2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
# 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer were the defending champions, but they lost to Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in the quarterfinal. Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer won in the final 6–3, 6–2, against Andreas Seppi and Dmitry Tursunov.

## Seeds

* Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer (quarterfinals)
* Wesley Moodie / Dick Norman (first round)
* Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)
* František Čermák / Michal Mertiňák (semifinals)

## 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J Knowle J Melzer | $6^5$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet G Monfils | $7^7$ | 1 | [7] | 1 | J Knowle J Melzer | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Melo B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | M Melo B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M López D Marrero | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | M Melo B Soares | $7^7$ | $6^8$ | [10] | | | | |
| 3 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | E Butorac J-J Rojer | $6^2$ | $7^{10}$ | [12] | | | | |
| | J Chardy E Schwank | 3 | 3 | | 3 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kerr R Ram | 3 | 4 | | | E Butorac J-J Rojer | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Butorac J-J Rojer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | E Butorac J-J Rojer | 6 | 6 |
| ALT | I Dodig I Navarro | 6 | 3 | [4] | | | | | | | | | | ALT | A Seppi D Tursunov | 3 | 2 |
| WC | K Nishikori G Soeda | 4 | 6 | [10] | WC | K Nishikori G Soeda | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T de Bakker A Roddick | 5 | 4 | | 4 | F Čermák M Mertiňák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | F Čermák M Mertiňák | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | F Čermák M Mertiňák | 3 | 6 | [4] | | | | |
| WC | T Matsui T Suzuki | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | [8] | | | | | ALT | A Seppi D Tursunov | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| ALT | A Seppi D Tursunov | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | [10] | ALT | A Seppi D Tursunov | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Kas V Troicki | $7^7$ | 6 | | | C Kas V Troicki | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | W Moodie D Norman | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
