# 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

Mackenzie McDonald and Marcelo Melo defeated Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández in the final, 6–4, 3–6, [10–4] to win the doubles tennis title at the 2022 Japan Open.
Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the reigning champions from when the event was last held in 2019, but did not participate this year.

## Seeds

* Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios (semifinals, withdrew)
* Matthew Ebden / Max Purcell (quarterfinals)
* Rafael Matos / David Vega Hernández (final)
* Dan Evans / John Peers (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Nishioka K Uchida | 1 | 2 | | 1 | T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Escobar N Jarry | 6 | 3 | [8] | | P Martínez B Zapata Miralles | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martínez B Zapata Miralles | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 1 | T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Evans J Peers | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | M McDonald M Melo | w/o | | | | | | |
| | A Göransson B McLachlan | 2 | 6$^5$ | | 4 | D Evans J Peers | 2 | 7$^7$ | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M McDonald M Melo | 6 | 6 | | | M McDonald M Melo | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A de Minaur F Tiafoe | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | M McDonald M Melo | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| | B Nakashima H Reese | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Matos D Vega Hernández | 4 | 6 | [4] |
| | S Doumbia F Reboul | 6 | 1 | [2] | | B Nakashima H Reese | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Hach Verdugo M Kecmanović | 6$^5$ | 4 | | 3 | R Matos D Vega Hernández | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Matos D Vega Hernández | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | R Matos D Vega Hernández | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | T Matsui K Uesugi | 6 | 6$^5$ | [8] | | | | | | Q | S Gillé J Vliegen | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | S Gillé J Vliegen | 3 | 7$^7$ | [10] | Q | S Gillé J Vliegen | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Popyrin R Ramanathan | 2 | 6$^4$ | | 2 | M Ebden M Purcell | 3 | 7 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Ebden M Purcell | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen (qualified)
* Max Schnur / John-Patrick Smith (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Shintaro Mochizuki Sho Shimabukuro | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | Shintaro Mochizuki Sho Shimabukuro | 1 | 4 | 1 | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen | 6 | 2 | [10] |
| | | | | 2 | Max Schnur John-Patrick Smith | 4 | 6 | [5] |
| | Aziz Dougaz Elias Ymer | 4 | 1 | 2 | Max Schnur John-Patrick Smith | 4 | 6 | [5] |
| 2 | Max Schnur John-Patrick Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | |