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
Draw	16 (1Q / 2WC)
Seeds	4

Main article: 2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

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

1. Henri Kontinen / John Peers (first round)
2. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)
3. Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus (final)
4. 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

1. Max Mirnyi / Philipp Oswald (first round)
2. James Cerretani / Nick Kyrgios (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Fabrice Martin / Gilles Simon

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]

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw