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)