2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
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Doubles | |
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2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
Champions | Japan Ben McLachlan Germany Jan-Lennard Struff |
Runners-up | South Africa Raven Klaasen New Zealand 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
- Finland Henri Kontinen / Australia John Peers (first round)
- United Kingdom Jamie Murray / Brazil Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)
- South Africa Raven Klaasen / New Zealand Michael Venus (final)
- Japan Ben McLachlan / Germany Jan-Lennard Struff (champions)
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
Qualifying
Seeds
- Belarus Max Mirnyi / Austria Philipp Oswald (first round)
- United States James Cerretani / Australia Nick Kyrgios (qualifying competition)
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
1 | Belarus Max Mirnyi Austria Philipp Oswald | 6 | 3 | [10] | |||||||||
France Fabrice Martin France Gilles Simon | 3 | 6 | [12] | ||||||||||
France Fabrice Martin France Gilles Simon | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
2 | United States James Cerretani Australia Nick Kyrgios | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
WC | Japan Yusuke Takahashi Japan Yosuke Watanuki | 3 | 7 | [11] | |||||||||
2 | United States James Cerretani Australia Nick Kyrgios | 6 | 5 | [13] |