Aiming to win their third French Open [ Images ] crown together, Indian veterans Leander Paes [ Images ] and Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] have been seeded third in the clay-court Grand Slam.

They open their campaign against the German pair of Tommy Haas [ Images ] and Philipp Petzschner.

Paes and Bhupathi were champions in the 1999 and 2001 editions of the year's second Grand Slam.

US Open [ Images ] finalists Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi [ Images ] of Pakistan are seeded fifth and face the Italian combination of Andreas Seppi and Simone Vagnozzi.

Pitted in the first-half of the draw, Paes-Bhupathi could clash with the Bopanna-Qureshi combine in the pre-quarter-finals if both pairs clear the first two rounds.

Another Indian in the men's doubles event is Somdev Devvarman [ Images ], who has paired with Chinese Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu.

They are drawn against the Spanish duo of Marcel Granollers [ Images ] and Feliciano Lopez [ Images ].

In the women's doubles, Sania Mirza [ Images ] and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina are seeded seventh and pitted against the Russian combo of Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova.