2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
| Champions |  Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner |
| Runners-up | Jiří Novák Petr Pála |
| Score | 5–1, retired |
| Draw | 16 (1 Alt / 2 WC ) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Justin Gimelstob and Nicolas Kiefer were the defending champions, but Kiefer did not compete this year. Gimelstob teamed up with Ashley Fisher and lost in quarterfinals to Yves Allegro and Michael Kohlmann.
Jared Palmer and Pavel Vízner won the title by defeating Jiří Novák and Petr Pála. Palmer and Vízner were leading 5–1 in the first set until Novák was forced to retire due to a rib injury.[1]
Seeds
[edit]
Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley (quarterfinals)
Jared Palmer / 
Pavel Vízner (champions)
Yves Allegro / 
Michael Kohlmann (semifinals)- Jiří Novák / Petr Pála (final, retired due to a rib injury on Novák)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- 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
[edit]| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  W Arthurs P Hanley
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 R Koenig T Parrott
| 5 | 2 | 1 | W Arthurs P Hanley
| 67 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 J Nieminen G Oliver
| 6 | 6 | J Nieminen G Oliver
| 79 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 R Mello J Thomas
| 4 | 4 | J Nieminen G Oliver
| 63 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | J Novák P Pála
| 6 | 6 | 4 | J Novák P Pála
| 77 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| JM Gambill S Humphries
| 2 | 4 | 4 | J Novák P Pála
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  T Shimada T Suzuki
| 6 | 3 | 4 | J Coetzee C Haggard
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Coetzee C Haggard
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | J Novák P Pála
| 1r | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Fisher J Gimelstob
| 710 | 7 | 2 | J Palmer P Vízner
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt |  M Chiudinelli A Peya
| 68 | 5 | A Fisher J Gimelstob
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | G Motomura T Terachi
| 4 | 65 | 3 | Y Allegro M Kohlmann
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Y Allegro M Kohlmann
| 6 | 77 | 3 | Y Allegro M Kohlmann
| 63 | 77 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
 M García S Prieto
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | J Palmer P Vízner
| 77 | 65 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| R Leach B MacPhie
| 5 | 7 | 2 | M García S Prieto
| 77 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 S Aspelin J Kerr
| 2 | 6 | 64 | 2 | J Palmer P Vízner
| 62 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | J Palmer P Vízner
| 6 | 3 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Past Champions". Rakuten Japan Open. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
2004 [...] Jared Palmer, Pavel Vizner