# 2023 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

Rinky Hijikata and Max Purcell defeated Jamie Murray and Michael Venus in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2023 Japan Open.
Mackenzie McDonald and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen.

## Seeds

* Rohan Bopanna / Matthew Ebden (withdrew)
* Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos (withdrew)
* Marcelo Arévalo / Jean-Julien Rojer (semifinals)
* Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| LL | K Uchida Y Uchiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Cerúndolo TM Etcheverry | 0 | 1 | | LL | K Uchida Y Uchiyama | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lammons J Withrow | 7$^7$ | 3 | [10] | | N Lammons J Withrow | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Matsui K Uesugi | 6$^2$ | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | N Lammons J Withrow | 6$^5$ | 6 | [12] | | | |
| 4 | S Gillé J Vliegen | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | J Murray M Venus | 7$^7$ | 2 | [14] | | | |
| | M McDonald M Melo | 5 | 6$^5$ | | 4 | S Gillé J Vliegen | 6 | 5 | [5] | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Watanabe T Yuzuki | 2 | 7$^{10}$ | [3] | | J Murray M Venus | 4 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | J Murray M Venus | 6 | 6$^8$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | J Murray M Venus | 4 | 1 |
| Q | T Ichikawa M Imamura | 3 | 7$^7$ | [7] | | | | | | | | | | | R Hijikata M Purcell | 6 | 6 |
| | B McLachlan Y Nishioka | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] | | B McLachlan Y Nishioka | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Erler L Miedler | 4 | 4 | | 3 | M Arévalo J-J Rojer | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Arévalo J-J Rojer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | M Arévalo J-J Rojer | 6 | 3 | [4] | | | |
| | N Mektić J Peers | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | R Hijikata M Purcell | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | |
| WC | S Shimabukuro Y Watanuki | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Shimabukuro Y Watanuki | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hijikata M Purcell | 5 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | R Hijikata M Purcell | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Mochizuki R Noguchi | 7 | 6$^4$ | [5] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Kaichi Uchida / Yasutaka Uchiyama (first round, lucky losers)
* Seita Watanabe / Takeru Yuzuki (first round, lucky losers)

### Qualifiers

* Taisei Ichikawa / Masamichi Imamura

### Lucky losers

* Kaichi Uchida / Yasutaka Uchiyama
* Shintaro Mochizuki / Rio Noguchi
* Seita Watanabe / Takeru Yuzuki

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1/WC | Kaichi Uchida Yasutaka Uchiyama | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | [4] | | | | |
| Alt | Shintaro Mochizuki Rio Noguchi | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | |
| Alt | Shintaro Mochizuki Rio Noguchi | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | [10] | Alt | Shintaro Mochizuki Rio Noguchi | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | | | Taisei Ichikawa Masamichi Imamura | 7 | 6 |
| | Taisei Ichikawa Masamichi Imamura | 4 | 6 | [10] | | Taisei Ichikawa Masamichi Imamura | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Seita Watanabe Takeru Yuzuki | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | |