2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
| Champions | Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff |
| Runners-up | Raven Klaasen Michael Venus |
| Score | 6–4, 7–5 |
Ben McLachlan and Yasutaka Uchiyama were the defending champions but chose not to participate together. McLachlan played alongside Jan-Lennard Struff and successfully defended the title, defeating Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in the final, 6–4, 7–5. Uchiyama teamed up with Joe Salisbury, but lost in the semifinals to Klaasen and Venus.
Seeds
- Henri Kontinen / John Peers (first round)
- Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)
- Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus (final)
- Ben McLachlan / Jan-Lennard Struff (champions)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 64 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | F Martin G Simon | 3 | 77 | [10] | Q | F Martin G Simon | 65 | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||
| R Haase M Middelkoop | 6 | 6 | R Haase M Middelkoop | 77 | 710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Medvedev A-u-H Qureshi | 4 | 3 | R Haase M Middelkoop | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | B McLachlan J-L Struff | 77 | 7 | 4 | B McLachlan J-L Struff | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Peralta H Zeballos | 64 | 5 | 4 | B McLachlan J-L Struff | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H Chung M Ebden | 6 | 6 | H Chung M Ebden | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Gasquet A Mannarino | 4 | 4 | 4 | B McLachlan J-L Struff | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Inglot F Škugor | 77 | 6 | 3 | R Klaasen M Venus | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Džumhur S González | 63 | 2 | D Inglot F Škugor | 6 | 67 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Johnson D Schwartzman | 5 | 2 | 3 | R Klaasen M Venus | 3 | 79 | [11] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | R Klaasen M Venus | 7 | 6 | 3 | R Klaasen M Venus | 4 | 77 | [18] | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | Y Nishioka K Uesugi | 3 | 65 | WC | J Salisbury Y Uchiyama | 6 | 62 | [16] | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Salisbury Y Uchiyama | 6 | 77 | WC | J Salisbury Y Uchiyama | 77 | 4 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Sharan A Sitak | 3 | 5 | 2 | J Murray B Soares | 64 | 6 | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Seeds
- Max Mirnyi / Philipp Oswald (first round)
- James Cerretani / Nick Kyrgios (qualifying competition)
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald | 6 | 3 | [10] | |||||||||
| Fabrice Martin Gilles Simon | 3 | 6 | [12] | ||||||||||
| Fabrice Martin Gilles Simon | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | James Cerretani Nick Kyrgios | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| WC | Yusuke Takahashi Yosuke Watanuki | 3 | 7 | [11] | |||||||||
| 2 | James Cerretani Nick Kyrgios | 6 | 5 | [13] | |||||||||