title: 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
text: # 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  