing to Riviere and Chisolm in 5 sets. Virgona had separately been the World Champion on 6 occasions from 2003 to 2013, partnering
Robert Fahey. Fahey and Howell began playing together at the 2017 US Open, and made their World Championship debut as a pair in
Hobart in 2019. They won the
2021 British Open and were finalists in
2023. However, in the last tournament before the World Championships, they were upset in the quarter final at the
2024 US Open to
Barney Tanfield and
Freddie Bristowe. Fahey had been World Champion on 6 occasions with
Steve Virgona from 2003 to 2013. Fahey retired from competitive singles play at the
2022 British Open but continued to play doubles competitions. Sayers and Taylor-Matthews briefly played together in the 2010 season, competing at the French and British Opens together. They would briefly recombine in 2018, winning the IRTPA Professional Doubles, and would play the
2019 and
2021 British Opens together. Separately, they had each reached one World Doubles Championship final; Sayers in 2009 with
Ricardo Smith and Taylor-Matthews in 2011 with
Julian Snow. In their last match together before the championships, they were upset by
Robert Shenkman and
Darren Long in the quarter final of the
2024 US Open. ==World Championships==