title: 2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
text: # 2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
  
  Raven Klaasen and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but Melo chose to play in Beijing instead.
  
  Klaasen played alongside Rajeev Ram, but lost in the final to Marcel Granollers and Marcin Matkowski, 2–6, $6–7^{(4–7)}.$
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)
  * Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram (final)
  * Dominic Inglot / Jean-Julien Rojer (quarterfinals)
  * Henri Kontinen / John Peers (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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Klizan J Sousa | 4 | 1 | | 1 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | $6^5$ | [8] | | | | | | | | |
  | | JS Cabal R Farah | 6 | 6 | | | JS Cabal R Farah | 1 | $7^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | T Daniel Y Uchiyama | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | JS Cabal R Farah | $6^2$ | 5 | | | | |
  | 3 | D Inglot J-J Rojer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Granollers M Matkowski | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | |
  | | B Paire V Pospisil | 3 | 3 | | 3 | D Inglot J-J Rojer | $6^6$ | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Granollers M Matkowski | 4 | 3 | | | M Granollers M Matkowski | $7^8$ | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | PR | F López J Mónaco | 6 | $3^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | M Granollers M Matkowski | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | | A-u-H Qureshi G Simon | 1 | 6 | [13] | | | | | | | | | | 2 | R Klaasen R Ram | 2 | $6^4$ |
  | | O Marach F Martin | 6 | 4 | [11] | | A-u-H Qureshi G Simon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Lindstedt A Peya | $6^5$ | 6 | [14] | | R Lindstedt A Peya | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | H Kontinen J Peers | $7^7$ | 3 | [12] | | | | | | | A-u-H Qureshi G Simon | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | WC | A Santillan Y Watanuki | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | R Klaasen R Ram | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | T Berdych R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | | T Berdych R Štěpánek | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | N Monroe A Sitak | 4 | 2 | | 2 | R Klaasen R Ram | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | R Klaasen R Ram | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  ### Seeds
  
  * Colin Fleming / Scott Lipsky (qualifying competition)
  * Nicholas Monroe / Artem Sitak (qualified)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Nicholas Monroe / Artem Sitak
  
  ### Qualifying draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Colin Fleming Scott Lipsky | 6 | $6^4$ | [10] | | | | |
  | | Taylor Fritz Ryan Harrison | 3 | $7^7$ | [4] | | | | |
  | | Taylor Fritz Ryan Harrison | 3 | $7^7$ | [4] | 1 | Colin Fleming Scott Lipsky | $6^{10}$ | $6^0$ |
  | | | | | | 2 | Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak | $7^{12}$ | $7^7$ |
  | WC | Yuya Kibi Toshihide Matsui | $6^5$ | 1 | | 2 | Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak | $7^{12}$ | $7^7$ |
  | 2 | Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  