# 2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

Marcel Granollers and Marcin Matkowski were the defending champions, but Granollers chose to compete in Beijing instead. Matkowski played alongside Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, but lost in the first round to Santiago González and Julio Peralta.
Ben McLachlan and Yasutaka Uchiyama won the title, defeating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the final, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$.

## Seeds

* Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)
* Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (final)
* Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram (quarterfinals)
* Ryan Harrison / Michael Venus (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6$^5$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F López M López | 7$^7$ | 2 | [5] | 1 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6$^2$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B McLachlan Y Uchiyama | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] | WC | B McLachlan Y Uchiyama | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Huey A Shamasdin | 2 | 7$^7$ | [7] | | | | | | WC | B McLachlan Y Uchiyama | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | R Klaasen R Ram | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | S González J Peralta | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | F Škugor V Troicki | 3 | 6$^5$ | | 3 | R Klaasen R Ram | 6 | 6$^5$ | [9] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Matkowski A-u-H Qureshi | 3 | 7 | [10] | | S González J Peralta | 2 | 7$^7$ | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| | S González J Peralta | 6 | 5 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | | WC | B McLachlan Y Uchiyama | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| WC | T Matsui Y Sugita | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Murray B Soares | 4 | 6$^1$ |
| | D Schwartzman D Thiem | 6 | 6 | | | D Schwartzman D Thiem | 6 | 4 | [3] | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Inglot D Nestor | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | D Inglot D Nestor | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | R Harrison M Venus | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | D Inglot D Nestor | 7$^7$ | 1 | [9] | | | | |
| | N Mektić N Monroe | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | J Murray B Soares | 6$^3$ | 6 | [11] | | | | |
| | M Daniell M Demoliner | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | M Daniell M Demoliner | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Paire A Ramos Viñolas | 1 | 5 | | 2 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Max Mirnyi / Philipp Oswald (first round)
* Treat Huey / Adil Shamasdin (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Treat Huey / Adil Shamasdin

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald | 5 | 6$^6$ | | | | |
| WC | Sho Shimabukuro Kaito Uesugi | 7 | 7$^8$ | | | | |
| WC | Sho Shimabukuro Kaito Uesugi | 7 | 7$^8$ | WC | Sho Shimabukuro Kaito Uesugi | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | 2 | Treat Huey Adil Shamasdin | 6 | 6 |
| | Radu Albot Daniil Medvedev | 3 | 6$^8$ | 2 | Treat Huey Adil Shamasdin | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Treat Huey Adil Shamasdin | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | |