2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

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.

Men's doubles
2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Jared Palmer
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
Runners-upCzech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic Petr Pála
Score5–1, retired
Details
Draw16 (1 Alt / 2 WC )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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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

  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 edit

Key edit

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

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

External links edit