2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
# 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate this year. Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer won in the final 6–2, 5–7, [10–8] against Ross Hutchins and Jordan Kerr.

## Seeds

* František Čermák / Michal Mertiňák (quarterfinals)
* Martin Damm / Robert Lindstedt (first round)
* Simon Aspelin / Paul Hanley (first round)
* Travis Parrott / Filip Polášek (first round)

## 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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | F Čermák M Mertiňák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Beck P Petzschner | 2 | 3 | | 1 | F Čermák M Mertiňák | $7^7$ | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Kas J Levinský | 6 | 6 | | | C Kas J Levinský | $6^0$ | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | |
| ALT | M Chiudinelli D Meffert | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | C Kas J Levinský | 3 | 6 | [7] | | | | |
| 4 | T Parrott F Polášek | 2 | 7 | [7] | | | | | | | R Hutchins J Kerr | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| WC | H Kondo G Soeda | 6 | 5 | [10] | WC | H Kondo G Soeda | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hutchins J Kerr | 7 | 4 | [10] | | R Hutchins J Kerr | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Mónaco R Štěpánek | 5 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | | R Hutchins J Kerr | 2 | 7 | [8] |
| | J Brunström J-J Rojer | 6 | 3 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 5 | [10] |
| | S Huss S Lipsky | 3 | 6 | 9 | | J Brunström J-J Rojer | 6 | 4 | [9] | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Knowle J Melzer | 4 | $7^7$ | [14] | | J Knowle J Melzer | 3 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Aspelin P Hanley | 6 | $6^5$ | [12] | | | | | | | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | |
| | J Coetzee R de Voest | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | WC | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 2 | 6 | [4] | | | | |
| | J-W Tsonga S Wawrinka | 6 | 6 | | | J-W Tsonga S Wawrinka | 3 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 6 | 3 | [10] | WC | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Damm R Lindstedt | 1 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
