# 2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Rick Leach and David Macpherson were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Jan-Michael Gambill and Graydon Oliver.
Jeff Coetzee and Chris Haggard won in the final 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4 against Gambill and Oliver.

## Seeds

The top five seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett (semifinals)
* David Adams / Brian MacPhie (second round)
* Rick Leach / David Macpherson (semifinals)
* Petr Pála / Pavel Vízner (second round)
* Julian Knowle / Michael Kohlmann (second round)
* Wayne Arthurs / Andrew Kratzmann (first round)
* Simon Aspelin / Thomas Shimada (quarterfinals)
* Ota Fukárek / Petr Luxa (second 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

### Final

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett | 4 | 6$^8$ | | | |
| | Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | |
| | Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver | 6$^4$ | 4 |
| 3 | Rick Leach David Macpherson | 6$^1$ | 6$^5$ | Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver | 6$^4$ | 4 |
| | Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | W Black K Ullyett | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Lapentti L Morejón | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | W Black K Ullyett | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | J Kato G Motomura | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | J Kato G Motomura | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | D Bowen A Fisher | 6 | 3 | 2 | WC | J Kato G Motomura | 2 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | N Healey J Kerr | 7$^7$ | 2 | 7$^7$ | | N Healey J Kerr | 6 | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | 1 | W Black K Ullyett | 4 | 6$^8$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Coetzee C Haggard | 6 | 7$^{10}$ |
| | | | | | 4 | P Pála P Vízner | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Fish J Morrison | 4 | 4 | | | J Coetzee C Haggard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Coetzee C Haggard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Coetzee C Haggard | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | S Huss L Pearson | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | J Blake T Blake | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | |
| | J Blake T Blake | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | J Blake T Blake | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Burgsmüller N Okun | 6 | 6$^2$ | 3 | 5 | J Knowle M Kohlmann | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Knowle M Kohlmann | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | S Aspelin T Shimada | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Humphries M Merklein | 3 | 6$^6$ | | 7 | S Aspelin T Shimada | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ross S Rudman | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | M Chang D Hrbatý | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Chang D Hrbatý | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 7 | S Aspelin T Shimada | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | B Coupe A Waske | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | R Leach D Macpherson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| ALT | C Mamiit B Vahaly | 7$^7$ | 6 | | ALT | C Mamiit B Vahaly | 6$^0$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | R Leach D Macpherson | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Leach D Macpherson | 6$^1$ | 6$^5$ |
| 8 | O Fukárek P Luxa | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J-M Gambill G Oliver | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| | A Florent D Vemić | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | O Fukárek P Luxa | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Bastl G Weiner | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | G Bastl G Weiner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Calleri R Delgado | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | G Bastl G Weiner | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | J Thomas T Vanhoudt | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | J-M Gambill G Oliver | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | J-M Gambill G Oliver | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | J-M Gambill G Oliver | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | D Adams B MacPhie | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |