2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships s USA Jared PalmerCZE Pavel Vízner CZE Jiří NovákCZE Petr Pála 5–1, retired 16 (1 Alt Alternates / 2 WC Wild Cards) 4 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open 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.Past Champions https://www.rakutenopen.com/en/about/past-champions/ Rakuten Japan Open 26 March 2020 2004 [...] Jared Palmer, Pavel Vizner Seeds 30em AUS Wayne Arthurs / AUS Paul Hanley (quarterfinals) USA Jared Palmer / CZE Pavel Vízner (champions) SUI Yves Allegro / GER Michael Kohlmann (semifinals) CZE Jiří Novák / CZE Petr Pála (final, retired due to a rib injury on Novák) Draw Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 AUS W ArthursAUS P Hanley 7 6 RSA R KoenigUSA T Parrott 5 2 FIN J NieminenUSA G Oliver 6 6 BRA R MelloUSA J Thomas 4 4 4 CZE J NovákCZE P Pála 6 6 USA JM GambillUSA S Humphries 2 4 WC JPN T ShimadaJPN T Suzuki 6 3 4 RSA J CoetzeeRSA C Haggard 4 6 6 AUS A FisherUSA J Gimelstob 710 7 Alt SUI M ChiudinelliAUT A Peya 68 5 WC JPN G MotomuraJPN T Terachi 4 65 3 SUI Y AllegroGER M Kohlmann 6 77 ARG M GarcíaARG S Prieto 7 5 6 USA R LeachUSA B MacPhie 5 7 2 SWE S AspelinAUS J Kerr 2 6 64 2 USA J PalmerCZE P Vízner 6 3 77 1 AUS W ArthursAUS P Hanley 67 4 FIN J NieminenUSA G Oliver 79 6 4 CZE J NovákCZE P Pála 6 6 RSA J CoetzeeRSA C Haggard 3 4 AUS A FisherUSA J Gimelstob 3 4 3 SUI Y AllegroGER M Kohlmann 6 6 ARG M GarcíaARG S Prieto 77 3 4 2 USA J PalmerCZE P Vízner 62 6 6 FIN J NieminenUSA G Oliver 63 6 3 4 CZE J NovákCZE P Pála 77 3 6 3 SUI Y AllegroGER M Kohlmann 63 77 5 2 USA J PalmerCZE P Vízner 77 65 7 4 CZE J NovákCZE P Pála 1r 2 USA J PalmerCZE P Vízner 5 References External links Official results archive (ATP) Official results archive (ITF) Doubles