2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

Raven Klaasen and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but Melo chose to play in Beijing instead.

Klaasen played alongside Rajeev Ram, but lost in the final to Marcel Granollers and Marcin Matkowski, 2–6, 6–7(4–7).

Seeds
• # 🇬🇧 Jamie Murray / 🇧🇷 Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)

• # Raven Klaasen / 🇺🇸 Rajeev Ram (final)

• # 🇬🇧 Dominic Inglot / Jean-Julien Rojer (quarterfinals)

• # 🇫🇮 Henri Kontinen / 🇦🇺 John Peers (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇬🇧 Colin Fleming / 🇺🇸 Scott Lipsky (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Nicholas Monroe / 🇳🇿 Artem Sitak (qualified)

Qualifiers

 * 1) 🇺🇸 Nicholas Monroe / 🇳🇿 Artem Sitak