2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
| Champions | Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer |
| Runners-up | Ross Hutchins Jordan Kerr |
| Score | 6–2, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Draw | 16 (2WC) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate this year.
Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer won in the final 6–2, 5–7, [10–8] against Ross Hutchins and Jordan Kerr.
Seeds
- František Čermák / Michal Mertiňák (quarterfinals)
- Martin Damm / Robert Lindstedt (first round)
- Simon Aspelin / Paul Hanley (first round)
- Travis Parrott / Filip Polášek (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | F Čermák M Mertiňák | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Beck P Petzschner | 2 | 3 | 1 | F Čermák M Mertiňák | 77 | 4 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Kas J Levinský | 6 | 6 | C Kas J Levinský | 60 | 6 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ALT | M Chiudinelli D Meffert | 3 | 2 | C Kas J Levinský | 3 | 6 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | T Parrott F Polášek | 2 | 7 | [7] | R Hutchins J Kerr | 6 | 3 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | H Kondo G Soeda | 6 | 5 | [10] | WC | H Kondo G Soeda | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| R Hutchins J Kerr | 7 | 4 | [10] | R Hutchins J Kerr | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Mónaco R Štěpánek | 5 | 6 | [7] | R Hutchins J Kerr | 2 | 7 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Brunström J-J Rojer | 6 | 3 | [11] | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 5 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Huss S Lipsky | 3 | 6 | 9 | J Brunström J-J Rojer | 6 | 4 | [9] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Knowle J Melzer | 4 | 77 | [14] | J Knowle J Melzer | 3 | 6 | [11] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | S Aspelin P Hanley | 6 | 65 | [12] | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 4 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Coetzee R de Voest | 2 | 4 | WC | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 2 | 6 | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J-W Tsonga S Wawrinka | 6 | 6 | J-W Tsonga S Wawrinka | 3 | 6 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 6 | 3 | [10] | WC | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 6 | 4 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Damm R Lindstedt | 1 | 6 | [6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||