2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Runners-up Flag of Croatia.svg Nikola Mektić
Flag of Croatia.svg Franko Škugor
Final score7–6(9–7), 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
  2018  · Japan Open ·  2022  

Ben McLachlan and Jan-Lennard Struff were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. McLachlan teamed up with Luke Bambridge, but lost in the first round to Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak. Struff played alongside Lucas Pouille, but lost in the semifinals to Nikola Mektić and Franko Škugor.

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Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin won the title, defeating Mektić and Škugor in the final, 7–6(9–7), 6–4.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Granollers / Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos (first round)
  2. Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut / Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin (champions)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Pavić / Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Spain.svg M Granollers
Flag of Argentina.svg H Zeballos
4 63
Flag of Croatia.svg N Mektić
Flag of Croatia.svg F Škugor
677 Flag of Croatia.svg N Mektić
Flag of Croatia.svg F Škugor
65 [11]
Flag of India.svg R Bopanna
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov
677 Flag of India.svg R Bopanna
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov
4 7[9]
WC Flag of France.svg F Martin
Flag of Japan.svg Y Uchiyama
3 63 Flag of Croatia.svg N Mektić
Flag of Croatia.svg F Škugor
7777
3 Flag of the United States.svg R Ram
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Salisbury
3 77[10] Flag of France.svg L Pouille
Flag of Germany.svg J-L Struff
6563
Flag of New Zealand.svg M Daniell
Flag of Austria.svg P Oswald
664[7] 3 Flag of the United States.svg R Ram
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Salisbury
64 [9]
Flag of Austria.svg O Marach
Flag of Austria.svg J Melzer
4 77[8] Flag of France.svg L Pouille
Flag of Germany.svg J-L Struff
3 6[11]
Flag of France.svg L Pouille
Flag of Germany.svg J-L Struff
664[10] Flag of Croatia.svg N Mektić
Flag of Croatia.svg F Škugor
674
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D Inglot
Flag of the United States.svg A Krajicek
662 Flag of France.svg N Mahut
Flag of France.svg É Roger-Vasselin
796
Flag of the Netherlands.svg J-J Rojer
Flag of Romania.svg H Tecău
1 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D Inglot
Flag of the United States.svg A Krajicek
7878
Flag of Serbia.svg N Djokovic
Flag of Serbia.svg F Krajinović
2 6[4] 4 Flag of Croatia.svg M Pavić
Flag of Brazil.svg B Soares
6666
4 Flag of Croatia.svg M Pavić
Flag of Brazil.svg B Soares
64 [10] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D Inglot
Flag of the United States.svg A Krajicek
4 5
Q Flag of India.svg D Sharan
Flag of New Zealand.svg A Sitak
662 Flag of France.svg N Mahut
Flag of France.svg É Roger-Vasselin
67
WC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg L Bambridge
Flag of Japan.svg B McLachlan
2 3 Q Flag of India.svg D Sharan
Flag of New Zealand.svg A Sitak
653
Flag of Poland.svg H Hurkacz
Flag of France.svg B Paire
4 4 2 Flag of France.svg N Mahut
Flag of France.svg É Roger-Vasselin
776
2 Flag of France.svg N Mahut
Flag of France.svg É Roger-Vasselin
66

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of India.svg Divij Sharan / Flag of New Zealand.svg Artem Sitak (qualified)
  2. Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González / Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

  1. Flag of India.svg Divij Sharan / Flag of New Zealand.svg Artem Sitak

Qualifying draw

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Flag of India.svg Divij Sharan
Flag of New Zealand.svg Artem Sitak
7777
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6465
WC Flag of Japan.svg Toshihide Matsui
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihito Nishioka
644
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
776

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