title: 2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
text: # 2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
  
  Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares were the defending champions, but decided not to participate. Rohan Bopanna and Édouard Roger-Vasselin won the title, defeating Jamie Murray and John Peers in the final, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 6–4.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (first round)
  * Marcel Granollers / Marc López (quarterfinals)
  * Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo (quarterfinals)
  * Rohan Bopanna / Édouard Roger-Vasselin (champions)
  
  ## 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 | B Bryan M Bryan | 5 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | PR | N Almagro P Cuevas | 7 | 1 | [10] | PR | N Almagro P Cuevas | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Murray J Peers | 6 | 6 | | | J Murray J Peers | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | T Ito G Soeda | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | J Murray J Peers | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 3 | I Dodig M Melo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Knowle J Melzer | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | WC | K Nishikori Y Uchiyama | 4 | 1 | | 3 | I Dodig M Melo | 4 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 7 | | | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | | S González S Lipsky | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Murray J Peers | $6^5$ | 4 |
  | | D Bracciali J Tipsarević | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | R Bopanna É Roger-Vasselin | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | Alt | A Begemann M Emmrich | 6 | 6 | | Alt | A Begemann M Emmrich | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Mónaco H Zeballos | 5 | 6 | [5] | 4 | R Bopanna É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 3 | [12] | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | R Bopanna É Roger-Vasselin | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | R Bopanna É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | |
  | | T Huey D Inglot | 2 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | T Huey D Inglot | 4 | $6^6$ | | | | |
  | | K Anderson P Hanley | 6 | 5 | [4] | | T Huey D Inglot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Nieminen D Tursunov | 4 | 4 | | 2 | M Granollers M López | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | M Granollers M López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  