2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
2004 tennis event results
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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.
Champions
Jared Palmer
Pavel Vízner
Jared Palmer
Pavel VíznerRunners-up Jiří Novák
Petr Pála
Jiří Novák Petr PálaScore5–1, retired
Draw16 (1 Alt / 2 WC )
| 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 |
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
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
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
Draw
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||