Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but Suárez did not participate due to injury. Ruano Pascual partnered Conchita Martínez, but lost in the first round to Jennifer Hopkins and Mashona Washington.
Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but Clijsters chose not to participate. Sugiyama played alongside Liezel Huber, but they lost in the first round to Shinobu Asagoe and Rika Fujiwara.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the two-time defending champions, but were defeated in the final by Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–9.
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.
Shinobu Asagoe and Els Callens were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Asagoe with Nana Miyagi and Callens with Meilen Tu.
Nicole Arendt and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Arendt with Liezel Huber and Sugiyama with Elena Tatarkova.
Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Rubin with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Sánchez Vicario with Larisa Savchenko.
Larisa Savchenko and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Savchenko with Helena Suková and Sánchez Vicario with Mary Joe Fernández.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.
The 2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2002 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from September 30 through October 6, 2002. Kenneth Carlsen and Jill Craybas won the singles titles.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions and won in the final 6–2, 6–3, against Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova in straight sets. This was Ruano Pascual's 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 2nd title at the US Open. It was also Suárez' 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 2nd title at the US Open.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but Tauziat did not compete in this edition. Sánchez Vicario teamed up with Daniela Hantuchová and lost in first round to Elena Dementieva and Janette Husárová.
Monica Seles was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.
Joannette Kruger and Francesca Schiavone were the defending champions, but did not compete this year.
Shinobu Asagoe and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie.
Alicia Molik was the incumbent champion, but did not compete in 2004.
María Vento-Kabchi and Angelique Widjaja were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but Huber did not compete this year. Black teamed up with Elena Likhovtseva and lost in semifinals to tournament winners Svetlana Kuznetsova and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Larisa Neiland and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but Novotná opted to rest after competing consecutively in the previous two weeks, winning the title at San Diego and finishing as runner-up at Manhattan Beach. Neiland teamed up with Gabriela Sabatini and lost in the semifinals to Pam Shriver and Elizabeth Smylie.
Julie Halard and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Sánchez Vicario opted to focus on the singles tournament, finishing as runner-up.
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