2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

Mackenzie McDonald and Marcelo Melo defeated Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández in the final, 6–4, 3–6, [10–4] to win the doubles tennis title at the 2022 Japan Open.

Doubles
2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
Champions	Mackenzie McDonald Marcelo Melo
Runners-up	Rafael Matos David Vega Hernández
Score	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Events
Singles Doubles
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Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the reigning champions from when the event was last held in 2019,^[1] but did not participate this year.

Seeds

1.   Thanasi Kokkinakis /   Nick Kyrgios (semifinals, withdrew)
2.   Matthew Ebden /   Max Purcell (quarterfinals)
3.   Rafael Matos /   David Vega Hernández (final)
4.   Dan Evans /   John Peers (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	T Kokkinakis   N Kyrgios	6	6
	WC	Y Nishioka   K Uchida	1	2				1	T Kokkinakis   N Kyrgios	7	6
		G Escobar   N Jarry	6	3	[8]				P Martínez   B Zapata Miralles	5	4
		P Martínez   B Zapata Miralles	3	6	[10]										1	T Kokkinakis   N Kyrgios
	4	D Evans   J Peers	6	7^7												M McDonald   M Melo	w/o
		A Göransson   B McLachlan	2	6^5				4	D Evans   J Peers	2	7^7	[6]
		M McDonald   M Melo	6	6					M McDonald   M Melo	6	6^5	[10]
		A de Minaur   F Tiafoe	3	1																			M McDonald   M Melo	6	3	[10]
		B Nakashima   H Reese	4	6	[10]																	3	R Matos   D Vega Hernández	4	6	[4]
		S Doumbia   F Reboul	6	1	[2]				B Nakashima   H Reese	3	6^4
		H Hach Verdugo   M Kecmanović	6^5	4				3	R Matos   D Vega Hernández	6	7^7
	3	R Matos   D Vega Hernández	7^7	6											3	R Matos   D Vega Hernández	7	6
	WC	T Matsui   K Uesugi	6	6^5	[8]										Q	S Gillé   J Vliegen	5	4
	Q	S Gillé   J Vliegen	3	7^7	[10]			Q	S Gillé   J Vliegen	6	5	[10]
		A Popyrin   R Ramanathan	2	6^4				2	M Ebden   M Purcell	3	7	[8]
	2	M Ebden   M Purcell	6	7^7

Qualifying

Seeds

1.   Sander Gillé /   Joran Vliegen (qualified)
2.   Max Schnur /   John-Patrick Smith (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1.   Sander Gillé /   Joran Vliegen

Qualifying draw

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Sander Gillé   Joran Vliegen	6	6
	WC	Shintaro Mochizuki   Sho Shimabukuro	1	4
								1	Sander Gillé   Joran Vliegen	6	2	[10]
								2	Max Schnur   John-Patrick Smith	4	6	[5]
		Aziz Dougaz   Elias Ymer	4	1
	2	Max Schnur   John-Patrick Smith	6	6

References

1. . 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw