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

Main article: 2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

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

1. Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley (quarterfinals)
2. Jared Palmer / Pavel Vízner (champions)
3. Yves Allegro / Michael Kohlmann (semifinals)
4. 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
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	W Arthurs P Hanley	7	6
		R Koenig T Parrott	5	2				1	W Arthurs P Hanley	6^7	4
		J Nieminen G Oliver	6	6					J Nieminen G Oliver	7^9	6
		R Mello J Thomas	4	4												J Nieminen G Oliver	6^3	6	3
	4	J Novák P Pála	6	6											4	J Novák P Pála	7^7	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	1^r
		A Fisher J Gimelstob	7^10	7																		2	J Palmer P Vízner	5
	Alt	M Chiudinelli A Peya	6^8	5					A Fisher J Gimelstob	3	4
	WC	G Motomura T Terachi	4	6^5				3	Y Allegro M Kohlmann	6	6
	3	Y Allegro M Kohlmann	6	7^7											3	Y Allegro M Kohlmann	6^3	7^7	5
		M García S Prieto	7	5	6										2	J Palmer P Vízner	7^7	6^5	7
		R Leach B MacPhie	5	7	2				M García S Prieto	7^7	3	4
		S Aspelin J Kerr	2	6	6^4			2	J Palmer P Vízner	6^2	6	6
	2	J Palmer P Vízner	6	3	7^7

References

1. "Past Champions". Rakuten Japan Open. Retrieved 26 March 2020. 2004 [...] Jared Palmer, Pavel Vizner

External links

• Official results archive (ATP)
• Official results archive (ITF)