# 2014 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

Rohan Bopanna and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Bopanna played alongside Leander Paes, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo. Roger-Vasselin teamed up with Daniele Bracciali, but lost in the first round to Dodig and Melo.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Michał Przysiężny won the title, defeating Dodig and Melo in the final, 6–3, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, [10–5].

## Seeds

* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (first round)
* Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo (final)
* Marcel Granollers / Marc López (semifinals)
* Eric Butorac / Raven Klaasen (semifinals)

## 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 3 | [4] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | P-H Herbert M Przysiężny | 4 | 6 | [10] | LL | P-H Herbert M Przysiężny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Murray J Peers | 6 | 5 | [10] | | J Murray J Peers | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Johnson J Sock | 3 | 7 | [7] | | | | | LL | P-H Herbert M Przysiężny | 4 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | |
| 4 | E Butorac R Klaasen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | E Butorac R Klaasen | 6 | 6$^2$ | [7] | | | | | |
| | D Inglot F Mergea | 4 | 2 | | 4 | E Butorac R Klaasen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | J Chardy J Melzer | 6 | 7$^8$ | | PR | J Chardy J Melzer | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lipsky R Ram | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | LL | P-H Herbert M Przysiężny | 6 | 6$^3$ | [10] |
| | M Fyrstenberg T Huey | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | I Dodig M Melo | 3 | 7$^7$ | [5] |
| WC | K Nishikori Y Uchiyama | 6 | 6 | | WC | K Nishikori Y Uchiyama | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Delgado G Müller | 2 | 1 | | 3 | M Granollers M López | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Granollers M López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | M Granollers M López | 5 | 3 | | | | | | |
| WC | T Ito G Soeda | 1 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | 2 | I Dodig M Melo | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | R Bopanna L Paes | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | R Bopanna L Paes | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Bracciali É Roger-Vasselin | 6$^2$ | 4 | | 2 | I Dodig M Melo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | I Dodig M Melo | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Andrey Golubev / Denis Istomin (first round)
* Frank Moser / Alexander Satschko (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Jamie Delgado / Gilles Müller

### Lucky losers

* Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Michał Przysiężny

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Andrey Golubev Denis Istomin | 5 | 7$^7$ | [4] | | | | |
| | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Michał Przysiężny | 7 | 6$^0$ | [10] | | | | |
| | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Michał Przysiężny | 7 | 6$^0$ | [10] | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Michał Przysiężny | 6 | 1 | [8] |
| | | | | | Jamie Delgado Gilles Müller | 3 | 6 | [10] |
| | Jamie Delgado Gilles Müller | 4 | 7 | [10] | Jamie Delgado Gilles Müller | 3 | 6 | [10] |
| 2 | Frank Moser Alexander Satschko | 6 | 5 | [8] | | | | |